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The allegations in Turkey’s biggest legal case are the stuff of a dark thriller: mysterious murders, hit lists, stashed grenades, a plot to topple the government and, behind it all, a network of conspirators with links to the state as well as organized cr
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Anyone who has ever worked at the States Department will tell you that by just inviting them to the White House, some African leaders will hand over to you the key to...
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
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Engaging in selling and buying products and services while in africa is a nightmare! Most of the big E-commerce websites like paypal still do not allow users in these...
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An entry in the Design for Children competition, the “Umbrella” by Visiondivision Architects is a children’s hospital project for Rwanda that will allow an...
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Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway.
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Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
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A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.
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Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours...
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A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
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A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against...
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American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
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Moroccan national television reports that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has arrived in the north African kingdom after undergoing surgery in the United States.
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Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said...
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Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed.
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Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials...
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Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country’s bickering leadership, which they say threatens to...
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An Ethiopian government spokesman says police have arrested 35 people suspected of attempting to overthrow the government.
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Thousands of people marched to the mausoleum of secular Turkey’s founder on Saturday to protest the arrests of university professors and other secularists accused...
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Dead bodies were found stuffed inside manholes and buried in mass graves. The killers fired into the air above piles of corpses, the remains still dressed in their...
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The leader of Guinea’s recent coup refused Monday to provide a timeline on the African nation’s elections, despite an earlier promise to hold a vote yet...
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Police detained more suspects Thursday in a new wave of arrests connected with an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government of Turkey, a...
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Police have detained dozens of people in a new wave of arrests connected with an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government, the state-run...
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Turkey’s secular military, disturbed by the arrests of dozens of military officers in an alleged plot to topple the Islamic-rooted government, criticized the...
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Turkey’s military chief held urgent meetings Thursday with the prime minister and president following the detention of three retired generals and nine active duty...
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Police detained three retired generals and dozens of others in raids across Turkey on Wednesday, as they broadened their investigation into an alleged plot by...
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The leaders of Guinea’s coup named a civilian as prime minister Tuesday, making good on a key promise to the population exactly a week after seizing power upon...
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The leaders of Guinea’s coup read a statement on state radio naming a civilian as prime minister.
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The leaders of a recent coup in Guinea have said on state-run radio that all generals of the former regime are being demoted.
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Coup leaders in Guinea have invited members of the international community to meet with them at the group’s military barracks.
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Tens of thousands of loyalists on Friday mourned the dictator who ruled Guinea for nearly a quarter-century, lining the roads to the lavish palace grounds where he was...
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The leader of this week’s coup in Guinea is parading into the capital followed by several thousand soldiers.
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A military-led group in Guinea says it plans to hold presidential elections within two years after previously promising them within two months.
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The leader of a military group that says it has seized control of Guinea is accusing the country’s embattled government of trying to bring in foreign...
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Dr. Berhanu Nega works on his computer in the kitchen of his house in Lewisburg, Pa., Saturday, April 25, 2009. The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by Nega, an Ethiopian economist now teaching at a.
