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| Jan.3 |
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Opposition leader wins poll
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| Mar.2 |
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President shot dead Renegade soldiers have shot dead Joao Bernardo Vieira as a revenge, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier
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| Jun.8 |
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Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims
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| Jul.10 |
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 Obama's trip sends message to Africa President Barack Obama is generating excitement in the west African nation and envy among its neighbors
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| Jul.11 |
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Obama speaks of hopes for Africa
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| Jul.14 |
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Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations
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Rebels announce 'truce'
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| Jul.27 |
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Islamist attacks spread  Map of Borno State Nigeria| 15 people have been killed after militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days of violence to 150. A gun battle raged for hours in Potiskum, Yo... | |
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Security boosted in north Nigeria
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| Jul.28 |
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Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect
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| Jul.29 |
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Girl's attack sheds light on Liberia rapes
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Islamist fighters 'flee'
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| Jul.30 |
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Captured leader of militant sect is dead
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| Jul.31 |
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Row over militant killing
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| Aug.14 |
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Missing ship 'found' off Africa
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| Aug.17 |
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Russia finds missing cargo ship
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| Sep.8 |
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 600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
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| Sep.20 |
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Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts
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| Sep.29 |
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Massacre toll put at 157
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| Dec.3 |
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Guinea leader survives attack Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the nation, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy
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| Dec.26 |
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Nigerian accused of attacking US plane
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Father alerted US about plane bomber
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| Dec.29 |
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Suspect's father met with CIA
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| Jan.1 |
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Ruling party bids to halt key vote |
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| Jan.3 |
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Opposition leader wins poll John Atta Mills has won by 50.23% of the votes a tight presidential run-off in Ghana, saying he will be 'a president for all'
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| Jan.18 |
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French copter crash off Gabon kills 7
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| Jan.22 |
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Europeans 'kidnapped in Sahara' |
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| Jan.28 |
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Hungry caterpillars force emergency |
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| Feb.6 |
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Poison in teething drug kills 84 children |
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| Feb.11 |
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Adebayor crowned Africa's top footballer
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| Feb.16 |
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Tamil Tigers 'target civilians' |
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| Feb.25 |
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S Leone trio guilty of war crimes |
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| Mar.2 |
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President shot dead| Renegade soldiers have shot dead Joao Bernardo Vieira as a revenge, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier | |
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G-Bissau army 'not seeking power' |
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| Mar.18 |
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1,000 seized in 'witch-hunt'
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| Mar.28 |
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Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger |
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| Mar.29 |
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Stadium stampede kills 22
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| Apr.19 |
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Nigerian militants to free British hostages |
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| Apr.29 |
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Doctors target meningitis outbreak |
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| May.18 |
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Elephants suffering in drought |
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| May.28 |
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'Angry' Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack |
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| Jun.1 |
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Birthday release pledge for hostage |
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| Jun.3 |
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Delta denied to Nairobi, Monrovia |
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| Jun.6 |
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Pirates release tugboat held 10 months |
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| Jun.7 |
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Gabon President Omar Bongo 'is dead'
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| Jun.8 |
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Gabon's leader is confirmed dead |
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Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental...
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| Jun.19 |
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Militants claim bomb attack on oil pipeline |
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| Jun.21 |
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Royal Dutch Shell: Oil pipelines attacked |
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| Jul.6 |
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Militants claim pipeline blast |
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| Jul.9 |
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Rebel Okah 'to be freed'
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| Jul.10 |
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Obama's trip sends message to Africa| President Barack Obama is generating excitement in the west African nation and envy among its neighbors. Ghana was chosen because of... | |
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| Jul.11 |
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Obama speaks of hopes for Africa 
US President, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world
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| Jul.14 |
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Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations Former Liberian President expressed his incredulity at the testimony against him at his war crimes trial, saying 'there is no way' he is gui...
