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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Nigeria launches airstrikes against Islamist militants

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday. The airstrikes hit...

    Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Watch

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Africa loses benefit of billions of dollars annually, report says

    JOHANNESBURG -- Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, more than all the money coming into the continent through aid and investment, according to a report released Friday.
    JOHANNESBURG -- Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, more than all the money coming into the continent through aid and investment, according to a report...

    Tags: Government, U.S. Embassy, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Energy Resources

    3. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Nigeria officials disagree on death toll in recent fighting

    KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how many people, including civilians, had been killed.
    KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how...

    Tags: Chad, Government, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights Watch, Armed Conflicts

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dozens killed in gun battles in northern Nigeria

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Dozens of people, including many civilians, died in gun battles between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militants in recent days, according to Nigerian officials. However, reports of the number of casualties varied,...

    Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Armed Conflicts

    5. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. French family freed after being held hostage in Nigeria

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials. Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife Albane,...

    Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Cameroon, France, Francois Hollande

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits

    WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday.
    WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...

    Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Petroleum Industry, Trials, Laws, Amnesty International

    7. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Chinua Achebe dies at 82; Nigerian writer

    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written about Africa."
    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written...

    Tags: Government, Awards and Prizes, Christianity, Obituaries, Authors

    8. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, 82, dies

    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa -- Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote “Things Fall Apart,” died Friday after a brief illness. He was 82.
    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa -- Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote “Things Fall Apart,” died Friday after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe, often called the father of African literature, was best known for “Things Fall...

    Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Nelson Mandela, Chinua Achebe, Jerusalem (Israel)

    9. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The world mourns author Chinua Achebe

    In Lagos and London and many other places, the world mourned the great African novelist Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at 82.
    In Lagos and London and many other places, the world mourned the great African novelist Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at 82. Achebe was best known to American readers for his novel “Things Fall Apart.” Published in London in...

    Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Chinua Achebe, Arts and Culture, Authors, Stephen King

    10. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Chinua Achebe, author of 'Things Fall Apart,' dies at 82

    Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe has died. The 82-year-old was best known for his gorgeously written historical novel that served as an indictment of colonialism, "Things Fall Apart." Published in 1958, "Things Fall Apart" soon became an international hit and made Achebe one of the most prominent writers from Nigeria and Africa. It is said to be the most widely read book on the continent.
    Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe has died. The 82-year-old was best known for his gorgeously written historical novel that served as an indictment of colonialism, "Things Fall Apart." Published in 1958, "Things Fall Apart" soon became an international...

    Tags: Chinua Achebe, Literature, Arts and Culture, University of Cambridge, Authors

    11. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Western governments say Nigerian extremists executed 7 hostages

    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded.
    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded. The group, Ansaru, announced Saturday...

    Tags: Government, Goodluck Jonathan, Kenya, National Government, United Kingdom

    12. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. France says it won't negotiate to free kidnapped family

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The stakes are high for France: the lives of four French children, their parents, a relative and nine other French hostages being held by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Nigeria and Mali.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The stakes are high for France: the lives of four French children, their parents, a relative and nine other French hostages being held by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Nigeria and Mali. But France, entrenched in a war in...

    Tags: Niger, Entertainment, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Africa

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