President Salva Kiir says South Sudan has put down an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked deputy, after heavy gunfire in Juba.

The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency declared in May.

[SPS]Algiers -The participants to the 4th International Conference on "Peoples' right to resistance: case of the Sahrawi people," called Sunday in Algiers in a declaration the UN to "expedite" the settlement of Western Sahara conflict and "expand" MINURSO prerogatives to monitoring human rights in the occupied territories.

[SPS]Algiers -The participants to the 4th International Conference on "Peoples' right to resistance: case of the Sahrawi people," called Sunday in Algiers in a declaration the UN to "expedite" the settlement of Western Sahara conflict and "expand" MINURSO prerogatives to monitoring human rights in the occupied territories.

[SPS]Algiers -The African Coordination of Solidarity with the Saharawi people, called "African Task Force" was installed Saturday in Algiers, in accordance with the recommendations of the African Conference in support of the Saharawi cause, held last October in Abuja (Nigeria).

[SPS]Sale (morocco) -Moroccan occupying authorities hid on Wednesday a Saharawi political prisoner Mbarak Daoudi while a UN delegation was visiting prisons to enquire about the situation of human rights in the Moroccan prisons.

Incubo guerra civile a Juba. Il presidente Kiir: «Abbiamo il pieno controllo della situazione». Ma si spara ancora

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission to Sunday's parliamentary runoff in Mali Amos Sawyer has called on Mali's political stakeholders, including the electorate, political parties, the government and civil society, to seize the momentum of international goodwill and solidarity to ensure the success of the ECOWAS-facilitated political transition in their country.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - New guidelines that will moderate the practice of micro-insurance in Nigeria will come into effect 1 Jan. 2014, according to the regulatory National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).
Economy

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was due in Algiers Monday for a two-day official visit.
Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian central bank.
Economy

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Former Argentine football star Diego Maradona, arrived in Algiers Sunday as the guest of honor at the 2013 Algeria best footballer of the year award, to be held Monday evening.
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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese leader Salva Kiir has said an attempted coup by rebel troops overnight has been crushed and a night-time curfew imposed on the capital city of Juba.
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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - China is to make 49.5 billion CFA francs available to Niger to finance the construction of fiber optic and other telecommunications services in the West African country, according to an agreement signed here Monday between officials of the two countries.
Economy

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Monday called his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on phone to assure him of Khartoum's support following the failed coup attempt in Juba.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? The official spokesperson of Libya?s General National Congress (GNC), Omar Ahmeidane, said here Monday that the oil crisis in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was man made and meant to create anarchy in the country.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Citing threats to security, the Chairman of the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday declared that the 2015 Presidential, Governorship and legislative elections will not hold in the three States in North Eastern Nigeria that are currently under emergency rule.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese new First Vice President, Lt.-Gen. Barkri Hassan Salih, has stated that the strategy of the government is to seek ?peace through dialogue? with both the civilian and armed opposition groups.
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Tripoli , Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers on Monday highlighted the current financial crisis, caused by the lack of liquidity for the Libyan state as a result of the closure of the oil ports, and the slow progress in the registration of voters for the election of members of the committee responsible for drafting the constitution.
Society

Fifteen-year-old was arrested last month for bringing a ruler with a Muslim Brotherhood symbol on it to school.

Salva Kiir says government now in full control of the capital as he declares a dawn-to-dusk curfew.

Annuncio del capo zona autonoma est

Le ministre sortant de l'Industrie Mehdi Jomaâ a été désigné samedi, malgré les protestations d'une partie de l'opposition, pour former un gouvernement d'indépendants et sortir la Tunisie d'une profonde crise politique en conduisant ce pays vers des élections.

Preuve de l'engouement grandissant des Marocains pour le marché du luxe, Casablanca accueille, pour la troisième année consécutive, un événement consacré à des créateurs venus du monde entier. Les retombées économiques s'annoncent déjà prometteuses...

L'ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères, Saadeddine El Othmani, prépare discrètement sa rentrée politique. À la tête du PJD ?

[Premium Times]The Falconets beat Tunisia, 4-0, on Saturday in Abuja during the first leg of the second round of the FIFA 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup qualifier.

[SPS]Brussels -The Polisario Front called on Thursday in Brussels (Belgium) the European Union (EU) to "be part of a solution and not the conflict in Western Sahara," adding that "the adoption of the fisheries agreement with Morocco including Saharawi waters encourages Morocco in its policy of occupation and intransigence."

[SPS]Strasbourg -The European Parliament (EP) reiterated its support for a fair political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, on the basis of international law and UN resolutions, to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.

[Magharebia]The recent killing of terrorist Hacene Ould Khalil (aka Jouleibib) by French troops in northern Mali came as a hard blow to his boss.

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Soccer Minnows Swaziland vaulted 17 places, from 33rd in August to 16th in December, in the latest FIFA rankings for African female national teams released in Zurich, Switzerland.
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