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French President Francois Hollande, center, reviews troops, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, of the twelfth cuirassiers regiment in the military base of Olivet, near Orleans, central France, before delivering his New Year's greetings to French army forces.
France   Islamist   Mali   Military Intervention   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012present Northern Mali conflict   		 The Star 
France launches military operation in Mali
Sat 12 Jan 2013
| PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France's armed forces began a military intervention in Mali on Friday to help the government stem a push south by Islamist rebels who control much of the north, President Fr... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Secretary-General to provide, at once, military and security planners to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (A.U.), and partners, to help frame a response to a request by Malian transitional authorities for an international military force to restore the countrys unity.
ECOWAS   Lagos   Mali   Photos   		 News24 
Ecowas authorises troop deployment in Mali
Fri 11 Jan 2013
| Lagos - The chairperson of west African bloc Ecowas on Friday authorised the immediate deployment of troops to Mali, a statement said amid an offensive against Islamists who control the country's de... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
In this photo taken, Thursday, Sept.13, 2012. A staff member wears a T-shirt bearing the name of Google Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria. With all its cutting-edge technology, Google Inc. has turned back to the text message in its efforts to break into Nigerias booming economy. The search engine has started a service in Nigeria, as well as Ghana and Kenya, allowing mobile phone users to access emails through text messaging. That comes as the companys office in Lagos has begun working with small business owners in this nation of more than 160 million people.  News24  Thu 10 Jan 2013
Google launches election tracker tool
| Cape Town - Google has launched a platform that promises to change the way citizens participate in election processes. | The internet giant launched a Kenya Elections Hub where voters, campaigners a... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Africa   Google   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Kenya  
South Korean workers of Hyundai Heavy Industries work on a cargo ship at its dock in Ulsan, south of Seoul, Friday, May 6, 2005. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's top shipbuilder, expects to swing to an operating profit in 2005 from an operating loss a year ago, as the South Korean company reaps the benefits of cost cutting efforts and currency hedging, the company's chief executive said Friday.  Baltimore Sun  Fri 4 Jan 2013
Nigerian police say Hyundai paid some $190,000 for hostages
| ABUJA (Reuters) - An arrested gang leader told Nigerian authorities that South Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries paid a 30 million naira ($192,100) ransom to release six workers kidnapped in Nige... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Business   Nigeria   Photos   S.Korea   Wikipedia: Hyundai Heavy Industries  
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File - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) police officers arrive in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma after the rebel group known as M23 withdrew from the city, 1 December, 2012. Al Jazeera Tue 1 Jan 2013
UN slaps sanctions on DR Congo rebels
| The United Nations Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies, the FDLR, amid a flare-up of violence in the Democratic ... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Africa   Congo   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 East D.R. Congo conflict  
In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Al Jazeera Fri 28 Dec 2012
CAR seeks foreign help against rebels
| The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing te... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Africa   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Central African Republic rebellion  
File - Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), briefs the Security Council on the situation in that country, 6 June, 2012. Al Jazeera Thu 27 Dec 2012
UN on alert as CAR rebels advance
| The United Nations is pulling its non-essential staff from the Central African Republic, as rebels advance towards the capital Bangui. | The US has also urged its citiz... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Africa   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Central African Republic rebellion  


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