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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he’ll appoint a new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, after a dispute over oil revenue between the newly separated states brought them to the brink of war last year.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he’ll appoint a new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, after a dispute over oil revenue between the newly separated states brought them to the brink of war last year.
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Niger said it will step up its fight against Islamist militants in the country as a group linked to al-Qaeda said it took part in twin suicide car bombings yesterday that killed at least 23 people.
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At least 23 people were reported dead in attacks on a Niger military base and a Areva SA uranium mine as one of the Islamist groups that prompted French strikes on neighboring Mali claimed responsibility.
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Nigeria will release suspects held in connection with activities by the Boko Haram Islamist group in phases, starting with women and children, President Goodluck Jonathan’s office said.
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the lender’s $1 billion pledge to Africa’s Great Lakes region obliges countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to adhere to a peace accord signed in February.
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Nigeria’s Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it has suspended plans to bomb mosques and kill Muslim clerics after heeding appeals from religious groups and prominent citizens including Henry Okah.
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the release of some suspected terrorists, including all women, said Chris Olukolade, a Defense Ministry spokesman.
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Deogratias Mutombo Mwana Nyembo, who became Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank governor last week, may boost efforts to extend financial services to more of the country’s 70 million people, an industry group said.
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Nigeria’s military is chasing Islamist fighters as they flee to the borders of Chad and Niger from the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared emergency rule, spokesman Chris Olukolade said.
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