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    United States Africa Command

    Public Affairs Office

    4 May 2012

    USAFRICOM - related news stories

    Good morning. Please see below today's news review for May 4, 2012.Of interest in today's clips:

    -Rival Sudans agree to AU roadmap - have until next Tuesday to restart stallednegotiations-Tuareg uprising in Mali threatens neighboring Niger- ECOWAS leaders discuss role of Mali military in transition-ECOWAS readies sanctions against Guinea-Bissau

    -Dozens killed by attackers in Nigeria- Four African presidents invited to G8 food security talks

    U.S. Africa Command Public AffairsPlease send questions or comments to:[email protected] (314) 421-2687 or commercial +49-(0)711-729-2687

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    Rival Sudans agree to AUroadmap

    05/04/2012 Aljazeera

    Sudan has endorsed the African Union's (AU) roadmap to avert an all-out war with South Sudan, though itinsisted on retaining the right to self-defence. Earlier on Thursday, South Sudan said it had accepted the AU'sseven-point roadmap that called for a ce...

    Sudan, S.Sudan say borderquiet after AU ultimatum

    05/03/2012 Reuters

    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan's armies, who have been clashing along their disputed borderfor weeks, said on Thursday the frontier was calm after both accepted a U.N.-backed African Union plan to ceasefire. The crisis between the former civ...

    West African LeadersDiscuss Role of Mali Militaryin Transition

    05/04/2012 Voice of America

    More than one month after Mali's coup, the role of the military government in Mali's transition to constitutionalorder has yet to be determined, according to West African leaders meeting in Dakar, Senegal on Thursday. In asummit on the post-coup situati...

    Tuareg uprising in Malithreatens neighbour Niger

    05/03/2012 Reuters

    TCHINTABARADEN, Niger (Reuters) - In the weeks since a sudden Tuareg revolt split Mali in two, officials inneighbouring Niger have been desperate to stop the Sahara uprising from spreading across their border.

    In N. Mali, Islamists flexmuscles, banning booze,

    05/03/2012 Associated Press

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li%20Military%20in%20Transition05/04/2012Voice%20of%20AmericaDakar,%20Senegal%20--%20More%20than%20one%20month%20after%20Mali%27s%20coup,%20the%20role%20of%20the%20military%20government%20in%20Mali%27s%20transition%20to%20constitutional%20order%20has%20yet%20to%20be%20determined,%20according%20to%20West%20African%20leaders%20meeting%20in%20Dakar,%20Senegal%20on%20Thursday.%20%20In%20a%20summit%20on%20the...Link:%20http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/West-African-Leaders-Discuss-Role-of-Mali-Military-in-Transition-150107735.htmlhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/West-African-Leaders-Discuss-Role-of-Mali-Military-in-Transition-150107735.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Sudan,%20S.Sudan%20say%20border%20quiet%20after%20AU%20ultimatum...&body=Sudan,%20S.Sudan%20say%20border%20quiet%20after%20AU%20ultimatum05/03/2012Reuters%20-%20Washington%20DC%20BureauBy%20Yara%20BayoumyKHARTOUM%20(Reuters)%20-%20Sudan%20and%20South%20Sudan%27s%20armies,%20who%20have%20been%20clashing%20along%20their%20disputed%20border%20for%20weeks,%20said%20on%20Thursday%20the%20frontier%20was%20calm%20after%20both%20accepted%20a%20U.N.-backed%20African%20Union%20plan%20to%20cease%20fire.The%20crisis%20b...Link:%20http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE8420QA20120503http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE8420QA20120503mailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Rival%20Sudans%20agree%20to%20AU%20roadmap...&body=Rival%20Sudans%20agree%20to%20AU%20roadmap05/04/2012AljazeeraSudan%20has%20endorsed%20the%20African%20Union%27s%20(AU)%20roadmap%20to%20avert%20an%20all-out%20war%20with%20South%20Sudan,%20though%20it%20insisted%20on%20retaining%20the%20right%20to%20self-defence.Earlier%20on%20Thursday,%20South%20Sudan%20said%20it%20had%20accepted%20the%20AU%27s%20seven-point%20roadmap%20that%20called%20for%20a...Link:%20http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125402632726745.htmlhttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125402632726745.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/in-n-mali-islamists-flex-muscles-banning-booze-uncovered-women-and-whipping-violators/2012/05/02/gIQAfjzqwT_print.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/in-n-mali-islamists-flex-muscles-banning-booze-uncovered-women-and-whipping-violators/2012/05/02/gIQAfjzqwT_print.htmlhttp://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84205B20120503?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+News%29http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84205B20120503?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+News%29http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/West-African-Leaders-Discuss-Role-of-Mali-Military-in-Transition-150107735.htmlhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/West-African-Leaders-Discuss-Role-of-Mali-Military-in-Transition-150107735.htmlhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/West-African-Leaders-Discuss-Role-of-Mali-Military-in-Transition-150107735.htmlhttp://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE8420QA20120503http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE8420QA20120503http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125402632726745.htmlhttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125402632726745.htmlmailto:[email protected]
  • 8/2/2019 AFRICOM Related News Clips 4 May 2012

