African leaders began talks on insecurity in the Sahel region at the first African Union meeting convened by Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi.
Nigeria has begun the new year under a state of emergency in areas targeted by terror attacks as soldiers flood the streets of violence-hit cities.
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/ 7 September 2010
The cassava roots the Nigerian farmer pointed to might have made Charles Darwin smile — and may turn out to be part of the solution to hunger.
Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry.
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/ 28 October 2009
Kidnapping for ransom, popularised by armed militants in Nigeria’s southern troubled oil hub, is spreading across the vast West African country.
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/ 16 October 2009
A rebel group that has wreaked havoc in Nigeria’s oil hub on Friday ended a 90-day ceasefire, warning the oil industry to brace for fresh attacks.
The main armed group in southern Nigeria said on Wednesday it will resume attacks on the oil industry when its ceasefire expires on October 15.
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/ 12 December 2008
South Africans have a love-hate relationship with Bafana Bafana — they love to see them win, but hate how much they lose.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a ”war” that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections. ”Ten people have so far been killed in Zimbabwe since March 29,” Tendai Biti, secretary general of the Movement for Democratic Change, said.
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/ 26 February 2008
South African government plans to halve poverty and unemployment by 2014 appeared increasingly at risk on Tuesday as official statistics confirmed fears of a downturn in economic growth. Figures released by Statistics South Africa showed a drop in gross domestic product growth to 5,1% last year from 5,4% in 2006.