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• UN to set up new agency for women

  The UN General Assembly votes to set up a new agency to promote the empowerment of women and gender equality. Read More... Posted Friday, July 02, 2010 5:28 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Pfizer-Nigeria appeal dismissed

  The US Supreme Court gives Nigerian families the green light to sue Pfizer over the use of a new antibiotic on their children. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:21 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• S Africa to deport Argentina fans

  South Africa is to deport 17 Argentina football supporters on suspicion of being troublemakers at matches, police say. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:27 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Troubled water

  Is Nigeria the world capital of oil pollution? Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:33 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Terror charge for men held at JFK

  Two men arrested at New York's JFK airport are charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism in Somalia. Read More... Posted Sunday, June 06, 2010 1:21 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• US grants asylum to Obama's aunt

  A Kenyan aunt of Barack Obama receives permission to stay in the US after applying for political asylum, her lawyers say. Read More... Posted Monday, May 17, 2010 3:37 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Somalis face piracy charges in US

  Eleven Somalis captured off the African coast are set to appear in a US court charged with piracy. Read More... Posted Friday, April 23, 2010 1:10 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• US eases Sudan web sanctions

  The US eases sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to allow the export of web services that help the spread of information. Read More... Posted Monday, March 08, 2010 11:43 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• US jet bomb suspect 'co-operates'

  The Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a plane on Christmas Day is providing "useful" information, US officials say. Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:57 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Algerians return from Guantanamo

  Two Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay are sent home on the eve of President Obama's deadline to close the prison. Read More... Posted Friday, January 22, 2010 2:56 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Baby Baracks

  Would you name your child after President Obama? Read More... Posted Monday, January 18, 2010 5:37 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Plane bomb suspect due in court

  The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight last month is to make his first court appearance in Detroit. Read More... Posted Friday, January 08, 2010 8:16 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• Nigerian charged over plane plot

  A US grand jury indicts Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane on Christmas Day. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:54 PM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• US screening unfair, says Nigeria

  Nigeria says the US has acted unfairly by singling out Nigerian air passengers for screening after an attempt to bomb a jet. Read More... Posted Monday, January 04, 2010 9:52 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas

• US toughens air screening rules

  Passengers flying to the US from or via five African nations deemed a security risk face tougher screening, under new measures. Read More... Posted Monday, January 04, 2010 3:13 AM from BBC News | Africa | World Edition | (Comments Off) Filed under: Americas