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Senegal : Tear gas fired in Senegal after court ruling
on 2012/1/28 16:33:21
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police in Senegal fired tear gas in a square where hundreds have been protesting the constitutional court's decision to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in next month's election.
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Senegal : Senegalese court approves president's candidacy
on 2012/1/28 16:31:56
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's president can run for a third term in next month's election, the constitutional court ruled Friday, after security forces were put on alert to prevent opposition protests from turning violent.
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Angola : Election worries brew in Angola
on 2012/1/28 16:28:34
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A fierce political row is brewing in Angola where opposition parties accuse the ruling MPLA of exerting too much influence over the organisation of the country's upcoming general election.
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Africa : New AU headquarters marks strong China-Africa ties
on 2012/1/28 16:27:10
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Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China's rapidly changing role in Africa.
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Nigeria : Gunmen shoot police officers in flashpoint Nigerian city
on 2012/1/28 16:23:57
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Gunmen opened fire on a police station Friday and two officers were feared dead in the Nigerian city of Kano, where attacks claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram left 185 dead last week.
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Senegal : Senegal awaits court's decision on president
on 2012/1/28 16:22:28
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal braced itself for possible violence before the constitutional court decides Friday whether to allow the country's leader of 11 years to run for a third term even though the constitution was revised after he came to office to allow a maximum of two.
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Egypt : Thousands throng Cairo's Tahrir to push for change
on 2012/1/28 16:20:52
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Thousands of protesters thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demand democratic change, vowing to revive their unfinished revolution a year after they toppled president Hosni Mubarak.
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Sudan : Presidents meet over Sudan oil row
on 2012/1/28 16:18:55
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir failed to resolve a dispute over oil after day-long talks hosted by an African peace bloc Friday in Ethiopia.
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Gabon : Gabon parliament is defunct, opposition says
on 2012/1/28 16:16:17
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Leaders of the opposition in Gabon claimed Friday that the country had no more functioning parliament because the constitutional mandates of lawmakers expired on January 24.
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Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe must hold fresh polls by March 2013: Tsvangirai
on 2012/1/28 16:15:12
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Zimbabwe will have to hold fresh elections by March next year to replace the uneasy power sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday.
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East of Africa : Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia 'as soon as feasible': PM
on 2012/1/28 16:13:29
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Ethiopian Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said Friday he would pull troops out of Somalia "as soon as feasible," admitting for the first time that forces had crossed into the war-torn neighbouring country.
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Nigeria : Nigeria sect leader threatens new attacks
on 2012/1/28 12:05:14
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of a radical Islamist sect launching increasingly bloody attacks in Nigeria has rejected offers for a negotiated peace, instead promising to kidnap government officials' family members and bomb schools, according to an Internet audio message allegedly posted by the group.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo : Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN
on 2012/1/28 12:03:27
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Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.
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Nigeria : Nigerian president sacks police chief, deputies
on 2012/1/26 10:39:52
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the chief of police and his six deputies, the presidency said on Wednesday, a week after the main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack escaped from police custody.
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Egypt : Rifts on show a year after Egypt's uprising
on 2012/1/26 10:39:33
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak, spurred on revolts across the region and exposed rifts in the Arab world's most populous state.
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Angola : Angola says appointment of election head was impartial
on 2012/1/26 10:39:12
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LISBON (Reuters) - Angola's ruling MPLA party on Wednesday defended the re-appointment of the electoral commission chief and said opposition criticism was aimed at causing instability before an election this year.
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Angola : IMF finds most of Angola's missing $32 bln
on 2012/1/26 10:38:49
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The IMF said on Tuesday a $32 billion accounting discrepancy in Angola's state funds was linked to "quasi-fiscal operations" by state oil firm Sonangol done on the government's behalf, but not recorded in official budget accounts.
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Libya : Libyan government concedes to restive town's demands
on 2012/1/26 10:38:30
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya recognised a tribal-based local government in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid on Wednesday, illustrating the power of tribal leaders over the fragile interim government.
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Nigeria : Boko Haram got al Qaeda bomb training, Niger says
on 2012/1/26 10:38:11
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NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters)- Members of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have received explosives training at al Qaeda camps in the Sahel region of northern Africa, Niger's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone : S.Leone energy minister sacked over poor performance
on 2012/1/26 10:37:53
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FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked Energy Minister Ogunlade Davidson over his department's poor performance, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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