[HRW]To crush Boko Haram insurgents, Nigeria's Defence Headquarters last week declared it would employ the Sri Lankan method....

The gunmen went door to door in the Kenyan costal town, demanding to know if the men inside were Muslim and if they spoke Somali. If the extremists did not like the answers, they opened fire, witnesses say. Al-Shabab, a Somali al Qaeda-linked group, claimed responsibility for the hours-long assault on Mpeketoni in which 48 people were killed. The attack began on Sunday night (local time) as residents watched World Cup matches on TV and lasted until early Monday, with little resistance from Kenya's security forces. After daybreak, Kenyan troops and residents stared at the bodies lying on dirt streets by still-smoldering buildings. Two hotels and many vehicles were set on fire. The attack...

An Egyptian police captain has been killed in a shoot-out on the southern outskirts of Cairo with alleged supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi....

Iran-Nigeria finisce 0-0, un match giocato intensamente nel primo tempo, con un gol annullato alla Nigeria. Alla fine della ripresa si chiude stancamente il primo incontro a reti bianche 

Curitiba, Brazil (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi has said Africa has what it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
Sports

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Global rights group Amnesty International has said torture still continues in Tunisia, even after the country's revolution.
Social

Mombasa, Kenya (PAN A) - Masked gunmen terrorized the coastal resort of Mpeketoni, Lamu, near the Kenyan coastal border with Somalia, killing 50 people, among them football fans watching the World Cup, witnesses and the Police said Monday.
Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Opposition party, Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), has condemned the use of Mauritanian military helicopters for the electioneering campaign of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as the country zeroes in to the 21 June presidential polls.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Monday said it hoped that the recent release of the Umma Political Party leader, Sadiq Al Mahdi, will be a prelude to the release of all political detainees in Sudan.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Two persons were killed and nine others injured in new wave of armed clashes on Sunday night in Sebha, 800 km South of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, hospital sources said here Monday.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency (NHSA) on Monday predicted that about 102 of the nation?s 774 Local Government Areas are at high risk of flooding in 2014.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The process towards the conduct of the 2016 Nigerian national population census may have begun with Monday?s formal request by the Nigerian National Population Commission (NPC) on President Goodluck Jonathan to make a presidential proclamation to that effect.
Society

Curitba, Brazil (PANA) ? Of the five African teams featuring in 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, only two national coaches -- Nigeria's Stephen Keshi and Ghanaian Appiah Akwesi -- are there with their countries? national teams, PANA reported.
Sports

New York, US (PANA) - Marking the Day of the African Child, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr. Gordon Brown, on Monday urged the world to remember the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria, while also praising young people around the world as they mobilise to demand education for all.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian government Monday released the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), highlighting improvements in key health indicators especially a decline in childhood deaths but registered stalled progress in reproductive health.
Society

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Morocco and the World Water Council (WWC) have launched the fifth edition of the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize, according to a statement issued on Monday.
Environment

Curitiba, Brazil (PANA) - Iran on Monday drew 0-0 with African champions Nigeria in their 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F match played at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba.
Sports

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Although the first half of 2014 is coming to an end, the North African state of Libya still does not have a budget.
Economy

Curitiba, Brazil (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles, against all expectations, on Monday failed to fly as they were battled to a barren draw by Iran in their opening 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Sports

Curitiba, Brazil (PANA) - Iran's head coach Carlos Queiroz, whose team held Nigeria to a goalless draw in their opening group F match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup competition on Monday, said his players succeeded in their strategy of frustrating the Nigerian team.

Les Shebab somaliens ont revendiqué, lundi, l'attaque qui a fait une quarantaine de morts la veille dans une ville côtière kenyane. Le groupe islamiste, qui vise directement l'industrie touristique du Kenya, a déclaré le pays "zone de guerre".

Somalia-based group says attacks will continue, and tells tourists to stay away after assault in Mpeketoni kills 48.

Reporter to be freed on medical grounds after being held without charge for 306 days and protesting with hunger strike.

Les islamistes somaliens shebab, liés à Al-Qaïda, ont revendiqué lundi lattentat meurtrier survenu au Kenya près de larchipel touristique de Lamu (sud-est), et ont appelé touristes et étrangers à éviter, pour leur propre « sécurité », ce pays devenu « zone de guerre ». Dans un communiqué, les shebab ont affirmé que lattentat perpétré dimanche soir à Mpeketoni était [&]

Les légendes africaines Johnny Clegg et Youssou NDour ont rendu un hommage festif au héros de la lutte anti-apartheid Nelson Mandela, dimanche soir à Fès, la capitale spirituelle du Maroc, où se tient la 20e édition du « Festival des musiques sacrées ». Le jour même où la famille de lex-président sud-africain annonçait la fin de sa [&]

Les mouvements armés du nord du Mali sont prêts à sengager dans un dialogue avec Bamako pour mettre fin à linstabilité dans cette région, a estimé lundi le ministre algérien des Affaires étrangères Ramtane Lamamra. « Les conditions sont de plus en plus mûres pour lavancée vers la paix » dans le nord du Mali, a déclaré [&]

Le Mali est un pays de tolérance. Le monument de cette tolérance est à Bamako : la cathédrale de Bamako située au centre de la capitale. Le Malien pardonne mais n?oublie pas. Notre peuple a horreur d?une chose la trahison. Les Maliens sont unanimes que c?est le général Amadou Haya Sanogo et son CNRDRE ont permis  [&]

» ?Les Français ne vont jamais combattre les groupes rebelles parce que ce sont eux qui les ont créés pour les besoins de la déstabilisation du Mali?. A Aguel-Hok, Ménaka, Tessalit, d?hier à aujourd?hui, c?est l?armée malienne qui est cantonnée? Il ne faillait pas compter sur une intervention étrangère pour libérer notre pays. On nous [&]

Sortie bredouille de la rencontre avec le chef de l?Etat il y a quelques jours de cela, l?opposition malienne change de fusil d?épaule. Elle vient de déposer une motion de censure contre le Premier ministre Moussa Mara. L?objectif visé est de le déposer afin que le président leur fasse appel dans le cadre de la [&]