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Five people died and more than 70 others were on Sunday hurt after two explosions caused a stampede at a 'No' rally in Nairobi's Uhuru Park.

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allafrica

A run of seven matches without a win has promoted the prospect of radical change from Cameroon for Monday's World Cup tie against Japan in Bloemfontein, but the turmoil in the Indomitable Lions camp is replicated in that of their opponents.

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African football scored a first World Cup success on day three of competition in South Africa as Ghana grabbed a late winner to beat Serbia 1-0 in Pretoria on Sunday.

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africanews

The International Criminal Court is calling on the United Nations Security Council to push for the arrest of two Sudanese men indicted for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur. The ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Khartoum had failed to Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb.

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A Nigeria's soccer fan reacts as he watches in a large screen the World Cup soccer match between Argentina and Nigeria in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 Jun 2010

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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has urged the UN Security Council to push for the arrest of two Sudanese men indicted for war crimes in Darfur.

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allafrica

If Algeria are to have any chance of getting out of their 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C, they need a positive start in their opening encounter against Slovenia in Polokwane on Sunday.

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allafrica

Ghana open their 2010 FIFA World Cup Group D campaign against Serbia at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on Sunday, hoping to overcome the loss of key man Michael Essien in the build-up to the finals.

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allafrica

An early goal for Argentina was enough to see them beat Nigeria 1-0 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Group B encounter at Ellis Park on Saturday evening.

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africanews

Algerian paramilitary police barracks has been hit by an explosion killing at least four people, including two police officers, a security source said on Friday. "We have at least four people killed and among them two gendarmes (paramilitary police)," said the security source, who did not want to be identified.

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africanews

The European Union said on Saturday it will give Kenya about 500 million euros to supplement its 2010/11 budget, a 25 percent rise over 2009/10. East Africa's biggest economy on Thursday unveiled a 996.82 billion shilling budget for 2010/11, of which 82.7 billion shillings will be in external financing.

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Africanews

Uganda's rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army attacked a village in the neighbouring Central African Republic on Thursday and kidnapped more than 30 people, police said.

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Africanews

As the FIFA world cup kicks off in South Africa, Malawi's government has intensified border checks during the 2010 World cup to cub child trafficking to the host nation. This comes amid reports that there are more women and children being trafficked to the rain bow nation as a result of the world cup which is being held on an African soil for the first time.

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Africanews

A 13-year-old great granddaughter of Nelson Mandela died in a car crash after leaving a musical concert on Thursday ahead of the 2010 World Cup kick-off in South Africa.

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Africanews

A former Nigerian rebel leader said on Friday he would abandon an amnesty programme with hundreds of his followers if the government did not quickly provide jobs and development in the Niger Delta oil region.

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Africanews

A court in Finland has sentenced a Rwandan pastor, Francois Bazaramba, to life in jail for his participation in Rwanda's genocide. Bazaramba, 59, moved in 2003 to the Scandinavian country which allows prosecutions for crimes against humanity wherever they are committed.

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Africanews

Poachers have killed 10 elephants at a park in southern Zimbabwe. Authorities have confirmed saying it was the largest number of elephants to have been killed at a goal for years.

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Africanews

Poachers have killed 10 elephants at a park in southern Zimbabwe. Authorities have confirmed saying it was the largest number of elephants to have been killed at a goal for years.

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Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh, a lieutenant who claims to have found a cure against AIDS, now insists on being addressed as "His Excellency the President Sheikh Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh."

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Africanews

Two Norwegians, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, who had their death sentences overturned in April, have again been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for murdering their driver. A re-trial was ordered in April after it was found procedures at the military tribunal were flawed.