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US pledges aid after 150 die in Congo blastBrazzaville (AFP) March 6, 2012 The United States led international pledges of emergency aid to Congo after huge blasts at an arms depot in Brazzaville killed more than 150 people and left 1,000 injured. President Denis Sassou Nguesso announced a curfew in the capital and cordoned off the area around the devastated eastern district of Mpila, as Congo issued a plea for international help on Monday. The government said an electrical short-circuit likely caused a fire which triggered a series of blasts so powerful they destroyed ... read more |
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 Nigerian soldiers killed in creek attack: government Four Nigeria soldiers are missing and presumed dead after an attack by gunmen in the southern oil-rich Niger Delta creeks, the military and a state government said Friday. ... more | .. |
 ICC issues warrant for Sudan defence minister The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's defence minister for crimes against the civilian population in Darfur. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan rebels sign truce deal with government South Sudan has signed a ceasefire with the largest of several rebel groups which threaten the stability of the world's newest nation, the government said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 UN asks Angola for helicopters UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday asked Angola to provide helicopters for peacekeeping missions in countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. ... more | .. |
 Missile strike kills Islamist fighters in Somalia A missile strike killed four Al-Qaeda allied Shebab rebels in war-torn southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said Friday, as the extremists are squeezed on three fronts by regional forces. ... more | .. |
 In Somalia, securing peace harder than seizing territory The bullet-scarred hospital is basic but operational, the school is simple but has laughing children. Small successes for most nations; a major achievement in war-torn Somalia. ... more | .. |
 Kenyan troops make slow progress in Somalia Draped in belts of bullets and carrying a machine gun, Kenyan soldier Philip Namanda peers out into the shimmering heat of the yellow scrubland of southern Somalia, waiting for guerrilla attacks. ... more |
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Somali PM would 'welcome' air strikes against Shebab Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said Wednesday he would welcome European air strikes against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in Somalia, as long as they did not hurt civilians. ... more | .. |
 UN Council to increase Somalia force to 17,700 The UN Security Council will on Wednesday vote to increase the African peacekeeping force in Somalia to up to 17,000 troops, diplomats said. ... more | .. |
 Nigeria's Boko Haram on the rise Nigeria's Joint Task Force in Borno state said it killed eight Islamic fundamentalist Boko Haram fighters in a shootout in northeastern Nigeria. ... more | .. |
Jonas Savimbi's charisma, brutality still haunt 10 years on Jonas Savimbi, the vicious, charismatic rebel who fought Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, died 10 years ago Wednesday, leaving behind a haunting legacy of violence. ... more |
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Soldier killed in fresh clashes in southern Senegal A soldier was killed by presumed separatist rebels in Senegal's troubled southern Casamance region on Wednesday, a day after clashes left three troops dead, a military source told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Sudanese air strike hits S Sudan, breaking pact: army Sudanese warplanes dropped several bombs wounding four soldiers in a contested area claimed by South Sudan, breaking a fresh non-aggression pact between the two sides, Juba's army spokesman said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Nigeria army kills 12 suspected Islamists in flashpoint city Nigeria's army has killed 12 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram Islamists during a raid in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the group's base, a military spokesman told AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Inter-ethnic fighting displaces 40,000 in Kenya More than 40,000 people have fled clashes between two northern Kenyan tribes over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Friday. ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
Planet and Carbon Mapper Plan SWIR-Only Tanager Satellite for Wider Methane Detection | .. |
Mali army tries to fend off Tuareg rebels as crisis grows Mali's army launched airstrikes Thursday to halt the advance of Tuareg rebels amid calls for a ceasefire and as clashes sent thousands fleeing to neighbouring countries, military sources said. ... more | .. |
 Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuse: Amnesty Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan's Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
Explosion rocks military barracks in northern Nigeria Two blasts rocked a northern Nigerian city Tuesday, including one targeting a military barracks, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, officials said. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa's strike-hit Kruger Park to hire retired rangers South Africa's Kruger National Park is recruiting retired game rangers to replace its striking ranger force, a spokesman said Tuesday, amid a rhino poaching crisis that has hit record scale. ... more |
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 Liberia Nobel Laureate Gbowee launches peace foundation Joint Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee on Monday launched a peace foundation in her country Liberia aimed at lifting young girls out of social squalor and giving them life skills. ... more | .. |
 UN says 30,000 fled recent Sudan fighting About 30,000 people have fled recent fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan state, the UN said on Friday after rebels captured 29 Chinese workers in the same area. ... more | .. |
 New study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa New studies released in London suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest ... more | .. |
 Mali instals new defence minister after Tuareg raids Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure Thursday swapped his defence and security ministers after a series of Tuareg rebel raids and warned against attacks on civilian members of the nomadic tribe. ... more |
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 Tuareg rebels take Mali town after army pullout Mali's Tuareg rebels took over the northern town of Menaka Wednesday after the government forces stationed there pulled out overnight, officials and witnesses said. ... more | .. |
 Sudan army frees 14 'kidnapped' Chinese: report The Sudanese military has freed 14 Chinese workers "kidnapped" by rebels in the country's South Kordofan state, the official SUNA news agency reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
 African Union unveils Chinese-built headquarters The African Union inaugurated Saturday its new high-rise headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, built and donated by China at a cost of $200 million. ... more | .. |
 New AU headquarters marks strong China-Africa ties Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China's rapidly changing role in Africa. ... more |
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 US Navy SEALs prove their mettle again First they took out Osama bin Laden. Now the US Navy SEALs have earned their "special forces" designation once again by conducting a daring, pinpoint rescue of two aid workers held hostage for three months in Somalia. ... more | .. |
Former colonial soldiers in Mozambique hope for pensions Paulo Salazar served on a Portuguese warship during Mozambique's long liberation war, leaving him stranded on the wrong side of history. ... more | .. |
 Nigeria police fire tear gas at Lagos protest Nigerian police fired tear gas Thursday in Lagos at hundreds of protestors marching against the authorities' security crackdown in the aftermath of a week-long strike over fuel prices. ... more | .. |
 Ethiopia: Thousands driven out in land grab Human rights activists say tens of thousands of people in western Ethiopia are being driven off fertile ancestral lands so the government can lease or sell large tracts of farmland for commercial agriculture to investors, including foreign governments. ... more |
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