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Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen

5/20/2012

A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to get to Yemen. “There are now more than 43,000 people – migrants and refugees – from the Horn of Africa who have reached Yemen during the first four months of this year. We are looking at the record figures compared to the same period last year or any other year before,” he said.

EU forces mount first attack on Somali pirates' onshore bases

5/17/2012

JOHANNESBURG — With an estimated 300 hostages currently in the hands of Somali pirates, the first attack on a pirate land base by the European Union’s anti-piracy force Tuesday was a delicate one: In all, several speedboats were destroyed as well as fuel and ammunition stores, alliance officials said.

US to assign Army brigade to Africa for training

5/17/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in military exercises.

Official: 1 dead from attack on Kenya's coast

5/16/2012

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Attackers fired shots and detonated four grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing a security guard and wounding five people, including one of the assailants, police officials said Wednesday.

For victims in Sierra Leone, Taylor's verdict brings relief

5/13/2012

Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) -- Jabati Mambu has lived all his adult life without his right hand. He was only 15 when rebels of the Revolutionary United Front swept through Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. In their signature, sinister style, they hacked off Mambu's hand with a machete.

SECURITY: A quick reaction force moulded by Africa's circumstances

5/13/2012

JOHANNESBURG, 9 May 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s crises are both honing and stalling the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) of the African Union (AU) - a quick reaction force that could eventually number about 30,000 troops to be deployed in a range of scenarios, from peacekeeping to direct military intervention.

Risks rise for African migrants on Yemen-Saudi border

3/15/2012

The discovery of 70 battered men and women held captive in a remote area of Yemen has sparked an investigation into the torture and extortion of African immigrants by criminal gangs.

Mauritania denies collusion as Mali rebels advance

3/15/2012

BAMAKO, March 14 (Reuters) - Mauritania dispatched its top diplomat to neighbouring Mali on Wednesday to counter media reports that it was backing Malian rebels fighting for independence in the desert north.

Sudan rebels say border battle killed 150 troops

2/28/2012

KHARTOUM — Sudanese rebels said Tuesday they killed 150 government soldiers along the disputed border with South Sudan in a battle that prompted Khartoum to threaten retaliation against the newly independent state.

Senegal’s Wade to face run-off after tight election

2/28/2012

“Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade was dealt a humiliating blow Tuesday and forced into a run-off election after failing to secure an outright majority for a disputed third term.”

World security at stake in Somalia chaos: UK

2/25/2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron said that a failure to end Somalia’s chaos will endanger international security, and the time is right for the outside world to help the failed state get back on its feet.

U.S., African Forces Mitigate Terror Group’s Impact

2/25/2012

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2012 – U.S. special operations forces are helping four Central African nations reduce the size and lethality of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a group that has terrorized the region for 25 years, U.S. officials said today.

How radical Salafists are wreaking havoc in Nigeria

2/25/2012

An upstart Islamist militia is causing havoc in Nigeria, killing more than 250 people this year alone, and almost 1,000 since its insurgency began 2½ years ago. Its attacks have emptied schools in the north of the country, stoked sectarian tensions between Christians and Muslims, and threatened the stability of a state that is a key Western ally and a potential economic powerhouse in Africa.

The Rise of Boko Haram

12/28/2011

_On Christmas day, a bomb was detonated at St. Theresa's Catholic Church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, killing at least 35. Two other bombs exploded at Christmas ceremonies across Nigeria, killing five more. Soon after the bombings, a spokesman for Boko Haram, a radical Islamic group based in northern Nigeria, claimed responsibility.

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