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 Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. | The group began its existenc... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Gulf News
Nigeria Photos Politics Terrorism Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Star
Africa Aid Photos UN Wikipedia: Sahel |
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 Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's elec... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam) Dayton Daily News
Elections Photos Politics Senegal Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012 |
 Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their demands as a basis for dialogue. | His remarks... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) BBC News
Islam Nigeria Photos Politics Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought ... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) Zeenews
Human Rights Libya Photos Torture Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war |
 Muslim Brotherhood not in Egypt presidency race
Cairo: The Muslim Brotherhood, the big winners of Egypt's parliamentary vote, will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidency, its leader Mohammed Badie said on Th... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid) Zeenews
Egypt Elections Muslim Photos Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution |
 Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N.
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, acc... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) The Star
Al Qaeda Arms Libya Photos Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war |
