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June 13, 2012
MOGADISU, Somalia (AP) - Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous…
June 11, 2012
Al-Shabaab, the Somalian militant group accused of many kidnappings as well as the destabilization of the government within the horn…
March 23, 2012
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) - The African Union will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony…
October 24, 2011
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - While Western powers heralded Gadhafi's demise, many Africans were gathering at mosques built with Gadhafi's money…
August 29, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Chairman Jean Ping told reporters Monday that this is one of the reasons the AU…
August 26, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya...
August 25, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - "This is what we pledged today, it is new money and exclusively African," said AU…
July 29, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - African Union and Somali forces traded barrages of fire at a new front line in Mogadishu…
January 31, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - This week's summit, which started Sunday and ends Monday, was dominated by the crisis in Ivory Coast...
September 7, 2010
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) - Fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed more than 230 people in the past…
May 25, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In 1960, 17 African countries gained independence from European colonial powers, making it a banner year for…