As reported by the British Foreign Office all Mozambican airlines have been refused permission to operate services to the EU. The EU ban was imposed because the Mozambican regulatory authority was unable to verify that these airlines comply with international safety standards. You should avoid flying with Mozambican certified carriers subject to the EU operating ban. British government employees are advised to use carriers that are not subject to the operating ban unless this is unavoidable. Read post
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As reported by Aljazeera.com, a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into an African peacekeeping convoy, killing at least two people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials have said. The attack on Friday was claimed by al-Shabab fighters who carried out the deadly assault on a nearby UN base last month and another […]
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Canada.com reported that, Nigeria’s Red Cross says a building collapsed in a poor Lagos suburb and killed seven people. Team leader Oladimeji Ige said they dug out eight people but believe others still are trapped. He said an infant was among victims when the three-story building caved in before dawn Thursday. Such collapses sometime occur […]
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The Baltimore Sun reports that gunmen have kidnapped a Lebanese manager from a construction company in southern Nigeria after an attack in which three soldiers were wounded, the military and a security source said. The man was seized from the premises of the Nigerian-owned but Lebanese-run construction firm Setraco in Benin city on Monday, military […]
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As reported by Mole.my, Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state on Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre that saw suspected Islamist extremists kill 42 people in a gun and bomb attack on a boarding school. Yobe state governor Ibrahim Gaidam has directed that all secondary schools in the state be closed down […]
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As reported by Sunatimes.com, the journalist Liban Abdullahi Farah [Aka Liban Qaran] was shot and killed by unidentified armed men who immediately escaped from the scene at the centre of Galkacyo town, some 750 -km away from the country’s capital, Mogadishu. Initial reports say the jouenalist wasce killed by several armed men whom were not […]
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According to The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer travel to Egypt and U.S. citizens living in Egypt to depart at this time because of the continuing political and social unrest. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning issued on June 28, 2013. On July 3, 2013, the Department of State ordered […]
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Thanhniennews.com reports that a Vietnamese journalist was seriously poisoned by water from an old well in the Sahara Desert while on assignment in Algeria, claimed his employer, Nang Luong Moi newspaper . Nguyen Nhu Phong, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper and its online affiliate, PetroTimes, allegedly washed his face and took a sip of water from […]
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Reuters.com reported that, one person was killed and more than two dozen injured in fighting on Sunday between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in the Nile city of Beni Suef, south of Cairo, security sources said. Read Article
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According to standardmedia.co.ke, the famous Thompson Falls is deemed to be one of the main tourists attraction sites in Lakipia County. But this jewel, which was discovered by Scottish explorer Joseph Thompson in 1883, is now acquiring a dubious reputation of being a hide-out for criminals. An increasing number of visitors to the site have […]
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