[State Department]The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation invests $252.9 million in the Alatona Irrigation Project in Mali to build irrigation infrastructure and designed a package of complimentary activities to ensure the physical canals would have lasting effects....

Nigerian soldiers and vigilantes are hunting around the clock for the Islamist fighters holding scores of schoolgirls hostage, an official says....

(Source: Confédération Africaine de Football) Egyptians Al-Ahly laboured to a narrow victory while Nigerians Bayelsa United and Ghanaians Medeama suffered setbacks at the weekend in Orange CAF Confederation Cup play-offs. A powerful Abdullah Al-Saied shot earned Ahly a 1-0 first-leg win over Moroccans Difaa El-Jadidi in a game played behind closed doors at a Cairo military stadium for security reasons. Bayelsa, the last Nigerian club in contention for a CAF title this year, conceded a goal late in each half and slumped 2-0 at Ivorians Sewe San Pedro. Medeama lost by a...

[VOA]The Nigerian militant group known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital Abuja on April 14 that killed 75 people....

[VOA]The United Nations Mission in South Sudan on Monday accused opposition forces in Bentiu of carrying out targeted killings, including of children, and committing vengeful sexual violence against women after they captured the town last week from government troops....

[Deutsche Welle]The United Nations has condemned the targeted killings of civilians in South Sudan based on ethnicity or nationality. Hundreds of people have been killed since rebels seized a key oil town last week....

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La settimana scorsa gli estremisti islamici hanno rapito 129 studentesse, oltre 50 sono riuscite a fuggire e a tornare dai familiari. Mentre si cercano le altre, un secondo assalto: illese le ragazze, bruciati molti edifici della scuola

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Organising Committee of the 2015 Under-20 African Youth Championship has disqualified Gambia from the competition.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the full results of matches played in the first leg, playoff round of the CAF Confederation Cup over the weekend.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All flights to Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna have been suspended after fire gutted the control tower of the airport in the city, according to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
Economy

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An employee of the Tunisian Embassy who was abducted 21 March in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has called on the Tunisian authorities to negotiate with his captors.
Society

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With less than two months to the kickoff of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, none of the African teams heading to the tournament has accepted the offer by African soccer's governing body, CAF, to train for free at its Centre of Excellence in Cameroon.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigeria's successive participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, particularly outside Africa since 1960, has placed the West African nation among the five top world leading countries working hard to achieve global peace, security and stability.

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The first round of the Mauritanian presidential election will be held on 21 June, according to a presidential decree issued here on Sunday.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Two people were killed on Sunday in armed clashes in the Libyan city of Sebha (South), a town known for tribal clashes, hospital sources said.
Society

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has strongly condemned the opposition forces in the country which killed "hundreds of South Sudanese and foreigners" after determining their ethnicity or nationality when they captured Bentiu last week.
Society

New York,US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General?s Special Representative in Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, on Monday condemned the murder of parliamentarian, Mr. Isaak Mohamed Rino, and called for the perpetrators of the attack to be brought to justice.
Society

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has condemned Monday?s assassination of Somali Member of Parliament, Issak Mohamed, in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? No Arab or special foreign force has arrived in Libya to liberate the kidnapped Jordanian ambassador, Faouaz al-Aytan, the spokesperson for the Libyan foreign affairs ministry, Saïd al Assoued, said on Monday.
Society

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Tunisia has set up a crisis committee to monitor the abduction of Tunisian diplomats in Libya, Tunisian Prime minister Mehdi Jomâa, said on Monday.
Society

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? A joint military operation between Algeria and Tunisia to flush out terrorists has been extended to several zones of Mount Chaambi, which separates the two countries, the spokesperson for the Tunisian Defence ministry, General Tawfik Rahmouni, said on Monday.
Society

Parents tell state governor number of abducted students totals 234 - far higher than official estimates.

United Nations condemns killing and wounding of hundreds based on ethnic origins after rebels take control of Bentiu.

Un député somalien, Isak Mohamed Ali, a été tué lundi à Mogadiscio et son collègue Mohamed Abdi blessé dans lexplosion dune bombe accrochée à leur véhicule, ont annoncé un responsable local et le Premier ministre somalien. « Lengin explosif a été fixé sur la voiture du parlementaire, probablement sur un parking », a déclaré Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukardir, [&]

Lélection présidentielle en Mauritanie se tiendra le 21 juin, selon un décret publié lundi par lAgence de presse mauritanienne (AMI, officielle). « Le collège électoral est convoqué le samedi 21 juin 2014, et en cas de second tour, le samedi 5 juillet 20143, précise ce décret. Les Mauritaniens désireux de se présenter au scrutin doivent déposer [&]

Lélection présidentielle en Egypte nopposera que deux candidats, et Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, issu de la toute-puissante armée, est donné gagnant sans lombre dun doute face à Hamdeen Sabbahi, leader de gauche qui dit incarner les idéaux de la révolte de 2011. Le scrutin prévu les 26 et 27 mai doit doter le plus peuplé des [&]

LAlgérie et le Mali ont convenu lundi à Alger de lutter ensemble « contre le terrorisme » au Sahel et ont appelé à un dialogue inter-malien inclusif dans les « meilleurs conditions et délais ». Les deux voisins « ont décidé de faire front uni contre le terrorisme, le trafic de drogue et le crime organisé », selon un communiqué commun [&]

Des individus cagoulés ont braqué un autocar en provenance du Mali avec à bord des passagers et un véhicule personnel, faisant trois morts et neuf blessés, dimanche, dans la faune de Nablougou, à près de 500 km dans le nord du Togo, selon un communiqué officiel diffusé lundi par la télévision nationale. Dans leur acte, [&]

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