[IWPR]Kenya - International Justice - ICC -Rights groups warn that counter-terror crackdown will discriminate against Somalis while bringing few tangible security gains....

[VOA]Cairo -Algerians went to the polls to decide who will govern the country for the next five years, as ailing President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika seeks a fourth term. He faces strong opposition from former Prime Minister Ali Benflis....

[VOA]At least two people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when fighting broke out Thursday inside the United Nations compound in Bor, where nearly 5,000 displaced South Sudanese have been sheltered since the country plunged into violence in December....

[VOA]Nairobi -Officials in South Sudan say armed youths attacked people taking refuge in a United Nations compound in the capital of Jonglei state. Fighting in the nation threatens the most vulnerable populations....

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan town of Bor have been killed in an attack by armed youths, the UN says. Toby Lanzer, the UN#039;s top aid official in South Sudan, told the BBC that the youths broke through the gates and...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan anti-drug agency on Wednesday in Tripoli seizure 44.600 kg of cocaine, reported to be one of the most important seizures ever made in the world.
Society

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has admitted ?a serious dilemma? over the fate of Field Marshall Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is running for Egypt?s Presidency after ousting former President Mohammed Morsi last year.
Politics

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) ? A total of four persons were killed, three of them in Benghazi and one in Derna, eastern Libya, following a new wave violence in the last 48 hours, according to military sources.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Thursday voiced concern over the arrest and detention of over 1,000 refugees and asylum-seekers who were rounded up during counter-terrorism operations launched by Kenyan security forces in Nairobi this month.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday met with members of the National Security Council (NSC) and also hosted an enlarged meeting of the nation?s Governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The claimed rescue of 121 of the 129 schools girls who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Monday night is not true, according to the principal of the girls' school and the Borno state government in northern Nigeria where the school is situated.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has strongly condemned Monday's bombing of a bus station on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, that left 75 dead and 216 injured.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Ahead of the 24th World Economic Forum Africa meeting, scheduled to hold in Abuja next month, the Nigerian government Thursday assured all delegates and the international community of adequate security during their stay in the country.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian Police authorities Thursday issued new security guidelines to be observed at all Christian worship centres during the Easter celebrations in order to contain the country?s deteriorating security situation.
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The 4th edition of the Malian banking and financial institutions days will be held on 16-18 May in Bamako, sources from the professional association of Malian Banking and Financial Institutions (APBEF) told PANA on Thursday.
Economy

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? A Tunisian diplomat was abducted on Thursday in Tripoli, two days after the kidnapping of the Jordanian ambassador to Libya, according to security sources here.
Society

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Five out of the six members of the opposition Alternative Forces for Regeneration and Emergence (FARE-ANKA WULI) led by former Prime minister Modibo Sidibé, have resigned from the party and the parliamentary group FARE?SADI to join the 70 MPs of the ruling presidential party, the Rally for Mali).
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN on Thursday issued a strongly-worded statement, denouncing what it described as attack on civilians and UN peacekeepers in Bor, Jonglei state, in South Sudan
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of Sudanese nationals have been killed in battles between the warring parties in South Sudan, Sudanese communist party daily Al Maidan reported Thursday.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, rose from his marathon meeting here on security Thursday, ordering a further meeting with all the State governors.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government said Thursday the Nigerian girl-child remains the worst hit by the increasing rate of terror attacks in the country.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A joint mission of the African Union, Arab League, World Bank and United Nations has agreed, at the end of a three-day visit to the Sudan on Thursday, to support programmes to reintegrate veterans in the community.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach Thursday condoled with Nigeria over Monday's bomb blast that left at least 75 dead and 216 injured on the outskirts of the nation's capital, Abuja.
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Revenues from exports in the manufacturing industry in Tunisia dropped by 4% over the first three months this year, compared to the same period last year, the Tunisian agency for industry and innovation promotion, said on Thursday.
Economy

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) ? The European Union is to establish a civil mission to support the Malian interior security forces, called EUCAP Sahel/Mal.
Politics

New York, US (PANA) - Amid escalating violence in northern and central South Sudan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Thursday's attack on civilians and peacekeepers at the UN mission base in Bor, the war-torn capital of Jonglei state, by a mob of armed civilians who forced their way into the facility and opened fire on displaced persons sheltering inside.
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La situation reste confuse sur le sort des 129 lycéennes enlevées lundi soir dans le nord-est du Nigeria. Il est difficile de savoir combien sont encore aux mains du groupe terroriste Boko Haram, accusé de l'enlèvement.

Cinq humanitaires maliens, capturés le 8 février par le Mujao, ont été libérés lors "d'une action des forces armées françaises" au nord de Tombouctou, a annoncé, jeudi, l'Élysée. Les ex-otages sont en bonne santé.

As Algerians vote in presidential polls, many say the result is all but decided: Abdelaziz Bouteflika will win.

School principal denies army statements that most of the girls kidnapped from her school by gunmen have been freed.