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Nigerian Community Demands $500m Compensation From Mobil
The oil rich Ibeno community in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, has given Mobil a two-week ultimatum to pay $500 million compensation for damages caused by oil spills between February 2008 and December 2009 Mobil, an affiliate of the United States oil firm...
Ministry of Defence Announces New Air Safety Authority
U.K. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced the creation of a new military airworthiness authority to ensure aviation safety standards are of the highest order at all times. The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has been created as part of the...
Junta in Guinea Denies Foreign Involvement in Leader’s Assassination Attempt
The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandre Cécé Louah, has denied any involvement of foreign countries in Captain Moussa Dadis Camara’s assassination attempt. “We suspect nobody ; we are pointing no accusing finger to any foreign power....
HMS Dauntless Handed Over to the Ministry Of Defence
HMS Dauntless – the second of six new air defense warships – has been handed over to the Ministry Of Defence at a ceremony in Portsmouth. HMS Dauntless was launched from BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow on 23 January 2007. After extensive...
U.K. Military Ready to Increase Troop Levels in Afghanistan
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, has confirmed to the Prime Minister that the military have all the equipment they need to commit additional troops to Afghanistan. The Prime Minister has said that increasing the number...
Muslims in Kenya Celebrate Idd-ul-Adha
Thousands of Muslims in Kenya thronged mosques to celebrate this year’s Idd-ul-Adha special prayers which mark the climax of the Hajj or the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. In Mombasa(450 km from Nairobi), Chief Kadhi Sheikh Hammad...
Delegation Representing Guinea’s Junta Expected in Burkina Capital
A delegation of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), the ruling military council in Guinea, is expected on Tuesday to meet with the facilitator in the Guinean crisis, Mr. Blaise Compaoré, in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou. This...
African Union Observer Chief Says Mozambique Elections Credible
Chief of the observant mission of the African Union (AU) Roberto Almeida has said that the recently concluded elections in Mozambique were credible and carried out in line with the Constitution and laws of the country. Assessing the development of presidential,...
