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Sierra Leone : S.Leone in uphill battle to avoid 'resource curse'
on 2012/1/26 10:37:33
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FREETOWN (Reuters) - On the fifth floor of Sierra Leone's main government office building, a decaying hulk where working toilets are scarce and the lift unreliable, Mines Director Jonathan Sharkah exudes optimism.
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Nigeria : Blast destroys police station in north Nigeria
on 2012/1/26 10:37:13
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KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - A powerful blast destroyed a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, a senior police official said, the latest in a series of blasts in the country's second biggest city since Islamist insurgents stepped up their campaign there.
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South Sudan : Russia to pull helicopters from South Sudan
on 2012/1/26 10:36:49
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will withdraw its helicopters and personnel servicing the United Nations peacekeeping force in South Sudan, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a move that will cause problems for the stretched mission.
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Nigeria : Fresh attack on police in troubled Nigeria's Kano city
on 2012/1/25 11:29:26
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Gunmen threw explosives and opened fire at a police station in a fresh attack in Nigeria's embattled city of Kano on Tuesday, residents said, four days after coordinated bombings and shootouts killed 185 people there.
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Rwanda : 10 injured in grenade blast in Rwanda: police
on 2012/1/25 11:27:40
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Ten people were injured Tuesday evening in a grenade blast in central Rwanda, a police spokesman said, adding that it was not yet clear whether the blast was an attack.
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Tunisia : Police break up sit-in for Muslim veil at Tunisia university
on 2012/1/25 11:26:01
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Tunisian police on Tuesday ended a weeks-long sit-in by conservative Muslims at a university that banned the full-face veil, a university official said.
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Egypt : Egypt to partially lift emergency rule
on 2012/1/25 11:24:37
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Egypt's military ruler said the country's decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting "thuggery," but human rights groups slammed the move as cosmetic.
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Libya : Libya says will strike back if Kadhafi men behind unrest
on 2012/1/25 11:22:50
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Libya said it will strike back if diehards of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi were behind deadly clashes in his former bastion of Bani Walid, where confusion reigned Tuesday as to who was behind the unrest.
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Ghana : Mensah turns from hero to zero as Ghana pip Botswana
on 2012/1/25 11:21:28
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Ghana skipper John Mensah turned from hero to villain here Tuesday as he netted the winner in the 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations win against Botswana only to see red in the second half.
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Uganda : Uganda police fire tear gas at protesters
on 2012/1/25 11:20:11
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Ugandan police clashed with opposition supporters in Kampala Tuesday after security forces tried to detain opposition leader Kizza Besigye following a protest rally over rising living costs.
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Morocco : Moroccan dies after setting himself on fire
on 2012/1/25 11:19:09
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An unemployed Moroccan graduate died on Tuesday, almost a week after he set himself ablaze in a horrific act that has become synonymous with discontent in the Arab world.
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Mali : Mali urges Tuareg to express concerns without violence
on 2012/1/25 11:18:02
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Mali's government is ready to listen to Tuareg concerns but will not accept violence, the foreign minister warned on Tuesday after last week's first major rebel offensive in three years.
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Nigeria : Nigeria security forces kill 2 after sect attack
on 2012/1/25 11:16:52
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KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A young man in traditional robes sobbed Tuesday as he stood in a pool of blood, surrounded by bullet-scarred walls left behind after a security raid in this northern Nigeria city recently assaulted by a radical Islamist sect.
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South Sudan : Warplanes bomb refugees in South Sudan: UNHCR
on 2012/1/25 11:15:02
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Warplanes dropped several bombs in two attacks targeting a transit centre in South Sudan with some 5,000 refugees, with one boy wounded and 14 others missing, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Kenya : ICC prosecutor hails court decision on Kenyans' trial
on 2012/1/25 11:13:54
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The top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday welcomed judges' decision to send four prominent Kenyans to trial over election-related killings.
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Zimbabwe : Union suspends Zimbabwe state workers strike
on 2012/1/25 11:12:42
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Zimbabwe union leaders Tuesday suspended a strike that shuttered the nation's schools as civil servants demanded a doubling of basic wages, on the eve of talks with the government, a spokeswoman said.
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South Africa : S. Africa's ANC concludes Malema's appeal hearing
on 2012/1/25 11:11:25
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Tuesday finished hearing the appeal by Julius Malema and other youth leaders seeking to overturn their suspension from the party, officials said.
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Sudan : EU wants end to Sudan fighting, seeks aid access
on 2012/1/25 11:09:00
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The European Union has called for an immediate end to fighting in two Sudanese states bordering South Sudan, and urged unhindered access for relief workers.
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Kenya : Kenya presidential hopefuls to face war crimes court
on 2012/1/24 9:05:06
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Reuters
THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's finance minister and son of its founder president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court for directing a militia to murder and rape after a disputed 2007 election, ICC judges ruled on Monday.
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Kenya : Hague ruling bittersweet victory for Kenyan poll victims
on 2012/1/24 9:04:44
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ELDORET/GATUNDU, Kenya (Reuters) - For 47-year-old Anne Ilsande, the International Criminal Court's decision on Monday to try presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta and three other men for crimes against humanity was justice served, even if it won't bring her husband back.
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