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All Africa News Headlines- Mali: Benchmarks Needed To Hold Elections in July May 22, 2013[Bridges Institute]Mali burst onto the international scene in January 2012 when disgruntled fighters returning from Libya renewed their interest in a separate state carved from territory in northern Mali. Their success in destabilizing the north led to a March coup, UN resolutions, the formation of an ECOWAS force, a French intervention, kidnapping and chao […]
- Nigeria: Nigerians On the Run As Military Combats Boko Haram May 22, 2013[IRIN]Kano -Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria's Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps from 15 May.
- Congo-Kinshasa: South African Peacekeepers Chase Away Refugees - Report May 22, 2013[News of Rwanda]Dozens of crying children and women have been locked out of a UN base manned by South African peacekeepers outside Goma in eastern Congo, despite a barrage of shooting and bombing close by.
- Sierra Leone: Not All Sierra Leoneans Enjoy Economic Growth Benefits May 22, 2013[Deutsche Welle]Sierra Leone has one of the world's fastest growing economies, according to an International Monetary Fund report. But the post-civil war boom has not yet brought benefits for everyone.
- Chad: Wave of Arrests in Chad May 22, 2013[Deutsche Welle]Chad has Africa's largest contingent of troops in Mali. It is fighting alongside French forces to flush out Islamist groups. But at home, the government is cracking down on opposition activists and journalists.
- Kenya: A Country Held for Ransom May 22, 2013[Destination Magazine]Nairobi -Gangs in Kenya Have Realised That Every Family, No Matter How Poor, Will Give Everything It Can to Stay Whole, Sparking a Rising Trend of Kidnappings for Ransom. the Crime, and the Public’s Reaction to It, Have Left Police At Something of a Loss, and Kenyans Scrambling to Stay Safe.
- Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting May 22, 2013[IPS]Harare -For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare.
- Nigeria: Human Parts Available in Lagos - Price List Revealed May 22, 2013[Vanguard]Lagos -Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics.
- Cote d'Ivoire: Supporter of President Arrested Over Massacre May 22, 2013[Deutsche Welle]The Ivorian government has arrested a militia leader who supported President Alassane Ouattara during post-election violence in 2011. Amade Oueremi is accused of participating in a massacre of Ouattara's opponents.
- Liberia: Press Union Lifts News Blackout on Presidency May 22, 2013[FrontPageAfrica]The Press Union of Liberia has lifted the blackout it imposed on the Liberian Presidency on May 9, 2013. The PUL reached the decision on Tuesday following a meeting of its members at the union's headquarters.
- Mali: Benchmarks Needed To Hold Elections in July May 22, 2013
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- VIDEO: Tornado clean up begins in Oklahoma May 23, 2013Police cordons have been removed for the first time since the Tornado in Oklahoma allowing families to return to their homes and survey the damage.
- VIDEO: Polluted Hong Kong gets new electric taxis May 23, 2013Hong Kong, one of the most highly populated islands in the world, launches a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle its serious pollution problems.
- VIDEO: US mayor to push tornado shelter law May 22, 2013The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma has vowed to push for a new law on shelters, after a huge twister there killed at least 24.
- VIDEO: 'Lack of trust' between Russia and Europe May 23, 2013Russia's Deputy Defence Minister has told the BBC that there is still a lack of trust between Russia and the rest of Europe.
- VIDEO: Diplomatic deadlock on Korean peninsula May 23, 2013With North Korea firing short-range rockets off its eastern coast this week, the prospect of formal talks on the Korean peninsula still seems some way off.
- VIDEO: Tornado clean up begins in Oklahoma May 23, 2013
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