http://www.mail.com/locations/1360-africa.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1360-africa.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. The fighting happened Thursday in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which sold... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html 2013-05-17T20:26:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092750-s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. The group said Friday the attack leaves 100,000 people without medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei state. MSF — as the group is also known — said its hospital infras... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092750-s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined.html 2013-05-17T10:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html 2013-05-17T15:48:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The police protest comes a day ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:30:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html 2013-05-17T19:30:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. Video supplied to The Associated Press shows Israeli police shoving Arsanious el-Orshalimi and putting him in a headlock. The incident took place during Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this month. The event ... Fri, 17 May 2013 06:48:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html 2013-05-17T06:48:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group. Amina Farah Ali, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 13 terrorism-related ... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html 2013-05-17T02:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089586-badgered-obama-acts-republicans-unsatisfied.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack. The efforts did little to satisfy Republicans, who see ... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:20:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089586-badgered-obama-acts-republicans-unsatisfied.html 2013-05-16T21:20:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089568-obama-calls-congress-to-fund-embassy-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security. Obama's call was the second step in as many days designed to combat GOP char... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:44:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089568-obama-calls-congress-to-fund-embassy-security.html 2013-05-16T20:44:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. The officials said masked gunmen ambushed two taxis at gunpoint outside the city of el-Arish, the capital of North Si... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html 2013-05-16T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090634-warplanes-troops-ne-nigeria-mobile-phones-cut.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency. Witnesses saw low-flying Nigerian jet fighters over Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, which President Goodluck Jonathan placed u... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:20:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090634-warplanes-troops-ne-nigeria-mobile-phones-cut.html 2013-05-16T18:20:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090624-mystical-branch-islam-resurgence-somalia.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback since al-Shabab, an armed militant Islamic group, was pushed out of Somalia's capital in August 2011. The Sun... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:31:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090624-mystical-branch-islam-resurgence-somalia.html 2013-05-16T15:31:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089932-south-african-army-prepares-congo.html PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday. Lt. Gen. V.R. Masondo also told media at a briefing that the South African units bound for Congo are b... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089932-south-african-army-prepares-congo.html 2013-05-16T13:01:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089446-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089446-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html 2013-05-16T10:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2087348-petraeus-email-objected-to-benghazi-talking-points.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the public, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House. Under pressure in the investigation that contin... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:21:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2087348-petraeus-email-objected-to-benghazi-talking-points.html 2013-05-16T00:21:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour. The prince scored a... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:45:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html 2013-05-15T21:45:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088312-protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports.html BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Protesters and disgruntled job seekers forced the closure of an eastern Libyan oil terminal on Wednesday for the second time in six months, disrupting exports, said an oil ministry official. Deputy Oil and Gas Minister Omar al-Shakmak said dozens demonstrated at Zueitina terminal, demanding the Libyan National Oil Corporation make g... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:43:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088312-protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports.html 2013-05-15T21:43:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down attached to a parachute. Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, —who rece... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087308-nations-pledge-billions-to-rebuild-mali.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international organizations pledged 3.25 billion euros ($4.22 billion) to help reconstruct the conflict-ridden West African nation. The objective of the donors' conference in Brussels had been to raise 2 billion e... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:23:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087308-nations-pledge-billions-to-rebuild-mali.html 2013-05-15T18:23:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. In the last two days, Associated Press journalists and witnesses have seen armored tanks and soldiers moving through major roads and c... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html 2013-05-15T18:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087526-congo-32-die-clash-army-militia.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese army says that 32 were killed in fighting between soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. The rebels launched an assault early Wednesday on the town of Beni, 220 miles (350 kilometers) north of Goma. Army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said the assailants targeted a military center there. At least 24 militiamen were killed and... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:56:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087526-congo-32-die-clash-army-militia.html 2013-05-15T15:56:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086970-south-africa-winnie-mandelas-items-to-sold.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she owes to a South African school. The sale will happen at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a polarizing figure who was beloved by many for her role in the anti-apartheid struggle but wa... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:17:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086970-south-africa-winnie-mandelas-items-to-sold.html 2013-05-15T15:17:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086560-rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the rescue effort ended. Christophe Semuhungu, the police spokesman for Rwanda's Eastern Province, said rescue workers from the police and the military had found no more bodies after comb... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:02:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086560-rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30.html 2013-05-15T12:02:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086890-confrontation-looms-tunisia-moves-salafis.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come. As it struggles to hunt down al-Qaida linked terrorists in its frontiers, the government has also been trying to rein in salafis em... Wed, 15 May 2013 10:42:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086890-confrontation-looms-tunisia-moves-salafis.html 2013-05-15T10:42:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086496-critics-assail-israeli-silence-arab-peace-plan.html JERUSALEM (AP) — On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Arab leaders to r... Wed, 15 May 2013 06:17:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086496-critics-assail-israeli-silence-arab-peace-plan.html 2013-05-15T06:17:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085674-sentences-continue-minn-somali-terror-case.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two men who left Minnesota to join al-Shabab in Somalia were sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison, while a man they characterized as a local leader in efforts to recruit them to the terrorist group was sentenced to 12 years. They were among six men sentenced this week for their roles in the government's long-running invest... Wed, 15 May 2013 02:01:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085674-sentences-continue-minn-somali-terror-case.html 2013-05-15T02:01:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085748-trio-troubles-threatening-obamas-second-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president finds himself rocked by multiple controversies that are demoralizing his allies, embolden... Wed, 15 May 2013 01:03:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085748-trio-troubles-threatening-obamas-second-term.html 2013-05-15T01:03:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation. The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:04:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html 2013-05-14T21:04:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085378-senate-panel-approves-us-ambassador-to-libya.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. With little discussion, the panel on a voice vote ap... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:41:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085378-senate-panel-approves-us-ambassador-to-libya.html 2013-05-14T20:41:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085108-nigeria-president-declares-emergency.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion. President Goodluck Jonathan, speaking live on state radio and television net... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085108-nigeria-president-declares-emergency.html 2013-05-14T20:13:56Z