West Africa

West Africa

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  Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit

  Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it ... 

• France: New Libyan security measures on tap

  France's foreign minister says Libya is poised to announce new security initiatives in coming weeks, amid recent instability in the North African ... 

• Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north

  Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. The claim Friday ... 

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  French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers

  With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a ... 

• Eq. Guinea appeals being stripped of World Cup win

  FIFA says Equatorial Guinea will appeal being stripped of a World Cup qualifying win against Cape Verde for fielding an ineligible player. Cape Verde ... 

• UN says China offers peacekeepers for Mali

  China has offered to contribute troops to the new U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, where Islamist jihadists controlled the country's north until ... 

• 15 injured in clash with security forces in Guinea

  A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition ... 

• Togo police fire tear gas at protesters

  Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. 

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  Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

  Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — ... 

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  AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

  Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time 

• Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released

  Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic ... 

• Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

  The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to ... 

• Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive

  Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and ... 

• Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader

  A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national ... 

• Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city

  Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist ... 

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  Official: Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

  Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, ... 

• UN chief names Dutch envoy to head Mali mission

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Albert Koenders of the Netherlands to head the new peacekeeping mission in Mali. The mission is ... 

• Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

  Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens ... 

• Shell: large gas business in Nigeria shut

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has stopped delivering gas to Nigeria LNG, one of the world's largest sellers of liquefied natural gas, due to a ... 

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  Nations pledge billions to rebuild Mali

  A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international ... 

• Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels

  Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign ...