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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Lawyer Patrick Lumumba was named Kenya's new anti-corruption chief on Friday, taking the helm of an organisation criticised for failing to bring high-profile offenders to book.

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YENAGOA Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked the home of a top politician in Nigeria's southern oil region with explosives on Friday, the latest episode in a bitter political rivalry that risks degenerating ahead of elections next year.

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The appeals panel of the International Criminal Court suspended on Friday the release of accused Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga, saying that freeing him could prevent his trial from resuming.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will visit Uganda on Sunday, two weeks after a suicide bombing attack killed 73 people, including one American, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - The African Union said on Friday that Guinea would send a battalion of troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the first pledge of action at an African summit to be dominated by the Somali crisis.

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Ghana can be the second African country to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 after South Africa, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Anator Holding Company Limited Alfred Woyome. He said hosting the event is a huge opportunity for any nation who wins the bid to put up development projects.

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Al-Qaeda militants in Mauritania are being chased with the help of France, the European nation has confirmed. Mauritanian troops received "technical and logistical" support from France in a raid against the terrorist network. Several suspected militants were reportedly killed in the operation.

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Diarrhoea is the lead cause of under-five deaths in Africa and has been overlooked at the African Union summit in Uganda, according to Action Aid.

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Two African Union peacekeepers have been killed in fighting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A spokesman for the AMISOM peacekeeping force confirmed on Friday Somali Islamist insurgents killed their men and wounded others in violent attacks on Wednesday.

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Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh is waging a war against hardened drug addicts in his country.

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Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu to bow out of public life later this year to lessen his commitments. Emeritus Tutu disclosed during a media briefing in Cape Town, saying instead of growing old gracefully at home with his family; too much of his time had been spent at airports and in hotels.

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Three presidential guards at the Somalia presidential palace joined radical Islamist group Al-Shabab, a senior official in government confirmed. Head of the guards Abdullahi Ali said they were permitted to visit their families but later decided to join the Islamist militia.

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The acting news editor of top radio station Joy FM, Ato Kwamena Dadzie, has been charged for false publication intended to cause fear and harm in the West African nation Ghana. However, media moguls have reacted angrily to the incident that stands to ruin Ghana's press freedom reputation.

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It has long been argued that, due to myriad socio, political and economic challenges, the true potential of African business has remained in the dark: unable to connect with the global economy in the way Western nations have succeeded. Now, though, just weeks after the World Cup final in South Africa, all eyes are on the continent, excitedly expectant that the time has come for the nation to come into its own.

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President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has launched his campaign for the August 9 polls and promised free elections despite attacks, assassinations and arrests on the opposition. Human rights groups have also berated him for not protecting lives of innocent ones ahead of the tensed voting.

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Yemen is set to deport 63 Ethiopia women migrants who entered the country illegally, according to officials of the interior ministry.

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Niger is one of the countries of the Sahel region, which also covers parts of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Many of the countries in the area are threatened by food insecurity, especially Niger and Chad, whose governments have declared a state of emergency and asked for international assistance.

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Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of four local journalists, two days after their release in Abia State of Nigeria. Force Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ojukwu said they are currently in police custody and are being questioned about their activities.

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The fighting between government forces and Ugandan rebels in eastern DR Congo has increased the number of displaced people fleeing the country from about 40 000 to 60 000 over the weekend, a UN agency said.

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A blind talent show would be held in West African nation Ghana to help unearth the potentials of the visually impaired.