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| Liberia Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Society WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia afrol News - The World Bank has approved US$3.5 million for Liberia for its Costal Defense programme which will target three cities including Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia and two other major cities in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) communiqué has said. |
| Nigeria Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights | Gender - Women | Health 10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria afrol News - More than 10, 000 Nigerian girls held captive as sex slaves in Morocco and Libya are to be repatriated, the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has revealed in a statement. |
| Nigeria Politics | Society Oil firms confirms attacks on oil facilities afrol News - The Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed three attacks on oil facilities in the troubled delta region in Nigeria. The militant attacks in Niger Delta have cut the oil production in Africa’s former biggest oil producer by 20 percent since 2006. |
| Nigeria Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights MEND claims attack on Agip’s major pipeline afrol News - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed to have blown up yet another major pipeline in the early hours this morning. |
| West Africa | World Politics | Economy - Development World Bank approves funding of major continent’s projects afrol News - The World Bank has announced yesterday it had approved a number of projects for the continent, including four projects in Nigeria totaling more than $1 billion. |
| Gambia Politics | Human rights | Media | Society Opposition leader calls for the release of journos afrol News - Gambian opposition leader Halifa Sallah has called on the release of journalists detained in the capital Banjul earlier this week. |
| Chad | Sudan Politics | Society Chad-Sudan tension threatens Darfur stability – UN Chief afrol News - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said the deteriorating situation between Sudan and Chad relations threatens the stability of the already volatile Darfur region. |
| Nigeria Politics | Society Delta rebel leader accepts amnesty afrol News - Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has welcomed the decision of the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Ateke Tom, to disarm following the announcement of amnesty offer by the Federal Government. |
| Mali Politics | Human rights Over 16 militants killed in a raid afrol News - Malian soldiers have killed more than 16 suspected Al-Qaeda members during a raid at their base in the Sahara Desert near the Algerian border, officials have said. |
| Nigeria Politics | Society Chevron investigates alleged attacks on its oil installation afrol News - The US giant oil company said it has opened an investigation into an alleged attack on one of its facilities in Nigeria’s oil rich Niger Delta state. |
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