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Niger says Areva plant halts production after attack
ReutersPARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - A uranium mine in northern Niger run by French nuclear reactor maker Areva is "badly damaged" and has stopped production for the moment after it was attacked earlier in the day, Niger government spokesman Marou Amadou said on...Tags: Western Africa
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Areva says 13 staff injured in Niger attack
ReutersPARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Areva said on Thursday that 13 staff had been injured in an attack at its Somair mine near Arlit in northern Niger. The French nuclear reactor maker condemned what it called a "despicable attack" and said it was working... -
EU to send border security advisers to Libya
Reuters* EU team will advise and train Libyan officials * Worries that militants, guns cross borders freely BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to send advisers to Libya to help improve border security in response to...Tags: France, Africa, Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, International Organizations
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EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya
Reuters* EU team will advise and train Libyan officials * Worries that militants, guns cross borders freely BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to...Tags: Tripoli (Libya), France, Africa, Politics, International Organizations
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France calls for action against Islamists in southern Libya
Reuters* French minister calls for "special effort" on Libya * Says countries in the region must work together * Niger says last week's suicide bombers came from Libya * French-led offensive in Mali pushed threat across borders By Abdoulaye Massalatchi...Tags: France, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli (Libya), Mali, North Africa
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Libya denies Niger attacks launched from its territory
Reuters* Many countries fear southern Libya a haven for militants * Niger says last week's deadly attacks came from there * Prime minister says Libya does not export "terrorism" BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) - Libya dismissed on Monday Niger's assertion that the...Tags: Tripoli (Libya), France, Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, Mali
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CORRECTED-Nigeria's "war on terror" wins tentative support
Reuters(Corrects May 26 story to fix security spending figure in paragraph 36. The figure of 700 billion naira spent on security in the four months to April was wrong and misattributed to the central bank. The security budget is 950 billion for the full year...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chad
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Insight: Nigeria's 'war on terror' wins tentative support
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nuradin Mohammed used to resent and fear the troops who swept past his fish stall in this northeast Nigerian city on the trail of Islamist insurgents Boko Haram. Now, for the first time, he thinks they may be on his side....Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chad
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France says it won't negotiate to free kidnapped family
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The stakes are high for France: the lives of four French children, their parents, a relative and nine other French hostages being held by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Nigeria and Mali. But France, entrenched in a war in...
Tags: Barack Obama, France, Entertainment, Cameroon, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Want to fight terrorism? Educate women
The jihadists stoning women to death in Mali and taking hostages in Algeria are harbingers of much worse to come. Osama bin Laden may be dead, but Al Qaeda in Africa now threatens an area twice the size of Germany. Mali is just one country in the Sahel,...
Tags: Family Planning, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Employment Opportunities
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As Malala recovers, U.N. marks International Day of the Girl Child
World NowAs Malala Yousafzai lay in a Pakistani hospital recovering from gunshot wounds, the United Nations on Thursday marked its first International Day of the Girl Child....
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