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Rebels announce 'truce' Map of Niger Delta Nigeria The main rebel group in Niger Delta is to observe a 60-day ceasefire in its attacks on the oil industry
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| Jul.19 |
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Aziz declares win in vote
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| Jul.26 |
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Guinea-Bissau votes for new president
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| Jul.27 |
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Islamist attacks spread Map of Borno State Nigeria 15 people have been killed after militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days of violence to 150
| A gun battle raged for hours in Potiskum, Yobe State and a police station was set on fire
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Security boosted in north Nigeria Soldiers have set up road blocks and imposed dusk-to-dawn curfews in affected areas in Yobe, Kano, Borno and Plateau states
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| Jul.28 |
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Militants 'under siege'
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Nigerian troops shell Islamists
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Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect Nigerian troops are tracking down members of a sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities
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| Jul.29 |
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Captives freed in Nigerian city
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Girl's attack sheds light on Liberia rapes 8-year-old girl lured to a storage shed sexually assaulted by four boys. Her Liberian parents felt that they had been shamed by their child
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Islamist fighters 'flee' Members of a Nigerian radical sect have fled the northern city of Maiduguri after the military overran their enclave
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| Jul.30 |
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Captured leader of militant sect is dead Map of Borno Nigeria Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a fundamentalist Islamist sect who was initially reported captured by the Nigerian military, is dead
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| Jul.31 |
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Row over militant killing The commander of the operation against the militant group: Islamic sect leader Mohammed Yusuf was alive when he was captured
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| Aug.2 |
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700 die in fighting in northern Nigeria
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| Aug.12 |
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Clinton: Al Qaeda seeks foothold in Nigeria
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| Aug.14 |
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Missing ship 'found' off Africa A missing merchant ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has been spotted off the coast of West Africa
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| Aug.17 |
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Russia finds missing cargo ship Russia says it has found a missing vessel Arctic Sea near the Cape Verde islands and retrieved its Russian 15-member crew
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| Sep.5 |
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350,000 displaced by floods
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President-elect calls for calm
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| Sep.6 |
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Ghana reach World Cup |
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| Sep.8 |
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600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
| So far, 159 people have died
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| Sep.18 |
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Settlement eyed in toxic waste
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Nigeria 'offended' by sci-fi film
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| Sep.20 |
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Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| Sep.21 |
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L. American cartels expand to West Africa
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| Sep.29 |
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Massacre toll put at 157 Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest
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| Oct.4 |
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Senior rebels disarm in oil-rich Delta
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| Oct.15 |
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Massive lake Chad could dry up
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| Oct.16 |
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Ghana U-20 world champs after shoot-out
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| Oct.17 |
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Guinea embargo over 'atrocities'
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| Oct.25 |
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Amnesty calls on Nigeria to arrest alBashir
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| Nov.14 |
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Nigeria edge out Tunisia |
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| Dec.3 |
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Guinea leader survives attack| Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the nation, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy | |
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| Dec.6 |
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President 'favourable' after head surgery
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| Dec.8 |
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Al Qaeda claims aid worker kidnappings
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| Dec.20 |
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55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash
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| Dec.26 |
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Nigerian accused of attacking US plane Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged with attempting to destroy a plane after he tried to detonate a bomb on a passenger jet
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Father alerted US about plane bomber A top Nigerian banker, the father of 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had voiced concerns to US officials about his son
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| Dec.29 |
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Suspect's father met with CIA The father of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son's extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared
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| Dec.30 |
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US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for attack
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.18 |
French copter crash off Gabon kills 7
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| Feb.16 |
Tamil Tigers 'target civilians' |
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| Feb.25 |
S Leone trio guilty of war crimes |
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| Mar.2 |
G-Bissau army 'not seeking power' |
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| Jul.14 |
Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations Former Liberian President expressed his incredulity at the testimony against him at his war crimes trial, saying 'there is no way' he is gui...
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| Jul.14 |
Rebels announce 'truce' Map of Niger Delta Nigeria The main rebel group in Niger Delta is to observe a 60-day ceasefire in its attacks on the oil industry
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| Jul.27 |
Islamist attacks spread Map of Borno State Nigeria 15 people have been killed after militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days of violence to 150
| A gun battle raged for hours in Potiskum, Yobe State and a police station was set on fire
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| Jul.27 |
Security boosted in north Nigeria Soldiers have set up road blocks and imposed dusk-to-dawn curfews in affected areas in Yobe, Kano, Borno and Plateau states
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| Jul.28 |
Militants 'under siege'
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| Jul.28 |
Nigerian troops shell Islamists
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| Jul.28 |
Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect Nigerian troops are tracking down members of a sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities
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| Jul.29 |
Islamist fighters 'flee' Members of a Nigerian radical sect have fled the northern city of Maiduguri after the military overran their enclave
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| Jul.30 |
Captured leader of militant sect is dead Map of Borno Nigeria Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a fundamentalist Islamist sect who was initially reported captured by the Nigerian military, is dead
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| Jul.31 |
Row over militant killing The commander of the operation against the militant group: Islamic sect leader Mohammed Yusuf was alive when he was captured
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| Aug.2 |
700 die in fighting in northern Nigeria
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| Oct.4 |
Senior rebels disarm in oil-rich Delta
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| Oct.17 |
Guinea embargo over 'atrocities'
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.18 |
French copter crash off Gabon kills 7
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| Jan.28 |
Hungry caterpillars force emergency |
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| Feb.6 |
Poison in teething drug kills 84 children |
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| Mar.28 |
Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger |
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| Mar.29 |
Stadium stampede kills 22
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| Apr.29 |
Doctors target meningitis outbreak |
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| May.18 |
Elephants suffering in drought |
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| Sep.5 |
350,000 displaced by floods
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| Sep.8 |
600,000 hit by flooding U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger
| So far, 159 people have died
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| Sep.18 |
Settlement eyed in toxic waste
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| Sep.20 |
Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| Oct.15 |
Massive lake Chad could dry up
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| Dec.20 |
55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash
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| 2009 |
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| Jun.3 |
Delta denied to Nairobi, Monrovia |
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| Jun.8 |
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental...
