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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
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Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
 Gulf News 
Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. | The group began its existenc... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
Islam   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
 BBC News 
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their demands as a basis for dialogue. | His remarks came nearly a week after the ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado  The Star 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel  
 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say  Dayton Daily News 
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the count... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
Top Stories
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The Los Angeles Times
Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150
Reporting from Kano, Nigeria, and Johannesburg,— | A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday ... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu)
Bombings   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: January 2012 Nigeria attacks  
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Newsday
Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to 143
| -- The number of people killed by a coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria's largest city is at least 143, a hospital official said Saturday, re... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu)
Boko Haram   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Benin's Razak Omotoyossi, front, attacks as Mozambique's Edson Sitoe, back defends during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match at the Ombaka National Stadium in Benguela, Angola, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Real Clear Politics
African Cup Could Be Full of Surprises
| The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this weekend in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in a peaceful atmosphere, thankfully. Nothing beats having a team getting attacked ... (photo: AP / hemba Hadebe)
Africa   African Cup   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations  
Aid Culture
- One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
- Why Past Govts Failed to Provide Water in Ekiti, By Governor
- The World Bank Adopts a New Interim Strategy Note to Support
- Red Cross Welcomes Ellen's Statement
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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- German exhibit explores discount culture
- Dr Joze in Silver Screen Return With Beloved Husband
- Welcome to 'Nollywood': Nigerian film industry entic
- Paul Kiddo Returns to FNCC
Stephen Colbert
Colbert for president!
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Education Economy
- Nigeria sect leader threatens school bombings
- Teachers In Greater Accra Threaten Strike
- Kwara Abolishes Fees, Levies in Secondary Schools
- FG Concludes White Paper On Visitation Panels
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- Non Oil Sector to Boost Economy in 2012, According to Report
- Ghana to consolidate economic gains with US$100 million budg
- Ghana to consolidate economic gains with US$100m WB budget s
- Judicious use of petroleum revenue will ensure Ghana’s
** FILE ** In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a Bank of America branch is shown in Charlotte, N.C. Escalating credit costs forced Bank of America Corp. to report a $2.39 billion fourth-quarter loss Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, hours after it convinced the federal government it needed a multibillion-dollar lifeline to survive the absorption of Merrill Lynch's hefty losses..
Optimistic investors tiptoe towards risk exposure
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Health Politic
- Nigeria: Militant Leader Pledges Bombing Campaign
- Senegal Court Says President Can Run Again
- Gabon and Tunisia Advance
- Failed Mutiny Highlights the Schism in Papua New Guinea
Breast Cancer
International Breast Cancer And Nutrition Project In Ghana Takes Off
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- Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
- Senegal: Riots After President Wins Ruling
- Senegal: Riots After President Wins Ruling
- Riots in Senegal as Wade cleared for third term bid
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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