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Al Shabaab executes Kenyan, French hostages in Somalia

February 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Leaders from the al-Qaeda-affliate Al Shabaab in Somalia on Friday reported that they killed a Kenyan soldier who they captured during one of the terrorist group’s cross-border raids. The capture and execution of the Kenyan is similar to a previous … read more »

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How coalition planes hunt Somali pirates in the Horn Of Africa

January 24, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The Aviationist by: Michael Glynn US Navy via The Aviationist DJIBOUTI – The shipping lanes of the pirate-infested Somali basin have faded somewhat from the headlines in the past year as attacks and successful hijackings have dropped significantly.  The decrease … read more »

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Is Mali the next Afghanistan?

January 22, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Newspapers The war rages about cities with names such as Bamako and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, … read more »

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Libyan rebels round up black Africans

September 1, 2011 by benim

ipoli – Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, accusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital. Virtually all of … read more »

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