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Niger Military Junta Leaders Urged To Restore Order Before Deadline
West African defence chiefs were set to wrap up discussions about possible intervention in Niger on Friday, as mediators from the regional bloc push coup leaders in Niamey to restore constitutional order before an approaching deadline.
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Browns, Not Greens: How An Arid Africa Country Is Reimagining Golf Courses
When Burkina Faso makes the headlines these days, it's usually because of turmoil or suffering -- its jihadist insurgency, repeated military coups or grinding poverty.
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Two Red Cross Workers Kidnapped In West Africa's Mali
Kidnappings are common in Mali, which has been battling a security and political crisis since separatist insurgencies broke out in the north of the country in 2012.
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Nigeria Set to Finally Get Government Ministers
Buhari declared before his election: "Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed to my administration."
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari: From Coup Leader to 'Converted Democrat'
Muhammadu Buhari, who is being sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Boko Haram Did Not Disrupt Nigeria Election: UN Envoy
Boko Haram militants were unable to disrupt Nigeria's presidential election, a United Nations envoy said on Monday, but the group's allegiance to Islamic State insurgents shows it has an agenda that goes beyond Africa's top oil producer and biggest economy.
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Boko Haram Takes Fight into Chad
Nigeria's Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack tomorrow inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake Chad as part of a widening insurgency that has sucked in four countries.
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UN Expects Nigeria's Military to Step up Fight Against Boko Haram
Nigeria's military must strengthen its resolve in the fight against Boko Haram, the UN envoy for West Africa said Friday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigeria's Main City: Sources
Islamist insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria's main city Maiduguri today, engaging in a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said.
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War, Ebola, Elections Top Agenda for African Union Summit
Conflict in Africa, especially the violence of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents, and efforts to stem Ebola will top the agenda as African leaders gather for their annual summit this week.
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Talks Open in Niger on Regional Boko Haram Fight
A regional summit opened in Niger on Tuesday aimed at stopping Boko Haram as the Islamist insurgents step up attacks both inside Nigeria and in neighbouring countries.
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Seven Somali women Killed in 'Barbaric' Attacks: Elders
At least seven women have been killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Al Shabaab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of women close to the Islamists, elders said today.
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Al Shabaab Insurgents Assassinate Ex-Somalian Lawmaker, Wound Another
Somalia's Al Shabaab insurgents said they had assassinated a former lawmaker and his bodyguard and wounded another MP in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu today to show the government they remained a threat.
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Niger Military Junta Leaders Urged To Restore Order Before Deadline
West African defence chiefs were set to wrap up discussions about possible intervention in Niger on Friday, as mediators from the regional bloc push coup leaders in Niamey to restore constitutional order before an approaching deadline.
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Browns, Not Greens: How An Arid Africa Country Is Reimagining Golf Courses
When Burkina Faso makes the headlines these days, it's usually because of turmoil or suffering -- its jihadist insurgency, repeated military coups or grinding poverty.
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Two Red Cross Workers Kidnapped In West Africa's Mali
Kidnappings are common in Mali, which has been battling a security and political crisis since separatist insurgencies broke out in the north of the country in 2012.
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Nigeria Set to Finally Get Government Ministers
Buhari declared before his election: "Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed to my administration."
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari: From Coup Leader to 'Converted Democrat'
Muhammadu Buhari, who is being sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Boko Haram Did Not Disrupt Nigeria Election: UN Envoy
Boko Haram militants were unable to disrupt Nigeria's presidential election, a United Nations envoy said on Monday, but the group's allegiance to Islamic State insurgents shows it has an agenda that goes beyond Africa's top oil producer and biggest economy.
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Boko Haram Takes Fight into Chad
Nigeria's Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack tomorrow inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake Chad as part of a widening insurgency that has sucked in four countries.
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UN Expects Nigeria's Military to Step up Fight Against Boko Haram
Nigeria's military must strengthen its resolve in the fight against Boko Haram, the UN envoy for West Africa said Friday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigeria's Main City: Sources
Islamist insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria's main city Maiduguri today, engaging in a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said.
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War, Ebola, Elections Top Agenda for African Union Summit
Conflict in Africa, especially the violence of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents, and efforts to stem Ebola will top the agenda as African leaders gather for their annual summit this week.
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Talks Open in Niger on Regional Boko Haram Fight
A regional summit opened in Niger on Tuesday aimed at stopping Boko Haram as the Islamist insurgents step up attacks both inside Nigeria and in neighbouring countries.
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Seven Somali women Killed in 'Barbaric' Attacks: Elders
At least seven women have been killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Al Shabaab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of women close to the Islamists, elders said today.
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Al Shabaab Insurgents Assassinate Ex-Somalian Lawmaker, Wound Another
Somalia's Al Shabaab insurgents said they had assassinated a former lawmaker and his bodyguard and wounded another MP in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu today to show the government they remained a threat.
