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African Union angry over EU payment for Somali troops INTERNATIONAL

African Union angry over EU payment for Somali troops

African Union has lashed the EU for saying it will pay Burundian peacekeepers in Somalia directly, rather than through their government, ostensibly to prevent the money being diverted to the regime in Bujumbura.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somali Islamists attack Ethiopian military base in Somalia INTERNATIONAL

Somali Islamists attack Ethiopian military base in Somalia

Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist militant group attacked a military base of Ethiopian soldiers serving with an African Union force on Thursday, with both sides saying they had inflicted a heavy toll on their opponents.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gunmen kill journalist in Somali capital INTERNATIONAL

Gunmen kill journalist in Somali capital

Gunmen suspected of belonging to Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group shot and killed a female journalist working for state-run radio on Sunday, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Amnesty slams S.Africa for failing to arrest Sudan leader INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty slams S.Africa for failing to arrest Sudan leader

Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned countries in southern Africa for treating anti-government activists as "criminals" while hosting leaders accused of genocide such as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
S Sudan troops suffocated 50 people in container INTERNATIONAL

S Sudan troops suffocated 50 people in container

South Sudan government troops killed some 50 people by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, ceasefire monitors have said in a report noting the latest atrocities in two years of war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN council meets African Union for Burundi crisis talks INTERNATIONAL

UN council meets African Union for Burundi crisis talks

UN Security Council ambassadors and African Union leaders met Saturday for crisis talks on Burundi, after the government refused a proposed AU force to stem violence in the troubled country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Shebab storm African Union base in Somalia, casualties reported INTERNATIONAL

Shebab storm African Union base in Somalia, casualties reported

Fighters from Somali militant group al Shabaab rammed a suicide car bomb into the gates of an African Union base in Somalia and fought their way inside early on Friday, the group and the Somali army said, and fighting was still going on.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Burundians will fight against any AU peacekeepers -president INTERNATIONAL

Burundians will fight against any AU peacekeepers -president

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza said on Wednesday that Burundians would fight against any peacekeepers sent into the country by the African Union, in his first public response to the AU's plan to deal with an escalating political crisis.

4:45 AM November 25 2016