November2014

Missing Nigerian schoolgirls ‘married off’

Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote town of Chibok in Nigeria’s northeast in April have converted to Islam and been married off. Shekau made the remarks in a video obtained by the AFP news agency on Friday. “Don’t you know the over[…]

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Iraqi peshmerga fighters cross into Kobane

Iraqi peshmerga fighters have begun entering the Syrian border town of Kobane where they were expected to join the battle against Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL) fighters beseiging the town. Peshmerga forces entered through the Yumurtalik crossing on Friday armed with heavy weaponry, including anti-aircraft machine guns and mobile[…]

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Rival officers claim power in Burkina Faso

An army general and a colonel have both announced they will lead a transition to democracy after Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore was pushed out by street protests, ending a 27-year reign. Colonel Yacouba Zida said in a recorded address posted early on Saturday on the website of a national[…]

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Local karate dojo donates funds towards Gaza

Shocked by a brutal Israeli assault that led to more than 2100 Palestinian casualties in Gaza, 500 of which amounted to child fatalities, students at the Cape Town branch of the World Seido Karate Organisation have united to collectively raise R25 000 towards relief efforts in the conflict-hit region. Gaza[…]

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