As covered by newsinfo.inquirer.net, “A Norwegian teenager has been raped and robbed at gunpoint by two armed men in South Africa’s top tourist city of Cape Town, police said Tuesday. Police said the 19-year old exchange student was with a South African male friend when they were attacked at one of the city’s attractions, the 300-meter-high Signal Hill. They were forced into their car and ordered to drive to a nearby residential area known as Summer Greens…The couple were also robbed of their personal effects. No arrests have been made yet.” Read Article
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According to timeslive.co.za, “Britain on Friday said it believed terror attacks were in the final stages of planning in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) reiterated its warning to all British nationals not to travel to any part of the troubled east African country.” Read Article
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As covered by canada.com, “A British businessman was abducted Saturday in Lagos, a rare case of expatriate kidnapping in this West African nation’s commercial centre, Nigerian police said Tuesday. Nigeria’s police spokesman Frank Mba told The Associated Press that kidnappers probably followed their victim as he was leaving a nightclub in Victoria Island, one of […]
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Two Libyans have been arrested over claims they sexually assaulted three British aid workers earlier this week. The workers were apparently abducted at a checkpoint near the city of Benghazi and held for hours before being freed on Wednesday. Read Article
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On March 24, AQIM renewed a threat to kill its French hostages and called on their families to pressure France’s government to end its military operation against radical Islamists who had seized control of northern Mali. The Al-Qaeda franchise is currently holding at least five French hostages in the region. It announced last week it […]
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As covered by standardmedia.co, “Britain has joined US in issuing travel warning to its citizens over the ongoing presidential petitions whose ruling is set to be delivered on Saturday, March 30. While issuing the advisory, Britain cautioned its citizens to avoid parts of Nairobi, North Eastern and Coast.” Read Article
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gov.uk reported that the armed rebel coalition Seleka have renewed their offensive against the Government of CAR and have now taken control of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui. The situation continues to deteriorate, with reports that Seleka are moving into south-west CAR, and of continued gunfire and widespread looting and violence in […]
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As reported by vanguardngr.com, “AN expatriate has been kidnapped in Lagos, the US consulate said Sunday, but no further details were immediately available. A US consulate spokeswoman did not reveal the nationality of the victim. Such incidents are rare in Lagos, though kidnappings for ransom occur regularly in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region and […]
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A car-bombing at the airport of the historic city of Timbuktu has killed a Malian soldier and wounded 6 others, this is the first suicide attack to hit the former Islamist stronghold since French and African forces ousted rebels from Mali’s northern territories in an operation that began in January. Read Article
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As covered by dailymail.co.uk, “Giraffe attacks are rare and this male is thought to be suffering from an ‘hormonal imbalance’. The two-and-a-half tonne giraffe is well-known in the park for its odd behavior but had never attacked humans before. The relieved passengers – which included German tourist Silke Ptaszynski, South Africans Sarene Carter and Mavis […]
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