Kenya restricts Somali refugees

BBC March 26, 2014 Some half a million Somalis live in the Dadaab refugee camp Kenya has ordered all urban-based Somali refugees to move into designated camps in a bid to end attacks by militant Islamists. Interior Minister Joseph Ole

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Humanitarian crisis looms as refugees from South Sudan pour into Ethiopia

The Guardian South Sudanese children gather at a refugee camp in Gambella, one of the poorest regions in Ethiopia. Photograph: Elissa Jobson for The Guardian By Elissa Jobson Mon 24 March 2014 “We left all our property – our home,

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South Sudan signs military cooperation deal with Egypt

24 March 2014 Sudan Tribune The South Sudanese government on Sunday a signed bi-lateral military cooperation with Egypt, less than a week after it reached a consensus on a similar matter with neigbouring Sudan, from which it suceeded in July

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Joseph Kony: US military planes to hunt LRA leader

24 March 2014 Joseph Kony is wanted on war crimes charges The US has announced it is sending military aircraft and more special forces to look for Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. At least four CV-22 Ospreys and refuelling planes,

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4 shot dead in Kenya church attack

23 March 2014 BBC Blood-soaked Bibles and chairs lay strewn across the church’s floor after the shooting Four people have been killed after gunmen opened fire in a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, officials say. They say a

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Eritrean Asylum family stranded in Paris airport for a week

The Local 21 Mar 2014 An Eritrean woman and her eight children have been trapped at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport for more than a week after being deported by the Norwegian government. Norway’s immigration services deported Simreth Wolbgeber and

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South Sudan rebels, government claim oil town as talks delayed

Thu Mar 21, 2014 By Carl Odera JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels and government troops both said they controlled the capital of an oil-producing state on Thursday after days of fighting, as another attempt to resume peace talks in

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Eritrea denies supporting South Sudan rebels

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ST March 21, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has dismissed reports alleging that the Red Sea nation has been providing military support to South Sudan rebels led by former vice president, Riek Machar. Recently, Eritrean

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Kenya court allows ICC extradition

March 20, 2014 BBC If Walter Barasa is transferred to the ICC and found guilty he could face up to five years in jail Kenya’s high court has ruled that a journalist wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in

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Ogaden protesters slam Ethiopia outside Africa parliament

18 March 2014 The Ogaden region is located inside Ethiopia but its people are ethnic Somalis and Muslim by religion. World Bulletin / News Desk More than 300 members of South Africa’s Ogaden community on Tuesday protested outside the Pan-African

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