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    uncovered women andwhipping violators

    BAMAKO, Mali -- In one town in northern Mali a man has been whipped for drinking alcohol. In another, picturesof unveiled women have been torn down. In a third, traditional music is no longer heard in the streets. Whilegovernment soldiers were fighting ...

    West Africa: ECOWAS

    readies targeted sanctionsagainst Guinea-Bissau Junta

    05/03/2012 Africa Online

    Lagos, Nigeria - Targeted sanctions, including a travel ban and an asset freeze, are to be imposed on the Juntain Guinea-Bissau 'in the next couple of days', after talks aimed at returning the country to constitutional orderfailed in Banjul. 'We are now ...

    Dozens killed by attackers inNigeria

    05/03/2012 Aljazeera

    At least 34 people have been killed by armed men after an attack on a cattle market in northeastern Nigeria, anemergency source says. "Thirty-four bodies were deposited at the hospital," the official said, adding that the tollis likely to climb. Emergenc...

    SANDF has 2,100 soldiersdeployed on peacekeepingoperations

    05/03/2012 defenceWeb

    The South African National Defence Force has approximately 2 100 soldiers deployed on peacekeeping andpeace building initiatives, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and the Central African Republic.Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Defence and Mil...

    Obama invites Africanleaders to G8 food securitytalks

    05/04/2012 Reuters

    May 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders' summitat Camp David later this month for a session on food security, the White House said on Thursday. Those invitedto participate are Benin's Presiden...

    Germany: 4 men chargedover al-Qaida terror plot

    05/04/2012 Associated Press

    BERLIN (AP) -- Four men were charged Thursday with membership in a terrorist organization for allegedlyplanning to carry out an al-Qaida attack in Germany. The group's leader - 30-year-old Moroccan national

    Abdeladim El-Kebir - was also accused of undergo...

    Will Charles Taylor ever facejustice for crimes in Liberia?

    05/03/2012Christian ScienceMonitor

    Monrovia, Liberia -- The guilty verdict handed down last week in the trial against Charles Taylor for committingwar crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone was lauded by the international community and humanrights groups as a victory for inter...

    A war that's bigger thanAfghanistan

    05/03/2012Washington Post -Online

    The most striking sentence of President Obama's eloquent speech to the nation Tuesday night came very nearthe end: "This time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end." Would that it were so. Would that itwere so that the Sept. 11 atta...

    United Nations News Centre- Africa Briefs

    05/03/2012United Nation NewsService

    - Secretary-General concerned over worsening situation in Guinea-Bissau- Impunity remains a concern in Burundi despite progress on human rights UN official- DR Congo: UN envoy concerned about possible sexual violence amid latest fighting

    News Headline: Rival Sudans agree to AU roadmap |

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