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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At least 36 people have died in clashes between Arab nomads and southerners near Sudan's north- south border, leaders in the contested Abyei region said on Monday, on the second day of a vote on southern independence.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast's western town of Duekoue last week killed 33 people and wounded 75, the chief of its main hospital told Reuters on Monday.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed an amended constitution on Monday, cementing the legal framework for presidential, parliamentary and state governorship elections in April.

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MAYO CAMP, Sudan (Reuters) - Fatma Abdallah Deng fears she may become one of the last southern Sudanese living in Khartoum's slums, as her neighbours move south to what they expect to become a new independent homeland.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Few Ivorians have the stomach for military intervention to oust Laurent Gbagbo after a disputed election, and many are resigned to a political deadlock which they fear could last months or even years.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Monday threw out a suit brought by three members of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to try to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting primaries on Thursday.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Increased trade is one of the best ways to fight poverty, so rich countries should do more to open their markets to goods from developing countries, a report issued on Monday said.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The United Nations may have sounded the alarm about soaring global food prices, but in Africa a string of bumper harvests and a changing diet means the political fallout may be more muted than to past price bumps.

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PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Monday he was almost certain that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was behind the abduction of two Frenchmen killed in Niger at the weekend.

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - After 30 years of President Hosni Mubarak's ultra-cautious rule, some of Egypt's 79 million people feel change is overdue -- even his claim to be the guarantor of stability has looked shaky since a January 1 attack on Christians.

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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has a highly compelling ally in music superstar Akon in his unrelenting effort in pursuing another term as president, amid sustained bitterness against his bid.

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Ex-president of West African nation of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo made an unannounced visit to Ivory Coast late Saturday in an effort to help resolve the country's deepening political crisis after several other West African leaders have failed to persuade the incumbent leader to hand over power.

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Two French hostages kidnapped on Friday in Niger were found dead on Saturday. Their bodies were found after an unsuccessful rescue operation involving government forces. One of the kidnapped men was reportedly an aid worker due to be married to a woman from Niger, and the other man was his friend.

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The Tunisian government announced on Sunday that eight people had been killed in a renewed unrest over unemployment that took a viral turn over the weekend.

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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia has concluded a three-day visit to Libya during which she had talks with Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on the Community of Sahelian-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and African issues, Pana said.

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US President Barack Obama has hailed the start of a landmark referendum on independence in Southern Sudan. He said the week-long vote - which is expected to result in Africa's largest country being split in two - represented a "new chapter in history". The poll was agreed as part of the 2005 deal that ended a two-decade civil war.

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Four-time African champions Ghana are yet to finalize a deal to play their colonial masters England in an international friendly. The 29 March friendly at the Wembley Stadium would be the first time the two are meeting at the senior level in international football.

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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has lauded President Mills' decision not to commit troops to Cote d'Ivoire to fight in a "needless war", saying a war in that country will not be in the interest of Ghana.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - North and South Sudan could join forces in a European Union-style pact if southerners vote to secede in Sunday's independence referendum, Sudan's president said in an interview on Friday.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Six people were killed in clashes between rebel militias and south Sudan's army on Friday and Saturday, the military said a day before a referendum in which the south is expected to vote for independence.