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Daily Trust

Oil giant Shell said 98 per cent of oil spilled in the Niger Delta is caused by theft and attack on oil facilities by the members of the oil host communities.

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UN News


The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern at reported abuses committed during the violence that erupted in Guinea following the presidential election, including excessive force, use of live fire and incitement to ethnic hatred.

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RFI

A west African regional court on Friday ruled that Senegal cannot alone try exiled former Chadian dictator Hissene Habré for crimes against humanity.

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IWPR

With the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba due to start in the Hague next week, it seems unlikely that he will run in the 2011 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC - but the former vice-president continues to exert a large amount of political influence in the country.

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SW Radio

A Bulawayo magistrate denied Standard journalist Nqobani Ndlovu bail on Friday, because she is 'afraid of getting into trouble' if she released him without properly checking the facts.

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Vanguard

Terror suspect, Henry Okah, who is facing trial in South Africa for allegedly masterminding the Independence Day bomb blasts is to remain in security custody after he was denied bail yesterday by a magistrate court.

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America.gov

Washington — Artifacts illegally taken from the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun's tomb are going home.

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IRIN

London — The victims of alleged war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) will get their day in court on 22 November when the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba opens in The Hague

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ISS

The pan-African body responsible for ensuring that African States and States such as the USA, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom comply with the Treaty of Pelindaba establishing Africa as a nuclear weapon-free zone, took a step closer to being created when the First Conference of Parties was held in Addis Ababa on 4 November 2010.

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SW Radio

The three principals to the Global Political Agreement are in Gaborone, Botswana for the SADC Troika meeting on Zimbabwe. The meeting began Friday afternoon and is expected to finish late in the evening.

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Vanguard

Warri — Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, John Togo, Friday, gave four conditions for the cessation of hostilities by his group.

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africanews

Families occupying barracks housing a unit of dissident army officers ordered to desert the place. The Madagascar government served notice on Friday morning that it wanted to avoid any bloodshed. The officers, who said they had taken over the island nation two days ago, are holed up in the barracks near the airport of the capital Antananarivo.

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africanews

Somalia's assistant minister for planning and international relationships Abdiazizi Lafta Gareen has resigned on Friday a day after his appointment.

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africanews

A number of striking doctors in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos might not resume at the hospitals when their current strike action is eventually called off. This is because the doctors who have been on strike since August this year are said to be getting better work offers from Saudi Arabia.

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africanews

Egyptian authorities have declined the observation of November 28 parliamentary elections by foreign parties, calling it an "interference in Egypt's affairs," AFP said on Thursday. The United States and other countries had asked to allow foreign observers to monitor the upcoming elections to guarantee a free and fair vote.

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africanews

Former Mozambican President and top ZANU (PF) ally Joachim Chisano said politicking and not sanctions is the country's top drivers for the economic problems the southern African country has been going through.

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africanews

South Africa's national police chief said a second suspect has been arrested in connection with the weekend death of a British tourist who was honeymooning in Cape Town. On Thursday, the first suspect arrested, a 26-year-old man, appeared in court on charges of murder and hijacking.

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reuters

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military threatened on Saturday to carry out raids against what it said were camps of criminal gangs in the creeks of the oil-producing Niger Delta, and told civilians in the vicinity to leave.

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reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's ex-premier Cellou Dalein Diallo held a small lead on Saturday in the West African state's presidential election, but partial results showed his rival making gains in key constituencies.

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reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After weeks of delays due to Chinese objections, the U.N. Security Council on Friday received a report on violations of the arms embargo in Sudan's western Darfur region that infuriated Beijing.