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Ghana, Togo boost security after attack warning

Security has been beefed up in Accra and Lome following a leaked intelligence report that indicated Islamist militants were likely to laun...

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Ghana: Government memo warns of possible militant attack

Ghana and Togo are the next targets for Islamist militants following high-profile attacks this year in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, accor...

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Nigerian Police Recruitment Websites Crash From Overload

Many candidates have been left frustrated as the two Nigeria police force portals for the recruitment have crashed and have been inaccessi...

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South Africa: Security guards 'fired for joining union

Nine airport security guards have been left jobless after their employer fired them, for allegedly joining a union and enquiring about the...

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Security Alert In Kenya's Major Airports

Security officials at Kenya's major airports are on high alert this week after Kenya's Airports Authority issued a warning to all ...

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Libya's Official Government Bans Palestinians, Syrians, Sudanese For Undermining Security

The official Libyan government has banned Palestinians, Syrians and Sudanese from entry because their countries are undermining Libya's ...

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US Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Resigns Amid Security Lapses

The head of the US Secret Service, tasked with guarding US President Barack Obama, has resigned following several high-profile security laps...

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Egypt To Try Morsi For Leaking Security Papers To Qatar

Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, along with 10 others, will face trial over leaking security documents to Qatar, media reported Satu...

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President Jonathan To Attend African Union’s Peace and Security Council Meeting

The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, will be among some African leaders that will participate in a meeting of the African Union’s Peac...

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Nigeria's terrorist sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers in Maiduguri

Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said on Monday it killed 12 soldiers in an attack in the northeast town of Maiduguri but security forces ...

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Nigeria security forces stop bomb attempt in Kaduna State

Nigerian security forces stopped a bomber on Monday who tried to ram a car packed with explosives through the gates of government house in ...

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Nigeria: We're Tired of Bombings - President Goodluck Jonathan

Abeokuta — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, echoed the anger and frustration of the generality of Nigerians over the menace of Boko ...

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Nigeria - 'Raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds To Flee North

Kano — "I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe," said pregnan...

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Nasir El Rufai - Nigerian Budget 2012 – The Security Spending Spree

We continue our detailed review of the 2012 Budget proposals today looking closely at the amounts earmarked for the office of the NSA, the ...

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Bomb Blast rocks army barracks in Nigeria's Kaduna

A suspected suicide bomber disguised in military uniform was killed on Tuesday when his car bomb exploded under fire from soldiers outside ...

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Explosion at Military Barracks in Nigeria's Kaduna

An explosion rocked a military barracks in Nigeria's northern city Kaduna on Tuesday, an emergency agency and witnesses said, the lates...

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Militants attack police station in Nigeria's Kano

Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Monday, the latest assault...

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Nigerian militants (MEND) attack Eni oil pipeline in Niger Delta

A Nigerian militant group based in the oil-producing Niger Delta said it attacked an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni on Sunday, a st...

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Sudanese rebels say to release Chinese workers "soon"

Sudanese rebels said on Monday they will release "soon" 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan where the a...

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Nigeria Boko Haram spokesman arrested, victims buried

Nigeria's secret service arrested the purported spokesman for Islamist militant sect Boko Haram on Wednesday, a group that has claimed ...

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