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French bank sued over slave trade

French bank sued over slave trade

Although French President François Hollande has ruled out the payment of reparations for slavery, a leading civil society group says it is planning to sue a state body for the role it ...

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Monday 12 November 2012
Suaad Hagi Mohamed was detained for three months in Kenya when Canadian authorities decided she did not resemble her passport photo

Canadian citizen wins two-million euro immigration lawsuit

In 2009, a Canadian citizen of Somali origin, Suaad Magi Mohamed was returning back to Canada from Kenya when was stopped from boarding her flight because officials said she didn't look like the ...

Friday 09 November 2012
For the last two months, Amisom Kenyan troops in support of the Somali National Army (SNA) has been steadily liberating areas and villages in Southern Somalia formally under the control of the Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group al-Shebab

Who was behind Somali parliament bomb attack?

The African Union, which has sent the Amisom peacekeeping force to Somalia says it is in favour of lifting an arms embargo on the country. But the UN Security Council has so far said no.

Thursday 08 November 2012

Ethiopia and Qatar resume diplomatic relations

After a four year standoff, Ethiopia and Qatar have resumed diplomatic and economic relations. Addis Ababa once accused the Gulf state of backing armed opposition groups in the Horn of Africa.

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