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British soldier murder suspect was held in Kenya in 2010

Agence France-PresseMay 26, 2013 22:15
One of the suspects in the brutal murder of a soldier in Britain was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to Islamist insurgents, the Keynan government confirmed on Sunday. Michael Adebolajo was detained in 2010 but was handed over to British intelligence agents and deported because there was insufficient evidence to charge him, authorities said. "He was arrested under a different name, a fake name," government spokesman Muthui Kariuki told AFP. "We did not process him, he was handed over to the local MI5."

Kenya says arrested British soldier murder suspect in 2010

Agence France-PresseMay 26, 2013 17:45
A key British suspect in the brutal murder of a soldier in London was arrested in Kenya more than two years ago, Nairobi confirmed Sunday. Government spokesman Muthui Kariuki said Michael Adebolajo had indeed been arrested in late 2010, saying earlier denials had been due to initial confusion as he had been arrested under a different name. "He was arrested under a different name, a fake name," Kariuki told AFP. "We did not process him, as he was handed over to the local MI5."

British soldier murder suspect was held in Kenya in 2010

Agence France-PresseMay 26, 2013 16:17
One of the suspects in the brutal murder of a soldier in Britain was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to Islamist insurgents, the Keynan government confirmed on Sunday. Michael Adebolajo was detained in 2010 but was handed over to British intelligence agents and deported because there was insufficient evidence to charge him, authorities said. "He was arrested under a different name, a fake name," government spokesman Muthui Kariuki told AFP. "We did not process him, he was handed over to the local MI5."

Pirates free crew kidnapped from ship off Equatorial Guinea

May 26, 2013 07:00
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Four crew members kidnapped from a container ship off the West African nation of Equatorial Guinea in April have been released, the vessel's management company said. Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, which includes Africa's biggest oil producer Nigeria, is pushing up costs for shipping firms operating there. Many experts believe the region's pirate gangs grew out of insurgent groups involved in oil theft in Nigeria's restless Delta region.

German ship's 4 crew members captured by pirates off Equatorial Guinea released after 1 month

The Canadian PressMay 25, 2013 10:00
BERLIN - A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast. Leonhardt and Blumberg says the container ship's crew members— including Ukrainian, Russian and Kiribati citizens — are in good spirits despite having spent 31 days in captivity. German Federal Police said Saturday the Hansa Marburg's sailors were freed Thursday following intense negotiations and have now arrived in Germany.

France says special forces intervened after Niger bombing

Agence France-PresseMay 24, 2013 08:45
French special forces intervened at an army base in the west African country of Niger after Islamists staged a car bombing and then attacked the base, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday. "The situation has stabilised as we speak, especially in Agadez, where our special forces intervened to back the Niger forces," he said on France's BFMTV. A defence ministry source said two "terrorists" had been killed in the French offensive, which took place at dawn on Friday.

Sudan, South Sudan vow to keep oil flowing, differ on pumping problem

May 24, 2013 03:18
By Ulf Laessing and Aaron Maasho KHARTOUM/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan's oil ministers on Thursday vowed to continue cross-border oil flows but gave contradictionary opinions whether a technical problem at a pumping station which had cut output had been fixed. Landlocked South Sudan is in the process of restarting oil exports via cross-border pipelines to the Sudanese Red Sea port of Port Sudan following a 16-month shutdown.

Around 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest: hospital source

May 23, 2013 18:00
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital against planned legislative elections on Thursday, a hospital source said. The opposition accuses Conde of attempting to rig the long-delayed polls due to take place on June 30. Conde took office in 2010 following the first democratic transfer of power in the mineral-rich nation since independence in 1958.

Two suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns- sources

May 23, 2013 05:00
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers struck on Thursday at a military barracks and a plant run by French nuclear group Areva in northern Niger, according to military and company sources. The bombers killed themselves and wounded at least four people in the attacks in the towns of Agadez and Arlit, the sources said. (Reporting by Aboulaye Massalatchi; Writing by Daniel Flynn; Editing by John Stonestreet)

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

May 22, 2013 05:00
By Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who have exploited a security vacuum that opened up in the isolated Sinai after the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The state has struggled to restore order there since.
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