Portal:Current events/2012 June 11

Armed conflict and attacks

Arts and culture

Business
  • Dangote Cement opens a new line of production at its Obajana facility in the Kogi State, making the plant the largest in Sub-Sahara Africa and one of the largest in the world. (AFP)

Disasters

International relations
  • Somalia–United States relations:
    • Al-Shabaab offers a reward of 10 camels for information about the whereabouts of Barack Obama and chickens for information on Hillary Clinton in response to the U.S. announcement of rewards of $3-7 million for various militant commanders. (BBC)
    • The U.S. threatens to impose sanctions on individual Somalis oppose peace plan. (BBC)
  • The U.S. withdraws a team of negotiators from Pakistan, with The Pentagon announcing: "The decision was reached to bring the team home for a short period of time". (BBC)
  • The U.S. grants permission to seven countries on three continents to continue importing oil from Iran in contravention of the declared U.S. policy of isolating Iran. (BBC)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Science

Sports