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East of Africa : Rwanda arrests four military generals, alleges DRC ties
on 2012/1/19 11:03:40
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KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has arrested four military generals for alleged business dealings across the border in mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.
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North of Africa : Sudan says oil deal with south depends on security
on 2012/1/19 11:03:02
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will continue to take a share of oil from South Sudan to compensate for what it calls unpaid transit fees and said an oil deal was unlikely without an agreement on border and security issues, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe state workers to strike over pay
on 2012/1/19 11:02:39
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HARARE (Reuters) - State workers in Zimbabwe are getting ready to strike this week in a push for a doubling of their pay after failing to reach a wage deal with the government, state media said on Wednesday.
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Nigeria : Nigeria Christmas church bomb suspect escapes
on 2012/1/19 11:02:22
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ABUJA (Reuters) - The main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital escaped within 24 hours of his arrest and the police commissioner in charge has been suspended, police said on Wednesday.
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Ethiopia : Five Europeans killed in attack in remote Ethiopia
on 2012/1/19 11:02:05
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Five European tourists were killed, and two tourists and two Ethiopians were kidnapped, in an attack by gunmen in northern Ethiopia's remote Afar region, the Ethiopian government said on Wednesday.
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Mali : Rebels attack more towns in northern Mali
on 2012/1/19 11:01:43
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Nomadic Tuareg rebels backed by former soldiers from Libya stepped up attacks on towns in northern Mali on Wednesday, stoking fears that last year's war to oust Muammar Gaddafi could further destabilise the region.
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Egypt : Blinded activist still sees revolution in Egypt
on 2012/1/19 11:01:22
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Thirty-one-year-old protester Ahmed Harara lost his sight fighting for the end of autocratic rule in Egypt but he still has a clear vision of the kind of democratic country he wants to live in.
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Sudan : Sudan dismisses fear of looming humanitarian crisis
on 2012/1/19 11:01:01
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday dismissed U.N. and U.S. concerns about a mounting humanitarian crisis in two Sudanese border states, saying the situation there was "normal."
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South Sudan : 47 die in another round of SSudan tribal violence
on 2012/1/18 12:43:05
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Members of a South Sudan tribe that was previously targeted in a massive ethnic assault killed 47 people in another revenge attack, escalating the tribal conflict in the world's newest nation, an official sa id.
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Nigeria : Police: Nigeria bomb suspect arrested, escapes
on 2012/1/18 12:37:46
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church in Nigeria escaped custody after being arrested in the country's capital, police acknowledged Tuesday — an embarrassment for a nation struggling to contain increasingly bloody sectarian attacks by a radical Islamist sect.
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Togo : US promotes democracy with suddenly important Togo
on 2012/1/18 12:34:00
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LOME, Togo (AP) — After venturing to reclusive Myanmar, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed democratic reforms Tuesday in another place long dominated by dictators, becoming the first American in her post to ever visit the African nation of Togo.
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Mali : Mali army bombs Tuareg rebels, four arrested: military
on 2012/1/18 12:32:03
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Malian army helicopters on Tuesday bombed a rebel Tuareg position, forcing them to withdraw after an attempt to seize control of the northeastern town of Menaka, military officials said Tuesday.
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Ethiopia : 5 tourists killed in Ethiopia: report
on 2012/1/18 12:30:00
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Five foreign tourists were killed by unknown armed rebels in Ethiopia's restive Afar region in the country's north, Ethiopian state television reported on Tuesday.
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Guinea : One killed as Guinea power protests turn bloody: officials
on 2012/1/18 12:26:38
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At least one person was killed and some 30 were injured as Guinean soldiers fired on a crowd protesting electricity cuts in the port city of Kamsar north of the capital Conakry, residents and officials said Tuesday.
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Madagascar : Madagascar police teargas ex-president's supporters
on 2012/1/18 12:25:38
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Madagascar police on Tuesday fired teargas to disperse a crowd of opposition supporters addressed by former president Albert Zafy in the capital city.
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Gambia : Ex-Gambia minister gets life sentence on coup plot
on 2012/1/18 12:24:34
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BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambia's High Court has sentenced the former information minister to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the ruler of 17 years with T-shirts demanding an end to dictatorship.
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Somalia : First oil well drilled in war-ravaged Somalia for 20 years
on 2012/1/18 12:23:10
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Drilling has begun on the first oil well in war-torn Somalia in 20 years, as Canada's Horn Petroleum Corp. broke ground on an exploratory site in the breakaway region of Puntland, officials said Tuesday.
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Nigeria : 7 killed in northeast Nigeria sect shooting
on 2012/1/18 12:20:00
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A radical Muslim sect has killed seven people in three separate attacks, authorities said Tuesday, following through on threats to continue attacks in a nation overcome by unrest and divided by religion.
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Algeria : Abducted Algerian official expected to be freed: officials
on 2012/1/18 12:19:34
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An Algerian regional security official who was kidnapped by armed youths from a town near the border with Libya is expected to be released Tuesday, according to a local senator.
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Gambia : Gambia jails ex-minister for life over coup plot
on 2012/1/18 12:18:24
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A court in Gambia on Monday sentenced a former information minister, who is also a US national, to life in prison for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh.
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