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Nigeria Seals Bolivia Friendly For March

David Folami — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:25:11 +0000

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that the Super Eagles will face Bolivia in an international friendly at the Akwa Ibom Stadium on March 26. . This is coming on the heels of the cancellation of the international friendly with the Selecao of Brazil on the same date after the Confederation of Brasil Football (CBF) [...]

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Suspected Al-Qaeda suicide car bomb kills 12 soldiers, civilian in Yemen

Adewale A. — Sun, 11 May 2014 15:04:37 +0000

A suspected Al-Qaeda suicide bomber Sunday killed 12 soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a military base in southeast Yemen, officials said, as government forces pursued jihadists in three restive provinces. The bombing came just hours after three…

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Suspected Al-Qaeda militants attack Yemen presidential palace

Ade Adewale — Fri, 09 May 2014 21:36:26 +0000

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants attacked Yemen's presidential palace Friday, killing five guards and triggering a fierce gunfight as the jihadists hit back at an army offensive aimed at crushing them. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi was not at the palace…

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German diplomat wounded evading Yemen kidnap – security official

Ade Adewale — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:33:52 +0000

A German diplomat was wounded in the Yemeni capital on Monday as he evaded an attempt by gunmen to kidnap him, a security official said. The German foreign ministry confirmed that an embassy vehicle came under fire, adding that all passengers were "…

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US Drone attacks terminate dozens of Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Ade Adewale — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:24:07 +0000

Weekend drone strikes in Yemen killed more than 40 suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including 30 on Sunday, days after the jihadist network's Arabian Peninsula offshoot vowed to fight against Western "crusaders". The United States is the only country that…

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US Drone kills 15 Al-Qaeda suspects and 3 civilians in Yemen

Adewale A. — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:29:21 +0000

A drone strike Saturday killed 15 Al-Qaeda suspects and three civilians in Yemen's central Baida province, a stronghold of the extremist group, a security official said. The jihadists were travelling in a vehicle towards the southern Shabwa province…

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Eight Yemeni soldiers killed in ‘Qaeda attack’

Ade Adewale — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:48:27 +0000

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants riding in a convoy of vehicles attacked an army post in Hadramawt province in southeast Yemen on Friday, killing eight soldiers and wounding 11, a military source said. "The attackers approached the position on board several…

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Shiite rebels protest, block road in tense north Yemen

Ade Adewale — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:03:30 +0000

Hundreds of Shiite Huthi rebels protested Sunday in northern Yemen and blocked a road leading into Amran city, a day after clashes with government forces left 12 people dead. Tension remained high after the rebels set up a protest tent in the middle…

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Four killed in Yemen forces’ clash with Shiite rebels

Ade Adewale — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:01:41 +0000

Three Shiite rebels and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, rebels and a security official said. The rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, had travelled to Amran to take part in a demonstration…

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At least 23 dead in north Yemen clashes

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 11:31:13 +0000

Two days of clashes between Shiite rebels and Sunni tribesmen fighting alongside hardline Salafists in northern Yemen have left at least 23 people dead, sources said on Sunday. Fighting has centred for months on a Salafist mosque and Koranic school…

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13 killed as Yemen tank blasts funeral tent

Adewale A. — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:23:47 +0000

An army tank shelled a funeral tent erected by the Southern Movement at a school in Yemen on Friday, killing 13 people including children, a medic and witnesses said. Tensions are running high in the formerly independent south, home to an increasingly…

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Yemen parties agree on ‘just solution’ for south

Adewale A. — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:34:12 +0000

Yemeni political parties have signed a document pledging a "just solution" that would grant some autonomy to the south in the face of secessionist demands, state news agency Saba reported. The text, inked late Monday, was hailed as a breakthrough in…

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Al-Qaeda apologises for deadly Yemen hospital attack

Adewale A. — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:17:19 +0000

A deadly Al-Qaeda attack this month on a Yemeni defence ministry hospital was a mistake and the jihadist network is ready to pay blood money, a top jihadist commander has said. The brazen daylight attack on the defence ministry complex on December 5…

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Drone strike in Yemen killed 17, mostly civilians: new toll

Adewale A. — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:23:36 +0000

A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said Friday, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. "Some" of the dead in Thursday's strike near the central town of Radaa…

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