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africanews

The United Nations top relief coordinator today urged the administration in southern Sudan to ensure the protection of aid workers, decrying cases of harassment and violence against humanitarian staff in the region.

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vanguard

A volcanic eruption has occurred at the mountainous Mkomon district of Kwande Local government of Benue State with one person feared dead while properties worth millions of Naira have also been destroyed.

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Nation

Nairobi — Like a new father, Ben Samwel proudly shows off "his" newest brood -- a litter of eight 10-day-old black-and-white terrier puppies.

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UN News

With concern growing over the fate of more than 8,000 Somalis ordered out of northern Kenya, the UN refugee agency today reiterated its appeal for Somalis to receive international protection.

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UN News

The head of the United Nations humanitarian office today called for better protection of civilians in southern Sudan when visiting thousands of people who have fled their homes over the past three years because of persistent attacks on villages by members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

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RFI

Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete has been sworn-in for another five years following general elections earlier this week, in which he was re-elected with 61 percent of the vote. The polls were marred by a low voter turnout, with the main opposition candidate Wilbrod Slaa, of the Chadema party, claimed there was vote rigging. He took 26 percent.

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UN News

Juba — The government of the semi autonomous region of south Sudan (GoSS) on Friday rejected an Egyptian proposal calling for a delay to the conduct of the upcoming self determination referendum in south Sudan.

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UN News

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both the civilian and military leadership in Guinea-Bissau to show commitment to achieving long-lasting stability in the West African country, and to restore the rule of law by fighting impunity and curbing organized crime.

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U.S. Western Sahara Foundation

Representatives of American non-governmental organizations and human rights activists sent a letter today to President Barack Obama requesting his immediate help to protect the lives of the Sahrawis in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara. Protesting their treatment as second class citizens in their own homeland, the Sahrawis have left the city of El Aaiun to set up a tent camp. They are now surrounded by the Moroccan army which is denying them food and water and restricting access by journalists and international observors. Already a fourteen year old Sahrawi boy has been shot and killed by the Morrocan army.

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HRW

Paris — A total of 101 organizations from Guinean, French, regional, and international civil society today condemned the violence and attacks against civilian populations, human rights defenders, and Guinean political figures during the past three months in Guinea. The organizations called upon all concerned, and in particular the national authorities, to exhibit restraint and moderation.

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Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The U.S. senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee made a previously unannounced visit to Khartoum, his second one to the country in a little over a week.

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africanews

Africa countries have improved their ways of doing business. Rwanda led the table again as Africa's top reformer in the World Bank's annual Ease of Doing Business survey. Although it was beaten into second place by Kazakhstan on the global list, in Africa it moved up 12 places to a global rank of 58th.

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africanews

A Switzerland based consultancy firm has been appointed by Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) Justice Ministers to review the roles and responsibilities of the regional bloc's tribunal.

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africanews

Algerian police have dismantled a band of currency forgers who have injected some 48 million euros in fake banknotes on to the market. "This is believed to be one of the biggest networks of traffickers using Algeria for their main target". There has been no details of the crackdown operation.

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africanews

Isaiah Washington former Grey's Anatomy star and a veteran of Spike Lee films continues to bring hope to the people of Sierra Leone since he discovered his DNA to the Mende and Temne people of the small West African nation.

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africanews

The top two finishers from Ivory Coast's Sunday's presidential election have begun preparations for a second round run-off slated for November 28.

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africanews

Tanzania's incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete has been re-elected to office following last weekend's elections, officials say. The election commission said Kikwete won just over 61% of the votes, beating candidates from opposition parties. The commission dismissed claims of irregularities in the count.

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africanews

A Kenyan court has released 17 Somali suspected pirates captured by the US Navy last year and accused of piracy.

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africanews

Nigeria has deported hundreds of immigrants from northern Nigeria back to neighbouring countries as part of a security crackdown on a radical Islamic sect, a senior immigration official said on Thursday.

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africanews

Ivory Coast's former President Henri Konan Bédié, who with 25.24% vote finished third behind incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo (38.03%) and ex-Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara (32.08%) in Sunday's presidential election, released a statement on Thursday calling for a ballot recount after accusing the election commission (CEI) of "electoral robbery".