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US builds regional drone base in Niger
Text The US is investing at least $50 million in a military air base in Niger that will be capable of deploying drones to police the greater Sahara and Sahel...
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Nigeria: pogroms target Shi'ites
Text Shops and homes belonging to Shi'ite Muslims in Nigeria's Kaduna state were destroyed by rampaging Sunni mobs in a wave of attacks that spread across several towns.nigeria.jpg.gifShops and homes...
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UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
Text The UN adopted a resolution—hailed by disarmament campaigners as an important landmark—to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.earth2.jpgThe UN on Oct. 27 adopted a...
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Niger: army massacres displaced peasants
Text Niger's army killed 14 displaced peasants who were apparently mistaken for jihadists in a "free-fire zone" in the restive southeast, where Boko Haram militants stage regular...
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Nigeria: Biafra headed for new genocide?
Text Up to 20 were reported killed when Nigerian army troops raided the home of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The raid follows deadly clashes between Igbo IPOB...
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Oil prices surge: vindication is tedious
Text We've been told for the past several years now that the depressed oil prices were permanent, thanks to fracking and the surge in US domestic production. Now prices are rising again, due to a...
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Nigeria: 'war crimes' in fight against Boko Haram
Text Thousands of women and girls who survived the brutal rule of the Boko Haram armed group have since been further abused by the Nigerian security forces who claim to be rescuing them, said Amnesty...
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Podcast: the struggle in Ambazonia
Text In Episode 27 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg interviews Eben Egbe and Amy Dalton of the Global Initiative to end the Cameroons Colonial Conflict (Gi3C), who discuss the independence...
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Ambazonia leaders on trial in Cameroon
Text The 10 Ambazonian leaders facing trial before a military tribunal in Cameroon's capital Yaounde are disputing the tribunal's authority to judge them, denying Cameroonian sovereignty over their...
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Nigeria: army runs 'child detention camp'
Text Human Rights Watch reports that the Nigerian military has been arbitrarily detaining thousands of children, some as young as five years old, for suspected involvement with the armed group...
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