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French President Francois Hollande greets well-wishers during his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali, Saturday Feb. 2, 2013.
France   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)		  The New York Times 
French President Defends Mali War After Attacks
Fri 24 May 2013
PARIS — France's president says his country must fight harder against terrorists in Africa, after two suicide bombings apparently staged by extremists angry over the French military intervention in... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe   Funerals   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Chinua Achebe		  The News Tribune 
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
Thu 23 May 2013
OGIDI, Nigeria — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday,... (photo: Creative Commons / Stuart C. Shapiro)
Suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 21, 2012.  San Francisco Chronicle  Tue 21 May 2013
Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu)
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In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria.  BBC News  Sun 19 May 2013
Nigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes"
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the... (photo: AP / Abdukareem Haruna)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation. The Star Sat 18 May 2013
Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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In this file photo taken, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 file photo, Nigeria secret service officers stand guard, during a court hearing in Lagos, Nigeria. Voa News Sat 18 May 2013
Nigeria Imposes Curfew in Military Campaign
Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Boko Haram   Islamists   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
FEMA - 44808 - FEMA Mobile home page on a smart phone screen Joy Online Sat 18 May 2013
Huawei launches Windows 8 phone in Ghana
Huawei and its authorised distributor in Ghana, IPMC have unveiled the new Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 Phone in the country. The involvement of IPMC as the sole wholesale... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Ghana   Huawei   Photos   Wikipedia: Windows Phone 8   Windows Phone 8
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Mr. Albert Gerard Koenders, incoming Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire Baltimore Sun Fri 17 May 2013
U.N. chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
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Donor conference amasses 3.25 bln euros for rebuilding Mali CNTV Fri 17 May 2013
Donor conference amasses 3.25 bln euros for rebuilding Mali
BRUSSELS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The international donors made a decision to mobilize 3.25 billion euro in supporting Mali's reconstruction, said a press release issue by the... (photo: European Community / EC)
Brussels   Conference   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali
File - In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer razed buildings and shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical Islamist sect. Mail Guardian South Africa Fri 17 May 2013
Boko Haram holds Nigeria to ransom
The aftermath of fighting between Boko Haram and the Nigerian military in the remote fishing village of Baga. (AFP) Our Coverage More Coverage The road to Baga in Nigeria... (photo: AP / Abdulkareem Haruna)
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President Barack Obama waves as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington >Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen Seattle Post
File - Children at play at the Yida settlement in Unity state, in northern South Sudan, 12 March, 2013. Opened in 2011, Yida has over 70,000 refugees. Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees Voa News
Handover Ceremony of Chairmanship of G-77 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) delivers remarks at the ceremony marking the handover of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China (G-77), from Algeria to Fiji. At right is Josia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji. UN chief begins DR Congo visit amid Goma violence BBC News
A bus carrying Palestinian passengers arrive from the Egyptian side as Egyptian soldiers guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2013. Egypt re-opened the border crossing on Wednesday five days after they sealed it of the abduction of seven security personnel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egypt reopens Gaza border crossing after soldiers released CNTV
A bus carrying Palestinian passengers arrive from the Egyptian side as Egyptian soldiers guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2013. Egypt re-opened the border crossing on Wednesday five days after they sealed it of the abduction of seven security personnel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release The Guardian
Syrian President Bashar Assad reacts as he speaks to the media with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not seen, following their talks at the Ottoman-era Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 8, 2010. Kerry warns Assad over Syria violence Al Jazeera
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Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Iran's Nuclear Program Gets 2 Major Upgrades In Uranium Enrichment And Plutonium Production, IAEA Says Huffington Post
Congolese M23 rebel fighters stop as they look for FDLR (Force Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda) returning from an incursion into Rwanda Near Kibumba, north of Goma Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012. Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day, 19 dead The Star
Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) wave the group's red flag, the Syrian flag, and the Palestinian flag as they holds poster of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, during a rally on May 7,2013. Against Israeli attack on Syria in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel is not getting involved in Syria's civil war, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said just days after two Israeli air strikes near Damascus sent regional tensions soaring. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Hezbollah-backed Syria troops take key town Qusair France24
File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs journalists following the opening of the Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). UN pushes for swift action in Syrian conflict Deutsche Welle
Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks to the media after day-long talks with six world powers in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 14, 2012 Iran says ready for fresh round of nuclear talks Xinhua
Pope Francis, greets the faithful during the Urbi and Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis condemns global 'cult of money' Al Jazeera
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