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  • Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north

    ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. (   05/24/2013 11:45 AM )

  • French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers

    NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by the extremists, according to French and Nigerien officials. (   05/24/2013 11:38 AM )

  • Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them in a comatose-like state, factors that may have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients, an advocacy group said Friday. (   05/24/2013 11:30 AM )

  • UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo, a region long plagued by violence and which now is back on edge. (   05/24/2013 11:22 AM )

  • Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state. (   05/24/2013 10:40 AM )

  • Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied AIDS drugs

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. (   05/24/2013 10:14 AM )

  • Correction: Mozambique-UN story

    MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became independent in 1974, instead of 1975. (   05/24/2013 8:23 AM )

  • 26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger

    NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release. The timing of the attacks, which occurred at the same moment more than 100 miles apart, and the fact that the bombers were able to penetrate both a well-guarded military installation and a sensitive, foreign-operated uranium mine, highlight the growing reach and sophistication of the Islamic extremists based in neighboring Mali. Both attacks were claimed by a spinoff of al-Qaida.(   05/24/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacks

    NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release. (   05/23/2013 10:17 PM )

  • Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

    OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) -- Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him. (   05/23/2013 6:52 PM )

  • 15 injured in clash with security forces in Guinea

    CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country's opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election. (   05/23/2013 1:41 PM )

  • S. Sudan leader: Int'l court 'humiliates' Africa

    JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders. (   05/23/2013 1:32 PM )

  • UN chief visits Goma, Congo

    GOMA, Congo (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed. (   05/23/2013 12:51 PM )

  • Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers

    MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu. (   05/23/2013 11:39 AM )

  • Togo police fire tear gas at protesters

    LOME, Togo (AP) -- Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail. (   05/23/2013 11:25 AM )