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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Politicians in the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau say a new prime minister has been chosen to help lead a transition following last month's coup.

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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Police say attackers fired shots and detonated grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing one person and injuring four.

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African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki is expected in Khartoum this week, Sudan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, the day before a key UN deadline for Sudan and South Sudan to resume talks.

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A high-seas drama with Kalashnikov and rocket-propelled grenade fire gripped a Rome courtroom at the trial of alleged Somali pirates Tuesday, as EU forces blasted a pirate base for the first time.

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A notorious ex-warlord who became a general in the Congolese army despite international war crimes charges is now being blamed for fomenting more unrest in Congo's east and faces new charges of crimes against humanity.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces and attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia Tuesday. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back their operations.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's main opposition party called a march Tuesday to make a point about economic policy, but ended up facing rock-throwing counter-protesters in scenes that illustrated that democracy and traditions of political tolerance are still young 18 years after apartheid was toppled.

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South African police fired teargas during clashes Tuesday between the opposition Democratic Alliance and the most powerful trade union in Johannesburg, an AFP photographer said.

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Heavy rains coming soon in Sudan and South Sudan will add to the woes of civilians after a border conflict and civil war forced thousands to flee their homes, aid agencies warned Tuesday.

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Sub-Saharan Africa posts economic growth rates higher than the worldwide average but has the planet's greatest food security problems, the UN development agency said in a report Tuesday.

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The capture of one of the Lord Resistance Army's top commanders is a major blow for the rebel group and will provide a boost for those hunting its leader Joseph Kony, analysts say.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali pirate says an airstrike by the European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean has destroyed speed boats, fuel deports and an arms store.

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A helicopter gunship swooped over the Somali coast to strike at a pirate stronghold Tuesday in a major escalation of an international effort to protect vital shipping lanes.

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord's Resistance Army atrocities.

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Displaced families have begun to return to their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a lull in fighting between the army and mutineers, a local civilian leader said Tuesday.

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A landmine killed a Kenyan policeman and seriously wounded two others, when it exploded beneath their vehicle as they escorted aid workers near the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, police said Tuesday.

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The first batch of up to 15,000 South Sudanese to be airlifted from Khartoum were welcomed in their homeland Monday, after they were ordered to leave Sudan for the newly independent South.

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KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab.

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The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor on Monday sought new war crimes charges against Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda and another notorious Democratic Republic of Congo warlord.

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Kenyan police arrested a Swedish national suspected to have links with the Somali Islamist militia Shebab, a senior police officer told AFP on Monday.