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America.gov

The United States government is very much focused and engaged on a wide array of issues across the African continent, and WikiLeaks has not distracted U.S. officials in any way from their overall goal of building a strong U.S.-Africa partnership, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson told reporters December 9.

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africanews

A presidential aspirant in next year's election in the Democratic Republic of Congo Dr Bent Francis Mboyo said he is highly disappointed in Ivory Coast incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo. The US-based politician said Gbagbo should humbly accept defeat and not allow his ego to lead millions of lives into disarray.

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UN News

The next round of informal talks between the parties to the conflict over Western Sahara will take place from 16 to 18 December in New York, the United Nations announced today.

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SAPA

Cape Town — The December 31 deadline for Zimbabwean nationals to regularise their stay in South Africa will in all likelihood not be extended, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said on Thursday.

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Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — Sudanese army clashed today with troops loyal to the former Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi heading to southern Sudan, Sudan's military spokesperson said today

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WikiLeaks

¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is constructing the monument, a valuable tract of land is said to have been given to Mbackeou Faye, one of Wade's prominent supporters, with the instructions that Faye should pay the cost of construction (believed to be $25-35 million) to the North Koreans with proceeds from selling the newly-acquired land. After paying off the North Koreans, Faye will end up with a hefty profit from the land deal.

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EU Navfor

On the afternoon of 10 December, the MV PANAMA was pirated by 2 armed skiffs with a total of 5 pirates on board.

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africanews

Embattled Cote d'Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo has expressed willingness to talk with his rival Alassane Ouattara.

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africanews

She traversed the length and breath of Nigeria, visited virtually every state, attended every important socio-cultural event, visited every bank, took pictures with big wigs. She was so much into us!

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africanews

A Malawian in the British Army is one of the iconic group of soldiers that guard Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. He is in the Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS), an elite infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division regiment.

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africanews

The continental political bloc African Union has lifted sanctions imposed on Guinea after a coup d'etat two years ago. The move follows the election of a new civilian president in the West African country some few weeks back.

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africanews

Barely a few days after President Bingu wa Mutharika ordered the dissolution of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) due to a massive US$9.2 million fraud allegation, a High Court judge, Justice Anaclet Chipeta, Thursday evening granted an injunction stopping the president from sacking the commissioners.

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africanews

After ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States], the African Union [AU] on Thursday suspended the Ivory Coast from all its activities until democratic order is restored in the West African country, according to a statement released by the regional bloc's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra and published by AFP.

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africanews

Tunisia's security services on Tuesday rescued a child who had been kidnapped since late October.

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africanews

Libyan-born Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset al Megrahi who is suffering from a terminal prostate cancer may not have more days to live, a source close to his family told Sky News Thursday.

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africanews

A new vaccine against meningitis will soon be deployed in Africa, a continent where the disease kills thousands of people each year in addition to causing brain damage to thousands of others.

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RFI

Nigerian authorities filed charges Tuesday against former US vice president Dick Cheney and others over a bribery scandal allegedly involving energy firm Halliburton.

20101207
Nation

Harare — Zimbabwe's central bank will lay off 1,600 workers at the end of this month as it battles with huge debts from projects it was forced to embark on to prop up President Robert Mugabe's previous government.

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New Times

Kigali — A census that was conducted in the Virunga Massif between March and April, this year has shown a 26.3 percent increase of the mountain gorillas over the last seven years, with a 3.7 percent annual growth rate.

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IPS

Dakar — The Gaspard Kamara maternity centre in Dakar was not especially full on Nov. 25, but the medical staff seemed overhwhelmed. Midwives, nurses and gynecologists rushed in all directions dealing with women in difficult labour.