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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 15:24 UTC

President: Mali will be ready for July vote

Mali's interim president on Friday sought to reassure international partners that the country fighting a war against radical Islamic fighters will be ready to hold democratic elections by July as promised.

United Nations African Union European Union Dioncounda Traore Mali interim president +2 more

Seattle Times, 19.04.13 10:50 UTC

9 killed by gunman in Kenya, near Somali border

A police chief says that a masked gunman believed to be a member of an al-Qaida-linked Somalia militant group stormed a hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing nine people.

Somalia Kenya Police Chief African Union al-Qaeda al-Shabab

Seattle Times, 17.04.13 02:34 UTC

Amnesty: Sudan bombing, hunger afflict Kordofan

Sudan's indiscriminate bombing of the rebellious South Kordofan province is stoking a developing crisis by displacing thousands of people and disrupting crop planting, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The human rights group said the situation was likely to get worse as food supplies dwindle and the rainy season cuts off roads, making relief missions impossible.

U.N. Security Council United Nations Amnesty African Union Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman Khairunissa Dhala +7 more

Reuters - Top News, 15.04.13 12:50 UTC

Somali militants threaten more attacks after bombs kill 30

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU | Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:37am EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after ...

UN Court Abdi Sheikh al-Qaeda African Union Islamist Mogadishu government +9 more

Seattle Times, 15.04.13 12:15 UTC

Death toll rises to 35 in Somalia court attack

The death toll rose Monday to at least 35 killed in the most serious Islamic extremist attack in years on Mogadishu, a government official said.

Dahir Amin Jesow Abdirashid Hashi al-Shabab Somalia deputy director legislator +10 more

BBC World News, 15.04.13 11:17 UTC

Somalia attack: Al-Shabab 'kill at least 30' in Mogadishu

The number of people killed in Sunday's bomb and gun attacks in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has risen to at least 30, medical sources say.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalia THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED coordinator MOGADISHU African Union +6 more

Telegraph, 14.04.13 15:39 UTC

Wave of suicide attacks leaves 16 dead in Mogadishu

A series of suicide and bomb attacks has ripped through Mogadishu, two of them hitting a court complex and another striking a target near the Somalia capital's international airport.

intelligence officer MOGADISHU al-Shabaab Abdirahman Mohamed southern Somalia Somalia +5 more

Seattle Times, 04.04.13 21:12 UTC

Egypt's president in Sudan to improve ties

Egypt's president began a two-day visit to Sudan on Thursday aimed at boosting cooperation after deteriorating relations between the two nations under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.

CAIRO Addis Ababa African Union International Criminal Court Omar al-Bashir Hosni Mubarak +10 more

Seattle Times, 04.04.13 19:32 UTC

C. African Republic leader OKs faster elections

Central African Republic's self-declared president will hold elections within 18 months despite initially saying that he would rule until 2016, a spokesman said Thursday.

Crepin Mboli-Goumba Michel Djotodia Nicolas Tiangaye African Union Francois Bozize Chad +10 more

Seattle Times, 04.04.13 01:34 UTC

Uganda suspends hunt for war-crimes suspect Kony

Uganda has suspended its hunt for war-crimes suspect Joseph Kony and his Lord s Resistance Army, delivering a major setback to capturing a notorious warlord accused in the abductions of tens of thousands of children over the past three decades.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN INC. military spokesman particularly brutal militia leader President Johannesburg, Gauteng Felix Kulayigye +16 more

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