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How a brief campaign for the British Army's secret X Platoon mutated into a desperate, 16-day siege in Sierra Leone

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140744

We’d been waiting for 10 edgy, nervous minutes when we heard the distinctive, juddering thwoop-thwoop-thwoop of a Chinook in-bound. Oh yeah. There is no feeling...

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‘Act to Protect’ – UN Launches Guide On Attacks Against Schools, Hospitals

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 20140738

Every child has a right to education and health, the United Nations today said launching a guidance note to assist the people monitoring, reporting and...

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'Act to Protect' – UN Launches Guide On Attacks Against Schools, Hospitals

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140724

Every child has a right to education and health, the United Nations today said launching a guidance note to assist the people monitoring, reporting and...

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OUR SOLDIERS WILL FIND AND RELEASE THE KIDNAPPED GIRLS FROM BOKO HARAM – NIGERIANS NEED TO TRUST THE ARMY

Jide AdesinaMay 22, 2014May 22, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 22, 2014May 22, 20140707

Nigeria’s Special Forces from the Army’s 7th Division have sighted and narrowed the search for the more than 250 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to three camps...

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Nigeria army can handle the Boko Haram but Nigeria politicians will not give us free hands to Operate

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014May 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014May 23, 20140638

‘ The problem of fighting Boko Haram is not a big issue for Nigeria army , we are committed to Nigeria security and lives, we...

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Obama Deploys Troops to Chad in Search For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 20140690

President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown, N.Y President Barack Obama is putting American troops on the...

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Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison for embezzlement

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 20140810

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (right) and his son Gamal look on from the defendants’ cage...

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Two car bombs kill at least 118 in Jos city , Nigeria

Jide AdesinaMay 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 20, 20140697

At least 118 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two bomb blasts that caused buildings to collapse in a crowded market area of...

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soldiers deployed during Malawi elections

Jide AdesinaMay 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 20, 20140755

Soldiers deployed in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre yesterday after voters, angered by delays and mishaps at polling stations in a hotly contested presidential election, torched...

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Africa leaders declare ‘war’ on Nigeria Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaMay 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 19, 20140800

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Francois Hollande warned of Boko Haram’s links to other terror organisations African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage “war”...

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Africa leaders declare 'war' on Nigeria Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaMay 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 19, 20140814

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Francois Hollande warned of Boko Haram’s links to other terror organisations African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage “war”...

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Women of the Senate Band Together Over Missing Nigerian Girls

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014May 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014May 17, 20140783

WASHINGTON — All 20 female senators find themselves in fierce bipartisan agreement on at least one topic. Senators Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Barbara...

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Judge Orders Psychiatric Evaluation of Pistorius

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140756

In a significant turn in a case that has generated drama and delay in equal proportions, the judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius...

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Key Figure in Libya’s Revolution Leads Attack on Islamists

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140796

TRIPOLI, Libya — A former general who was a central figure in Libya’s revolution led a full-scale ground and air assault on several Islamist militia...

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Malians Seek Retribution, National Trial for Wrongdoers in Conflict

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140755

Young people in Gao, in northern Mali, where there is huge support for the country remaining a single nation. A majority of Malians prefer punishing...

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Operation Eagle: Somalia’s fight against al Shabaab

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140690

Operation Eagle, the latest attempt by Somalia and the African Union to drive out al Shabaab Islamic militants, has enjoyed early success. But will there...

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BOKO HARAM AND UNCHARACTERIZED TERRORISM IN NIGERIA

Jide AdesinaMay 13, 2014May 13, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 13, 2014May 13, 20140907

By ‘Jide Adesina The vicious circle of the heterogeneous nature of Nigeria is banquethed by disparities in ranks and file of the socio-economies of the...

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Authorities search waters off Libya for survivors after deadly migrant shipwreck

Jide AdesinaMay 12, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 12, 20140692

A makeshift boat carrying over a hundred migrants has capsized off the coast of Libya, killing dozens. Authorities have begun searching the water for survivors....

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