In a chilling message, the leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in the north of Nigeria last month, and said that he would sell them into slavery. ?I abducted your girls,? Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in the one-hour video released on Monday. ?By Allah, I will sell them in the marketplace,? he continued, adding that the girls were being held as ?slaves?. In one of the most shocking attacks in Boko Haram?s five-year insurgency, armed militants swooped on a school in the town of Chibok in Nigeria?s remote northern Borno State on 14 April and snatched 276 girls from their dormitories. But it is only now...

5 May 2014 Last updated at 19:42 BST Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to sell the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago. Militant leader Abubakar Shekau sent a video obtained by the AFP news agency, in which he said for the first time that his group had taken the girls. About 230 girls are...

5 May 2014 Last updated at 21:37 BST South Sudan troops attempting to recapture the oil rich town of Bentiu from rebels have been forced back amid heavy gunfire. Government troops advanced towards the town centre over the weekend with an armoured column. The BBC's Alastair Leithead, who is in the UN compound on the outskirts of Bentiu, witnessed the...

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Il capo del gruppo estremista Boko Harm, Abubakar Shekau, ha rivendicato in un video il rapimento delle oltre 200 studentesse il 14 aprile. Shekau ha anche detto che le liceali rapite saranno trattate come schiave, vendute e costrette a sposarsi. 

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National General Congress (Parliament) Monday confirmed Sunday's controversial election of new Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maitigue.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Investment commitments by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Development Partners to help improve the agricultural sector in Africa have doubled to US$7.2 billion, according to the 2013 Grow Africa Annual Report .
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Nigeria on a dual- purpose trip that includes an official visit and the attendance of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, PANA reported.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the latest terrorist bomb attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for which the Islamic insurgent group, Al-Shabaab, has claimed responsibility and which has caused numerous deaths and injuries.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Monday stated categorical that Kenya would not withdraw its troops from Somalia, until the war against the Al-Shabaab militia is won.
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is to sign a series of agreements this month with a number of countries, including France, Chad, Niger, Algeria and Mauritania, Mr. Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga, the Malian Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, revealed here Sunday.
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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Discussions on ways of strengthening cooperation between Tunisia and Australia in the field of natural resources and mining were held here Monday between the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Mongi Hamdi, and the president of the Australian House of Representatives, Mrs. Bronwyn Bishop.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian and Kenyan Presidents Monday led top officials of their respective countries to bilateral talks in Nigeria?s capital, Abuja, calling on African leaders to never succumb to the antics of terrorist organizations operating in the continent.
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Foreign direct investment in Tunisia declined by 19.3% during the first three months of 2014, compared to the same period last year, according to a statement from the Tunisian Agency for the promotion of foreign investment.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and Kenya on Monday renewed their bilateral agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between the two countries as part of efforts to promote South-South economic development and cooperation.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudanese rivals meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss a plan to end fighting have declared a month-long humanitarian ceasefire as fighting raged in their country.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Ahead of Wednesday?s official opening of the first World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) to be hosted in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, a noticeable anxiety has enveloped the city as well as organizers of the Forum.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian Police on Monday denied ever arresting one of the leaders of the women protesting the inaction of the government to rescue school girls abducted by Boko Haram members at the Government Girls Secondary School at Chibok, Borno state.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigeria?s Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday announced that the nation?s external debt profile as at March 2014 was US$9.16 billion with domestic debt pegged at 8.7 trillion naira (US$1=N163).
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New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Farhan Haq, a UN spokesperson, on Monday in New York said that the mission in South Sudan has reported that fighting with heavy and small arms fire resumed at the weekend in South Sudan?s Unity state.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Lagos state Governor, in south west Nigeria, Sir Michael Otedola, has died at the age of 88 years, according to local media reports.
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Après avoir revendiqué le rapt des 200 lycéennes au Nigeria le 14 avril, le groupe islamiste Boko Haram a affirmé lundi qu?il entendait traiter les jeunes filles en "esclaves" et les "vendre" pour quelques dollars.

Reporters at Abdullah Elshamy's court hearing record him as saying he had not seen a doctor or a lawyer since August.

Armed group claims responsibility for kidnapping 276 girls with leader threatening to "sell them in the marketplace".

Ancien du Stade Malien de Bamako et ex-international junior (il a participé à la Coupe du monde des moins de 20 ans 2013 en Turquie avec le Mali), Bakary Nimaga est devenu champion dAlbanie ce vendredi avec son club du KS Skënderbeu à deux matches de la fin du championnat. La formation de Mirela Josa [&]

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A la célébration de la Journée internationale de la presse, le 3 mai à la Maison de la presse, les interventions ont porté sur quatre points. Les échanges ont porté sur les fondements de la presse, comme léthique et la déontologie, la responsabilité de la presse dans la situation actuelle du Mali et le rôle des [&]

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