Africa

Egypt thwarts terrorist attack on embassy

12 May
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CAIRO — Egyptian security forces have thwarted a plan by an Al Qaeda-linked cell to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy, capturing three militants, the interior...

Too early to judge Morsi: Mubarak

Too early to judge Morsi: Mubarak

12 May
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CAIRO — Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said it was too early to judge President Mohamed Morsi, saying the Islamist politician faced a difficult job, in comments billed as...

No Somali pirate hijackings in a year

No Somali pirate hijackings in a year

03 May
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UNITED NATIONS — A United States diplomat says the fight against Somali pirates has been so successful that there hasn’t been a hijacking off the Somali coast, in the Red Sea or...

Nigerian senator says 228 killed in gunfight

Nigerian senator says 228 killed in gunfight

28 April
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MAIDUGURI (Nigeria) — A gunbattle between security forces and Islamist insurgents in Nigeria a week ago killed 228 people, a local senator said yesterday, putting the death toll...

Car bomb targets French embassy in Libya

Car bomb targets French embassy in Libya

23 April
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TRIPOLI (Libya) — A car bomb targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital early today, wounding two French guards in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as...