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American and other foreign democracy activists on trial in Egypt flew out of Cairo airport on Thursday, airport officials said, a day after the judiciary lifted a travel ban on them.

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The Danish Navy said Tuesday it had freed 16 hostages held by pirates off the Somali coast the previous day, but that two more captives were killed in the rescue operation.

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Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that it would honour a pledge of $3.75 billion in aid to Egypt, after complaints by the Egyptian premier that donor countries were failing to respect their commitments.

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Smoke hovered over uniformed students frolicking in a playground Tuesday, hours after assailants set their school ablaze and destroyed another local school, showing how commonplace violence has become in Nigeria's northeast.

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Armed pirates opened fire on a cargo ship in an attack off the Nigerian coast, kidnapping the captain and chief engineer and robbing the crew before escaping, according to a maritime watchdog.

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Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade admitted Tuesday he could be forced into a run-off election after failing to secure an outright majority for a disputed third term.

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Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Tuesday resigned from the faction-riven ruling party to join a new movement.

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — European Union observers on Tuesday questioned why Senegal's government is not publishing real-time results from a contentious presidential election, saying that in the Internet age there is no reason for the delay.

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Gunmen on Tuesday shot down the head of a radio station in Mogadishu, the latest in a string of attacks on journalists in war-torn Somalia, police and a colleague said.

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Gunmen killed three policemen when they hurled explosives and opened fire on a police station in Nigeria's restive north, the latest attack blamed on an Islamist group, residents said Tuesday.

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South Sudan has signed a ceasefire with the largest of several rebel groups which threaten the stability of the world's newest nation, the government said on Tuesday.

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Gunmen killed three policemen when they hurled explosives and opened fire on a police station in restive northern Nigeria, the latest attack blamed on an Islamist group, residents said Tuesday.

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South Africa's economy grew 3.1 percent in 2011, up from 2.9 percent the year before, officials said Tuesday -- welcome news for President Jacob Zuma but well short of the seven percent he is chasing.

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From bold portraits to wry cartoons on the Islamist resurgence at the polls, a Paris show explores the roots and branches of Tunisia's revolution, one year on, as seen by home-grown artists.

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The Red Cross on Tuesday called for emergency funds to "help forestall a major humanitarian crisis" in the west African nations of Niger and Mali.

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Sudanese rebels said Tuesday they killed 150 government soldiers along the disputed border with South Sudan in a battle that prompted Khartoum to threaten retaliation against the newly independent state.

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A South African minibus taxi driver was sentenced Tuesday to an effective 20 years in prison for killing 10 school pupils in a train smash after he ignored a lowered safety boom at a railroad crossing.

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Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba named Raymond Ndong Sima as the country's new prime minister following a resounding victory for the ruling party in general elections amid an opposition boycott.

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Piracy is a growing threat to West Africa's plans to double oil production over the next decade and is already having a devastating impact on ports, the UN Security Council was warned Monday.

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Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade conceded Monday he may face a run-off poll as early results suggest voters denied him a first round win in his contentious bid for a third term.