May 23
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One More Killed in Mandera Clan War
The Star
One more person was killed and another injured yesterday after armed militia attacked at Guba Village in Banisa constituency, Mandera county. Guba Village is about 15km from Banisa... Read more »
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Agang Response to the Release of the Gupta Report [press release]
Agang SA
'We note with interest the Government's report into the failures of governance that led to the landing of the Gupta family's aircraft at Waterkloof Air Force base. Read more »
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Guptagate Report 'whitewash' Reinforces Need for an Independent Investigation [press release]
DA
The final Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster Report of the Landing of a Chartered Commercial Aircraft at Air Force Base Waterkloof reinforces the need for an... Read more »
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Amisom Spokesman Refutes Casualty Numbers, Outlines Long-Term Plans [interview]
Sabahi
In a much publicised news briefing on May 9th, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told reporters that as many as 3,000 troops with the African Union Mission in Somalia... Read more »
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Somali, Amisom Troops Search Houses in Mogadishu
Sabahi
Somali government and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops arrested more than 500 people Tuesday (May 21st) during door-to-door security operations in Mogadishu's... Read more »
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Independence Day Observed With Fervor in Anseba Region
Shabait
The 22nd Independence Day anniversary was observed yesterday with fervor at regional level in Keren city in the presence of Mr. Al-Amin Mohammed-Seid, Secretary of the PFDJ,... Read more »
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One Killed, Two Injured By 'Pro-Govt Militia' in Central Darfur
Radio Dabanga
A displaced man has been killed and a woman injured by pro-government militiamen in Central Darfur on Tuesday. Separately, militiamen injured a high school student near Nertiti. Read more »
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Rotation of Ugandan Troops in Somalia
ERTA
Ugandan soldiers from Battle Group 9, under the command of Colonel Stephen Mugerwa, on Sunday 19 May 2013 completing their 13 month tour of duty. This is according to Ethiopian... Read more »
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U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Libya & Egypt [document]
State Department
Excerpts from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: Read more »
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SPS
The city of Smara witnessed Monday, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle, several demonstrations in different quarters of the city and the... Read more »
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Released Soldiers Arrive in Cairo
Aswat Masriya
Seven released Egyptian security officers, who were kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai on Thursday, arrived to Almaza Cairo Airport on Wednesday after being released,... Read more »
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Soldiers Are Passing Information to Insurgents - Army Chief
Daily Trust
Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika yesterday in Abuja said it was reliably discovered that unscrupulous soldiers are passing top secret to insurgents. Read more »
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MEND Calls Off Planned Attack On Muslims, Mosques
This Day
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wednesday called off its plans to attack mosques and assassinate Islamic clerics to avenge the attack on Christians and... Read more »
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Ihejirika Raises Alarm On Moles in the Army
This Day
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has made a shocking revelation that some military officers are in the habit of sabotaging security operations by leaking... Read more »
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Mali Operation - Army Arrests Saboteur Soldiers
Vanguard
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said, yesterday, that soldiers who leaked information to terrorists about the movement of troops to Mali for AFISMA... Read more »
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Ihejirika - Officers Leaking Information to Boko Haram Insurgents
This Day
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika has made a shocking revelation that some military officers are in the habit of sabotaging security operations by leaking... Read more »
May 22
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Nigerians On the Run As Military Combats Boko Haram
IRIN
Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria's Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by... Read more »
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Freed Soldiers Arrive in Cairo
Aswat Masriya
Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, extended his greetings to President Mohamed Mursi, the Armed Forces and the Bedouins of Sinai on Wednesday for their... Read more »
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Insurgents Fight With Libyan Weapons - Army
Vanguard
The troops deployed to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, yesterday, encountered intense resistance from sect members who were armed with... Read more »
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Army Determined to Apprehend Sinai Soldiers' Kidnappers
Aswat Masriya
Egypt's Armed Forces said on Tuesday it did not and will not hesitate in taking any steps to release the kidnapped soldiers in Sinai. Read more »
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UN Envoy Proposes Set of Principles to Guide Peace Efforts
UN News
The United Nations Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing... Read more »
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UN Force Must Speedily Deploy in Eastern DR Congo - Ban
New Vision
The deployment of a rapid UN intervention force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be speeded up in view of this week's fresh unrest, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigerian Military Claims Breakthrough Against Boko Haram
Deutsche Welle
Nigeria's military has claimed to have re-established control of swathes of the northeast of the country in an operation against Islamist militants. Several thousand troops were... Read more »
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Nigeria's Offensive Against Boko Haram Continues With More Killings
Deutsche Welle
Nigeria's military has killed 10 and arrested 65 in an offensive to wrest territory from Islamists. On Friday, a military air raid on insurgent camps in northeast Nigeria killed at... Read more »
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Military Strikes Insurgent Targets in Northeast
Deutsche Welle
The Nigerian military has been targeting multiple sites across the country's northeast to rid the area of Islamist insurgents. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of... Read more »
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