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Seattle Times, 21.04.13 17:25 UTC

Nigeria censors documentary in growing crackdown

The documentary on a massive strike that paralyzed life in Nigeria features newspaper headlines, television news footage and other information widely known about a government gasoline subsidy that saw billions of dollars stolen by greedy companies and the nation's elite.

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Seattle Times, 20.04.13 13:08 UTC

Experts: West Africa piracy takes root in Nigeria

Experts say that the growing piracy off the coast of West Africa takes root in the oil-slicked creeks of Nigeria's southern delta.

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Daily Mail, 19.04.13 17:23 UTC

French family of seven with FOUR children finally released after being held hostage for two months by militants in Cameroon

PUBLISHED: 16:23 GMT, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:35 GMT, 19 April 2013 A French family of seven, including four children, have been released in Cameroon following secret talks, France said today, ...

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BBC World News, 16.04.13 16:48 UTC

Niger-Burkina Faso border set by ICJ ruling

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has settled a decades-old border dispute between the West African nations of Niger and Burkina Faso.

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Seattle Times, 16.04.13 11:51 UTC

Iran's president visits uranium-rich Niger

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the uranium-rich West African nation of Niger.

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Seattle Times, 15.04.13 09:21 UTC

World sea piracy down 35 percent in first quarter

World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Monday.

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Seattle Times, 12.04.13 12:57 UTC

Small plane with US pilot missing off West Africa

U.S. diplomats asked for help Friday in the search for an American pilot in a small turboprop aircraft that went missing Sunday in a storm off the coast of West Africa.

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Telegraph, 10.04.13 17:16 UTC

Libyan arms that went missing under Gaddafi 'fuelling multiple conflicts'

Libyan arms that went missing during the fighting to remove Col Muammar Gaddafi are now spreading ever further afield, being used in conflicts as far apart as Niger, Somalia, Gaza and Syria, a UN report says.

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Seattle Times, 10.04.13 00:25 UTC

UN panel: Libyan weapons spread at alarming rate

A U.N. panel says Libyan weapons are spreading at "an alarming rate" to new territories in west Africa and the eastern Mediterranean including Syria and the Gaza Strip where they are fueling conflicts and enriching the arsenals of armed groups and terrorists.

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BBC World News, 08.04.13 13:54 UTC

Mali crisis: France in big offensive against Islamists

French forces have launched one their biggest offensives against militants in northern Mali, officials have said.

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