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More than 100 child's "child witch killer" arrested :Nigeria.

Awka :: Nigeria | about 22 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Child rights campaigners say children are frequently abandoned, hideously injured and even murdered because their families believe they are witches. Mr Ulup-Aya was arrested in Akwa Ibom State after a child rights campaigner led police to his church and negotiated...

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Nigeria: The Muslims and Christians of Jos

Jos :: Nigeria | about 19 hours ago | No category

Source: The Economist

Nigeria The Muslims and Christians of Jos Dec 4th 2008 JOS From The Economist print edition The government of Africa’s most populous country is slow to stem violence THE Katako market was still smouldering five days after it was razed...

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2 foreigners reportedly kidnapped off Nigeria

Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Merced Sun-Star

A private security official says unknown gunmen have attacked an oil-services vessel off Nigeria's coast and kidnapped two foreign and one local worker. The official says the attack took place early Thursday about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from the coast...

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NIGERIA: Jos displaced grapple with food, water, medicine shortages

Jos :: Nigeria | about 20 hours ago | Political News

Source: IRIN

Water, medicine and food supplies are running low for an estimated 10,000 people displaced by violence in Jos, northern Nigeria, following three days of violent clashes. The injured and the displaced are bearing the brunt because they are surviving solely...

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Africa: AU Takes Controversial Lead in African S&T Programmes

Abuja :: Nigeria | about 23 hours ago | No category

Source: All Africa

Although the move has been broadly welcomed, critics fear that too tight a hold by the AU may stifle progress. Hakim Elwaer, the AU director of human resources, science and technology, told a meeting of the African Cluster on Science...

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Albany Times Union: Arts council announces grant winners

Song :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Androscoggin News

First published in print: Thursday, December 4, 2008 The council has announced grants for 2009 totaling $33,500 to organizations and artists and $7,500 to three local visual artists for work they will create in 2009.

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AGO files addendum to Ordot financing plan

Ago :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Kuam News

The Attorney General's Office, on behalf of the government of Guam, filed a supplemental brief to its financing plan for the Ordot consent decree. Although it was due on Monday, the addendum was submitted late because officials had to wait...

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Nigeria riot victims swamp medics

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | No category

Posted by mufaza

Hospitals in a Nigerian city that was convulsed by lethal sectarian violence at the weekend are struggling to cope, say aid officials. Bodies awaiting burial were piled up at wards in Jos, witnesses said, as troops enforced a curfew amid...

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Bed Bath & Beyond lowers 3Q outlook on sales drop

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: International Business Times

The company said it expects third-quarter earnings to range between 31 cents and 35 cents a share for the quarter ending Nov. 29. That's down from previous guidance of 41 cents to 47 cents a share the company gave in...

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Malaysian court frees jailed blogger

Isa :: Nigeria | 28 days ago | No category

Source: International Herald Tribune

In what lawyers described as a landmark decision, a court in Malaysia on Friday freed one of the country's best known bloggers, ruling that the government was wrong in detaining him under a draconian internal security law. Raja Petra Kamarudin, who...

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