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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Four policemen have been shot dead over the past month in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri, raising fears that a radical Islamic sect behind an uprising which killed hundreds a year ago is making a return.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A U.S. aid worker was released in Darfur on Monday after being held by her kidnappers for more than 100 days, a Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said.

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MONROVIA (Reuters) - Chevron Corp has signed a deal with Liberia to explore for oil and gas in three deepwater blocks off the West African country's coast, an official in the president's office said.

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan opposition coalition aiming to unseat President Yoweri Museveni suffered a setback on Monday when one of the five parties withdrew in a disagreement over a demand to replace the Electoral Commission.

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Four Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday when al Shabaab Islamist rebels fired mortars at the presidential palace, an African Union spokesman said.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government and unions representing 1.3 million striking state workers began talks on Monday night following President Jacob Zuma's order to ministers to negotiate immediately to end the walkout.

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Four African Union peacekeepers were killed when a mortar hit Somalia's presidential palace, officials say. It is not clear if any Somalis were hit by the shells, fired as Islamist insurgents continue to battle government forces. Those killed were from Uganda, one of just two countries to have sent troops to Somalia to help the government.

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Gaddafi causes upset in Italy Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's attempt to convert dozens of young women to Islam during a visit to Italy led to an angry reaction from Italian media. Gaddafi invited a large group of young women hired by a hostessing agency to an event at a Libyan cultural centre in Rome on Sunday and tried to convert them to Islam.

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Moroccan police have arrested 11 Spanish activists in Aaiun at the Western Sahara who were wielding flags for independence for the disputed territory, the Spanish Foreign Ministry has said.

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Despite severe food crisis which Niger is already going through, about 200,000 people have been left homeless by heavy floods, The United Nations has said.

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South African President Jacob Zuma has called on government ministers to negotiate without delay with public sector workers to end a pay strike by over one million workers. Zuma met with ministers over the weekend to try to end a strike which entered its third week on Monday and threatens to spread to other unions.

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The Rwandan government is threatening to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the 1990s, Rwanda's foreign minister said in a letter sent to the UN.

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"The problem is bigger than imagined. Arrests and imprisonment are not the solution. There is a need for some social rehabilitation, somewhere to take these people. As we arrest and imprison them, they bounce back on the streets. It is a vicious circle," a police source, preferring anonymity, said in a serious mood.

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Nairobi — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir held talks with President Kibaki and other visiting heads of state after the promulgation of the new Constitution on Friday.

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Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that whilst government fully understands workers frustrations caused by low salaries, protest actions should be undertaken within the ambit of the law and basic human decency.

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will contest next year's presidential poll, trying to extend a presidency that started in 1986, a statement from his office said on Sunday.

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Nairobi — The Kenyan government was in a disarray on Sunday over the visit by Sudan President Omar al-Bashir who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor has accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of abusing African hospitality and threatening the West as he seeks to avoid arrest on genocide charges.

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ROME (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrived in Rome on Sunday for a two-day visit that has aroused a mixture of curiosity and controversy over Tripoli's growing influence in the Italian economy.