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ABUJA (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunfights in Nigeria's second largest city Kano late on Friday, a senior local government security source told Reuters, in the deadliest coordinated strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date.

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Madagascar's exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana was back where he started on Saturday after a plane flying him home was ordered to turn around mid-flight and returned to Johannesburg's main international airport.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt's first freely-elected parliament in decades, final results confirmed, and it named one of its top officials to lead the assembly.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Italy will help Libyan authorities protect the North African country's borders and oil facilities, Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib said on Saturday.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organisers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship last year.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two loud explosions rocked a rebel stronghold about 13 km from the Somali capital on Saturday and a third blast was heard close by, residents said, but it was unclear who Was behind them.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may intervene to provide aid in two Sudan border states where Khartoum refuses to permit aid agencies to operate despite a looming humanitarian crisis, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a western foreigner in central Somalia's Galmudug region on Saturday, local government and military officials said, adding that they believed the assailants had been the man's own guards and might be linked to a pirate gang.

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LISBON (Reuters) - Angola's main opposition party UNITA plans to challenge the re-appointment of the country's electoral commission chief, saying the move undermines the body's independence and raises tension ahead of an election later this year.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, set to be the biggest party in Egypt's new freely elected parliament, said on Friday interim military rulers would be held accountable after handing power to civilians for any mistakes made during their time at the helm.