U.S. Manned Surveillance Flights Hunt for Missing Nigerian Girls -- Bloomberg Businessweek
The U.S. is conducting manned surveillance flights to search for more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month by the Islamist group Boko Haram, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Army General David Rodriguez, head of the U.S. Africa Command, arrived yesterday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on a two-day visit to meet with U.S. Undersecretary of State Sarah Sewall, Ambassador James Entwistle and senior Nigerian civilian and military officials, Pentagon spokesman Army Lieutenant-Colonel Myles Caggins said today in an e-mail. “He’s not personally overseeing any search for the girls.”
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AFRICA
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UN official: LRA weakened, removing Kony remains key.
UN chief calls for tribunal on S Sudan crimes.
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African Union urges global intelligence-sharing against terrorism.
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