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Tunisia PM links Ansar al-Sharia Islamists to terror
Ansar al-Sharia that fought street battles in the capital with security forces on Sunday of being "involved in terrorism". "Ansar al-Sharia is an illegal organisationit has ties to and is involved in terrorism," Larayedh told state television. The Islamists clashed earlier with security forces ...
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Opposition in parliament demands Air Tanzania be declared bankrupt
(eTN) - Sharp differences in opinion emerged in the Tanzanian parliament this week when the Minister for Transport, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, moved his ministry's budget for the financial year 2013/14. When touching on the budget provisions for Air Tanzania (ATCL), he painted a glowing picture to the house of the airline introducing flights to Johannesburg, Mombasa, Bujumbura, and added ...
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One dead in Tunisia clashes
Clashes between Tunisian security forces and supporters of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group have left at least one person dead and several injured.Sunday's clashes came after hundreds of supporters of the group took to the streets to protest after authorities banned it from holding its annual congress.The victim, an Ansar al-Sharia supporter, died in hospital, the official TAP ...
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Kenya Transfers sackings hit Mombasa court hard
Mombasa, Kenya: High Courtservices in Mombasa are steadily grinding to a halt because of a range of factors including transfer and sacking of ...
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Kenya Case backlog likely as courts hear poll petitions
election petitions filed in the High Court across the country is already being felt, with dozens of other cases being put aside to enable judges deal with the ...
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Kenya Revenue Bill enters second stage in Senate
Debate on the proposed law, which gives direction on how national revenue is to be divided between the national and county governments, will be the major task of ...
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Kenya Uhuru tells criminals to surrender
President Uhuru addresses the public after attending Mass at Our Lady of Consolata Catholic Cathedral Church in Nyeri town on Sunday. [Photo: Mose ...
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Kenya One year later killers of British heir roam free
Alexander Monson , who was heir to Monson baronetcy and an only son of his father Baron Nicholas Monson, was arrested on May 18 last year and died a day later from injuries his family believes were inflicted by police or fellow cell-mates at Diani Police Station. According to the deceased's mother Hillary Martin, Alexander, who lived with his father following a divorce, was in the process ...
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Kenya Githurai Kimbo Estate where crime is routine
Githurai Kimbo is an upcoming estate that is about 20km from Nairobi's central business district. Lack of sewerage system and piped water suggest an estate that is being constructed without proper planning and management. Roads in the area are poor and dusty, which makes policing difficult. Hardly a day passes before police report incidents of murder and robbery in the ...
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Lifestyle Mauritius-based hospital seeks to hire Kenyan nurses
Mauritius , situated in the central plateau of the island is seeking dynamic and talented Kenyan healthcare nursing professionals to join its multicultural team. The hospital said the recruitment exercise which goes on until Friday 24, would help it grow and to pursue its vision to become the World's leading healthcare institution. Among the professionals required includes Paediatric Nurse, ...
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Nigeria offensive on Islamists escalates
A key city in northeast Nigeria is in lockdown as the military enforces a 24-hour curfew and blocks supply routes in its sweeping campaign against Islamist insurgents.The operation against Boko Haram, the group that wants an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, is aimed at retaking territory seized by the militants and ridding the country of "terrorist activities," the military has ...
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
Proflight Zambia welcomed an unusual passenger on board its aircraft last week in the form of Douglina, a 120 kg hippo calf. The four-month-old orphan, at 1.2 meters long, was flown by the airline in a specially-made crate from the Lower Zambezi to her new home in South Luangwa National Park. The animal was rescued by a team from wildlife charity Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ), who had ...
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Mauritius will organize a festival this year says Minister Sik Yuen
Minister Michael Sik-Yuen, the Mauritius Minister responsible for Tourism, has been quoted in his island's L'Express newspaper as having come back on an earlier decision he has stated in Parliament just weeks ago. He said that now he will be organizing a festival in Mauritius this year. Robert Desvaux, the dismissed Chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA), whose ...
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Nigeria Orders Curfew in Muslim Extremist Neighborhoods
Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that is the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign against insurgents in the region. Soldiers arrested some 65 suspected extremists who were "attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri" after military strikes on the camps in ...
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17 killed in offensive against insurgents Nigeria military says
extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists" for the last two days. He did not say exactly where the fighting occurred but that about 20 people were arrested. There was no independent confirmation of the military's ...
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Boko HaramNigeria Military Clashes Over 2000 Nigerians Flee Into Niger Republic
By SaharaReporters, New York Over 2000 Nigerians have fled the Nigerian State of Borno following the clash between Boko Haram and Nigerian troops in Abadam local government area of Borno North Senatorial District. A journalist travelling in the Nigerian-Niger Republic border confirmed to SaharaReporters that between Saturday evening and Sunday over 2000 locals from villages in and around Abadam ...
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CNN’s Inside Africa ventures to Seychelles this week
This week on CNN's Inside Africa they're venturing off the coast of Kenya and heading to smallest nation in Africa - the Seychelles. This once uninhabited island chain is much more than a tourist destination. It's home to rare and exotic plants and animals like the coco-de-mer and the black parrot. Join Inside Africa as the show delves into Seychellois food, music, and art - all ...
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US Official White House Was Unaware of IRS Misdeeds
President Barack Obama and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 16, ...
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Kenya How terror suspect battled to his death
Elgiva Bwire Oliacha , who was arrested in Kayole, were allegedly responsible for the killing of 11 people at Machakos Country bus station. They were also responsible for other deadly blasts which claimed several lives at OTC stage and Mwaura's bar also in 2011 and other explosions in the city. The elusive suspect had managed to evade the massive police hunt for about three years since ...
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Kenya Cheaper power as geothermal plant nears completion
Nairobi,Kenya :The plant is expected to generate the first 70MW of power by end of this year at Sh5.80 per unit compared to the current price of ...
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Woman flees to Britain refusing to join Swaziland kings harem
London, May 19 : A 22-year-old woman fled to Britain from the southern African nation of Swaziland and is seeking asylum after refusing to join the harem of 13 wives of Swazi king Mswati ...
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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference 1 dead
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) -- Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one ...
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the country's ...
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Zimbabwes PM says his party will end years of police and military abuse
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties. Tsvangirai said if his party comes to power it will manage the police and military so that Zimbabweans ...
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Jordy Smith surfs to ASP win in Brazil
surfing tournament Sunday. Smith navigated the 2-to-4 foot swells at Barra Da Tijuca to win the third stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour by a score of 17.80-16.34. Smith scored high by catching air on one productive wave and performing a so-called stailfish air-reverse on another. It was the third career ASP victory for the 25-year-old Smith and his first ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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