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In Cairo,Crisis meeting over Somali piracy.

Cairo :: Egypt | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Senior officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen are meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. It comes amid a report that pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker on Saturday are demanding a $25m (£17m) ransom. However, the...

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Forbes: UPDATE 1-Nigeria army repels gunmen at Escravos oil terminal

Lagos :: Nigeria | about 14 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Uinta County News

He said there was no damage to the Escravos terminal, which is situated in Delta state in the western Niger Delta...Rimtip said the attack was believed to have been carried out by a criminal network involved in the theft of...

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'Toxic waste' behind Somali piracy

Afmaadu :: Somalia | about 3 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste. The...

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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Darfur Rebels

Khartoum :: Sudan | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Epoch Times

African Union officials had said the most likely culprits were members of a splinter group of the rebel movement and the Sudan Liberation Army's Unity faction. "What makes these charges significant and important is the gravity of the crime of...

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Khartoum :: Sudan | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Sudan Tribune

Rumbek East County since clashes last month between the Duor-bar and Duor-chiek sub-tribes, in which five people were reported killed. Students used to come long distances to attend classes in Bar-Aliap, walking two hours while generally other children only walk...

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Somali pirates of hijacked oil tanker opens negotiations,crews are ...

Oodweyne :: Somalia | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The tanker was fully laden when it was seized by a group of armed men on Sunday, 420 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker with 25 crew, including two Britons, on board...

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Royal Navy hands over 8 suspected Somali pirates.

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Pirates were captured after Plymouth-based HMS Cumberland and the Russian frigate Neustrashimy stopped an attempted raid on a Danish vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The Royal Navy has handed over eight suspected Somali pirates to the Kenyan authorities. Two...

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Peacekeepers persuading Darfur rebels to ceasefire

Khartoum :: Sudan | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Emmanuelle Karenzi, deputy commander of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission, also said an investigation is under way into the conflicting claims by government and rebels over who is to blame for recent violence in northern Darfur...The weekend spate of...

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Bodies, pillaging testify to Congo's chaotic war

Brazzaville :: Congo | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner

Congolese rebels planning talks with the army Wednesday will consider a demarcation zone to keep the forces apart, a rebel spokesman said, suggesting there may be hope that Congo's latest war was easing. In the army-occupied hilltop village of Kirumba,...

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EU presses for Sudan elections

Jūbā :: Sudan | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Daily Nation

As Sudan debates whether to have an election or not, European Union has taken its side, telling Sudan to hold elections as scheduled under the peace agreement. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended a two-decade north-south civil war in...

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