Brazil has requested a clarification from the US government by a report that the American intelligence agencies monitor millions of emails and phone calls from Brazilian citizens and companies. The allegations were published on Saturday by a Brazilian newspaper. Leonardo Rocha reports.
President Dilma Rousseff acted swiftly following the publication of the allegations. She called several cabinet ministers to a meeting on Sunday morning reportedly angry at allegations that American agencies were spying on Brazilians inside Brazil. The accusations are based on documents disclosed by the fugitive American intelligence analyst Edward Snowden. In a statement, Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said the Brazilian government had received the report with great concern.
The authorities in the northeastern Nigeria state of Yobe have ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre in which expected Islamist extremists killed about 30 students. The state governor described the attack as cold-blooded murder. The Nigerian government has blamed the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has launched his campaign for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held at the end of this month. He told the rally that the reforms were needed to ensure free and fair elections that not been introduced. Mr. Tsvangirai is competing against President Robert Mugabe.
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