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| Jun.19 |
Militants claim bomb attack on oil pipeline |
|
| Jun.21 |
Royal Dutch Shell: Oil pipelines attacked |
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| Jul.6 |
Militants claim pipeline blast |
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| Aug.14 |
Missing ship 'found' off Africa A missing merchant ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has been spotted off the coast of West Africa
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| Sep.18 |
Settlement eyed in toxic waste
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| Sep.18 |
Nigeria 'offended' by sci-fi film
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| Sep.20 |
Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| 2009 |
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| Feb.11 |
Adebayor crowned Africa's top footballer
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| Mar.29 |
Stadium stampede kills 22
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| May.28 |
'Angry' Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack |
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| Sep.6 |
Ghana reach World Cup |
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| Oct.16 |
Ghana U-20 world champs after shoot-out
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| Nov.14 |
Nigeria edge out Tunisia |
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.22 |
Europeans 'kidnapped in Sahara' |
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| Feb.25 |
S Leone trio guilty of war crimes |
|
| Mar.2 |
President shot dead| Renegade soldiers have shot dead Joao Bernardo Vieira as a revenge, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier | |
|
| Mar.18 |
1,000 seized in 'witch-hunt'
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| Apr.19 |
Nigerian militants to free British hostages |
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| May.28 |
'Angry' Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack |
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| Jun.1 |
Birthday release pledge for hostage |
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| Jun.6 |
Pirates release tugboat held 10 months |
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| Jun.19 |
Militants claim bomb attack on oil pipeline |
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| Jun.21 |
Royal Dutch Shell: Oil pipelines attacked |
|
| Jul.6 |
Militants claim pipeline blast |
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| Jul.9 |
Rebel Okah 'to be freed'
|
| Jul.14 |
Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations Former Liberian President expressed his incredulity at the testimony against him at his war crimes trial, saying 'there is no way' he is gui...
|
| Jul.29 |
Captives freed in Nigerian city
|
| Jul.29 |
Girl's attack sheds light on Liberia rapes 8-year-old girl lured to a storage shed sexually assaulted by four boys. Her Liberian parents felt that they had been shamed by their child
|
| Aug.12 |
Clinton: Al Qaeda seeks foothold in Nigeria
|
| Aug.14 |
Missing ship 'found' off Africa A missing merchant ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has been spotted off the coast of West Africa
|
| Aug.17 |
Russia finds missing cargo ship Russia says it has found a missing vessel Arctic Sea near the Cape Verde islands and retrieved its Russian 15-member crew
|
| Sep.21 |
L. American cartels expand to West Africa
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| Sep.29 |
Massacre toll put at 157 Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest
|
| Dec.3 |
Guinea leader survives attack| Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the nation, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy | |
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| Dec.6 |
President 'favourable' after head surgery
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| Dec.8 |
Al Qaeda claims aid worker kidnappings
|
| Dec.26 |
Nigerian accused of attacking US plane Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged with attempting to destroy a plane after he tried to detonate a bomb on a passenger jet
|
| Dec.26 |
Father alerted US about plane bomber A top Nigerian banker, the father of 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had voiced concerns to US officials about his son
|
| Dec.29 |
Suspect's father met with CIA The father of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son's extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared
|
| Dec.30 |
US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for attack
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.1 |
Ruling party bids to halt key vote |
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| Jan.3 |
Opposition leader wins poll John Atta Mills has won by 50.23% of the votes a tight presidential run-off in Ghana, saying he will be 'a president for all'
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| Mar.2 |
G-Bissau army 'not seeking power' |
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| Mar.18 |
1,000 seized in 'witch-hunt'
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| Jun.7 |
Gabon President Omar Bongo 'is dead'
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| Jun.8 |
Gabon's leader is confirmed dead |
|
| Jul.10 |
Obama's trip sends message to Africa| President Barack Obama is generating excitement in the west African nation and envy among its neighbors. Ghana was chosen because of... | |
|
| Jul.11 |
Obama speaks of hopes for Africa US President, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world
|
| Jul.19 |
Aziz declares win in vote
|
| Jul.26 |
Guinea-Bissau votes for new president
|
| Jul.28 |
Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect Nigerian troops are tracking down members of a sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities
|
| Aug.12 |
Clinton: Al Qaeda seeks foothold in Nigeria
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| Sep.5 |
President-elect calls for calm
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| Sep.29 |
Massacre toll put at 157 Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest
|
| Oct.17 |
Guinea embargo over 'atrocities'
|
| Oct.25 |
Amnesty calls on Nigeria to arrest alBashir
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| Dec.6 |
President 'favourable' after head surgery
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