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Zimbabwe soldiers attack money changers in capital

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by thapaprajwal

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Gunfire has broken out in downtown Harare when rampaging, unpaid soldiers attacked money changers and clashed with police. Associated Press reporters have seen running skirmishes between unarmed soldiers and police wielding guns and riot sticks. Monday's violence...

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A luxury cruise ship having British passengers has come under attack ...

Oodweyne :: Somalia | about 20 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

American, British and Australian passengers on a 32-day cruise from Rome to Singapore. The cruise ship, which carries 690 passengers and 386 crew, was sailing past several groups of fishing boats when two small skiffs tried to intercept it. Two...

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At least 65 killed in ongoing Nigerian political clashes

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

Posted by kalex

Seven students were among those killed Saturday in Jos, the capital city of central Nigeria's Plateau State, as the death toll from two days of political clashes rose to 65. Reports said more than 75 people have been killed since...

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The fire of lawlessness spreads in Zimbabwe: Brutaly beaten a Briton ...

Kwekwe :: Zimbabwe | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Mary Austen, a 74-year-old Briton, was murdered on her farm near Kwekwe, in the centre of the country, and her body discovered two days later. By then her husband, Neville a 77-year-old Zimbabwean, could not move or speak. A HOUSEWIFE...

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The bravely recued security guards jumped in to sea,as Somali pirates ...

Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Both France and Germany, which have ships in the area as part of an international anti-piracy coalition, sent the aircraft after receiving a distress call just after dawn. Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of...

14 news stories / 3 blog posts / 14 images / 3 videos / 1 voice

Riots kill hundreds in Nigeria

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Tokun Lawal, reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News, from Lagos, Nigeria (Biodun Iginla's Note: My mother, Adunni Iginla, was born in Jos, Nigeria, and that's where she and my dad met years before I was born, before they...

29 news stories / 6 blog posts / 12 images / 7 videos / 0 voices

Orders shoot on sight ;raising the death toll to at least 153:Jos, ...

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Twenty bodies bearing fresh wounds were prepared for burial at the Jos central mosque as troops sent to restore calm received orders to shoot any troublemakers on sight. Mobs behind Nigeria's worst sectarian fighting in years burned homes, churches and...

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A dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Nigerian city; 18 died and 300 ...

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Muslim opposition supporters had gone on the rampage when they heard their candidate to head the council had lost.This sparked unrest in the religiously divided city, with Christians burning mosques and Muslims burning churches. At least 20 people, including one...

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Thousands flee fighting in eastern Congo

Kinkala :: Congo | 26 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed Wednesday around this town in eastern Congo, as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day, forcing thousands to flee. A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the government was holding, however, and diplomats scrambled...

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Cholera outbreak in refugee camp feared

Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 22 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Natalie Duval--reporting for Biodun Iginla and Emily Straton, the husband and wife team at BBC News, Minneapolis and London--in Djibouti Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print _______________________________________________________________________________...

31 news stories / 8 blog posts / 30 images / 24 videos / 0 voices