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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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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.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Niamey
Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
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AP, Nairobi
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...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Antananarivo
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.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Antananarivo
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.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Antananarivo
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...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Mogadishu
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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AP, Rabat
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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AP, Lagos
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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AP, Nairobi
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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AP, Arusha
Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.
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The State Department is ordering all nonessential personnel and the families of all American diplomats to leave Madagascar due to the uncertain security situation after...
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AP, Antananarivo
Military leaders in Madagascar say they have handed over control of this Indian Ocean island nation to the president’s rival.
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AP, Antananarivo
Madagascar’s president announced Tuesday that he was dissolving the government and handing power to the military after weeks of struggle with the leader of the...
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The Peace Corps is suspending its programs on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and evacuating its workers there due to security concerns amid political unrest.
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AP, London
The president of the Maldives says the Indian Ocean nation will become the world’s first carbon-neutral country within a decade.
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AP, Antananarivo
The leader of a group of mutinous soldiers declared himself head of Madagascar’s army Wednesday, raising questions about the president’s hold on power on...
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AP, Saint-denis
Protests are spreading from French possessions in the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean where about 15,000 people are demonstrating on the French island of Reunion against...
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Anti-government protesters threw stones and police responded with tear gas Monday in Madagascar, the impoverished Indian Ocean island where an opposition leader is...
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Madagascar authorities have arrested leaders of an anti-government movement based in the Indian Ocean island’s principal port city, according to news reports...
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AP, Sabang
The bearded farmer wept in his hospital bed as he recounted a harrowing six-month journey that brought him from the isolated country of Myanmar to this remote island in...
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Two migrants told a refugees’ advocacy group they were detained and beaten by Thai authorities on a remote island and then abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a boat...
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AP, Mogadishu
A negotiator for Somali pirates says they have released an oil-laden Saudi supertanker that was hijacked Nov. 15 in the Indian Ocean.
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AP, Banda Aceh
From India to Indonesia, communal prayers, shared meals and candlelight vigils were held Friday to honor victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
made popular Dec 26 2008
AP, Tokyo
Japan approved legislation Friday to extend a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean for another year.
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AP, Tokyo
Japan has approved legislation to extend a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean for another year.
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AP, Colombo
Mohamed Nasheed was sworn in Tuesday as the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, ending three decades of single-party rule in the Indian Ocean...
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AP, New York
The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, two new geological studies suggest.
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AP, London
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Chagos Islanders seeking to return to the Indian Ocean homeland they lost when Diego Garcia was leased to...
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AP, Tokyo
Japan’s Cabinet approved a bill Friday to extend a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean, officials said.
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Cmdr Peter Reesink, the commanding officer of the Dutch warship De Ruyter talking to The Associated Press during an interview on board the ship on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The De Ruyter is escorting the MV Ibn Batouta, which is carrying 7,000 tonnes of...
