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Nigeria : Nigerian airliner makes emergency landing, no one hurt
on 2012/5/11 20:43:45
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LAGOS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A Nigerian commercial airliner with Dana Air on Thursday night made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport after the plane lost hydraulic pressure.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo : Security situation in DR Congo's South-Kivu province under control: official
on 2012/5/11 20:43:01
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KINSHASA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The security situation in South- Kivu province has been tense for the whole of last week but is still under control, the military spokesman for the UN's Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), colonel Felix Prosper Basse said on Wednesday.
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Afran : The world must know enough about Africa: official
on 2012/5/11 20:42:13
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ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa (THLF), Olusegun Obasanjo call for the rest of the world to make efforts to know enough about Africa continent, which encompasses of youthful population, expanse of lands and resources.
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South of Africa : Judge: South Africa must probe rights in Zimbabwe
on 2012/5/9 14:20:45
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AP
A South African judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to investigate whether Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government committed human rights abuses, saying it would benefit Zimbabweans tortured in their homeland and South Africans determined to see their own government live up to its international responsibilities.
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Niger : Niger is worst place to be a mother: study
on 2012/5/9 14:18:15
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AFP
The African nation of Niger has ousted Afghanistan as the worst place in the world to be a mother, largely due to hunger, according to an annual report out Tuesday by Save the Children.
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Senegal : Senegal president 'declares assets for transparency'
on 2012/5/9 14:17:36
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AFP
Senegalese President Macky Sall has declared over two million euros ($2.6 million) in possessions to the country's highest court, in an effort to improve transparency, local media reported Tuesday.
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Nigeria : Nigerian military arrests foreign 'oil thieves'
on 2012/5/9 14:15:51
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AFP
Nigeria's military has arrested 21 Ghanians and five Nigerians for alleged oil theft as they operated two vessels in the country's main crude-producing region, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Libya : Libya ex-rebels in deadly raid on government HQ
on 2012/5/9 14:13:49
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AFP
One man was killed and four people wounded as Libyan security forces repelled armed demonstrators who attacked government headquarters in Tripoli, a senior official said.
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South Africa : S.African rhinos at mercy of global smuggling network
on 2012/5/9 14:12:42
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AFP
Petty hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa's crackdown on rhino poaching as special prosecutors battle syndicates feeding the trade in horns.
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North of Africa : Sudan planes bomb S.Sudan, violating UN resolution
on 2012/5/9 14:10:00
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AFP
Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South's army said Wednesday.
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Libya : Libya opens 'first civil trial' of pro-Kadhafi suspects
on 2012/5/9 14:06:40
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AFP
Five defendants appeared in the dock in the Libyan city of Zawiyah on Tuesday in what court officials said was the first civil trial of suspected supporters of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
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South Sudan : China to loan South Sudan $8 billion, Juba says
on 2012/4/29 14:01:25
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AFP
China has agreed to loan oil-rich South Sudan eight billion dollars for infrastructure development, according to Juba government spokesman, Barnaba Mariel Benjamin.
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Côte d'Ivoire : I.Coast government, opposition agree on regular talks
on 2012/4/29 14:00:29
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AFP
The Ivory Coast government and opposition on Saturday agreed to launch a formal dialogue and meet four times a year to reconcile the country after last year's deadly crisis.
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Morocco : Morocco remembers 2011 Marrakech bomb victims
on 2012/4/29 13:59:17
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AFP
Relatives and friends of the 17 people killed in a Marrakech cafe bombing a year ago on Saturday marked the first anniversary of their death by releasing a dove in memory of each of them.
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Libya : Libya struggles with illegal migrants, arms trafficking
on 2012/4/29 13:47:05
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AFP
Libya lacks the resources to control its borders, which are a conduit for weapons and for thousands of illegal immigrants seeking the shores of Europe, an official said on Saturday.
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Nigeria : Nigeria president visits newspaper hit by attack
on 2012/4/29 13:45:56
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AFP
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday toured the blast-damaged offices of a major newspaper hit by a suicide attack and pledged to do everything possible to end such violence.
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South Africa : S. Africa court puts the brakes on highway tolls
on 2012/4/29 13:39:57
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AFP
A South African court on Saturday halted the roll-out of tolls on major highways around Johannesburg in the latest delay for the project which has met widespread opposition.
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Sudan : Sudan rejects UN Security Council role in dispute
on 2012/4/29 13:38:22
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AFP
Sudan on Saturday rejected UN Security Council involvement in efforts to end weeks of border clashes with South Sudan that have raised fears of a wider war.
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North of Africa : S. Sudan 'repelled attack' by Sudan-backed rebels
on 2012/4/29 13:37:30
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AFP
The South Sudanese army said on Saturday that it repelled an attack by rebels backed by neighbouring Sudan outside Malakal, capital of the fledgling country's Upper Nile State.
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Guinea-Bissau : West African summit on Guinea-Bissau next week
on 2012/4/29 13:34:49
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AFP
Six west African heads of state will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau at a meeting in Dakar next week, the Senegalese government said late on Friday.
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