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Sudan said on Friday its forces had chased South Sudanese troops out of its main oilfield as the South ordered an end to its 10-day occupation, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war.

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Guinea-Bissau's junta vowed Friday to defend itself if foreign troops intervened in the country, as the international community condemned an "illegal" two-year transition government.

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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Sudan said Friday its forces drove South Sudanese troops from a contested oil town near the countries' ill-defined border border while the south tried to put a good face on events, saying it was withdrawing.

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Sweat dripping from his unkempt beard, second lieutenant Kasim Lukumo halted briefly to point at the thick tangle of the central African jungle.

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Tens of thousands of people rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against the ruling military and hold-overs from the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak.

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Sudanese poured into the streets of Khartoum in jubilation on Friday after the defence minister said troops retook the oil town of Heglig from South Sudanese forces.

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A quirky South African budget airline said Friday it will offer a free flight to families with multiple wives as polygamous President Jacob Zuma ties the knot for the sixth time.

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Top Angolan human rights lawyer David Mendes on Friday vowed to press ahead with his corruption case against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, after prosecutors declined to the take up the charges.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sudan's U.N. envoy is denying South Sudan's announcement of a withdrawal from the oil-rich town of Heglig, saying the Sudanese army routed the South's troops.

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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Responding to international pressure, South Sudan announced Friday it will withdraw its troops from the disputed oil town its forces took over last week, pulling back from offensive military action that pushed the south closer to all-out war with its northern neighbor, Sudan.

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Hundreds of federalism backers who massed in east Libya on Tuesday insisted on the region's autonomy and challenged the framework for electing a constituent assembly.

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The lawyer for a detainee at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has filed an motion to block his client's transfer to Rwanda, a court official said Tuesday.

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War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two civilians, a coastguard official said Tuesday.

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Nigerian troops killed one suspected member of the Islamist Boko Haram sect and arrested 13 others in dawn raids Tuesday on two hideouts in Maiduguri city, an army spokesman said.

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The United Nations stepped up complaints about Morocco's tactics in Western Sahara as the UN Security Council on Tuesday held its annual talks on efforts to end deadlock over the territory's future.

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Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai reckons he will still be fit enough to mount a strong defence of his London Marathon title on Sunday despite a recent bout of typhoid.

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South Sudan's army vowed Tuesday to hold their positions in a contested oil field seized from Khartoum's army, one week after the outbreak of bitter fighting that has raised fears of a wider war.

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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The African Union on Tuesday suspended Guinea-Bissau after a coup and arrests of top officials, and said they may impose sanctions on coup leaders and supporters in the tiny West African nation.

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian troops fighting al-Qaida-linked militants in neighboring Somalia will soon return home, Ethiopia's prime minister said Tuesday.

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Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has launched a probe into whether the head of the French wing of corruption watchdog Transparency International slandered the country, officials said Tuesday.