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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead an Ethiopian peacekeeper and injured one of his comrades in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, his joint U.N/African Union mission said on Saturday.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - As southern Sudanese count down the minutes to independence on July 9, northerners are anxiously contemplating a future with less oil, roaring inflation and emboldened rebellions.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's secret service detained a former cabinet minister and leading opposition figure on Saturday over a newspaper column in which he criticised the high cost of government in Africa's most populous nation.

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ABUJA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja swore in 14 new ministers, including 12 returnees who moved back to their former ministries.

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BENGHAZI, Libya, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Libyan rebel forces massing southwest of Tripoli were gearing up for a new advance to the capital in the next two days after they were pushed back by government troops earlier in the week, a rebel military spokesman said Saturday.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy to Ivory Coast urged the government on Thursday to restore law and order by deploying police and sending former rebels who helped President Alassane Ouattara seize power back to their barracks.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes South Sudan will split smoothly from the North when it declares independence on July 9 but the two sides face tough economic and security challenges that could threaten further violence, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

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MALABO (Reuters) - African Union leaders offered on Friday to host talks between the Libyan government and rebels on a ceasefire and transition to democratic government, but left open whether there was any future role for Muammar Gaddafi.

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TUNIS (Reuters) - A protracted struggle for Libya could leave it in the hands of extremists instead of the liberal economic technocrats who now lead its rebel movement, the World Bank's representative for Libya said on Thursday.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said the army would continue its campaign in the flashpoint of South Korfodan, state news agency SUNA said on Friday, dashing hope of a ceasefire ahead of southern secession.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As southern Sudan prepares to secede on July 9, the United Nations is gearing up to become guardian of what will soon be its 193rd member state -- the poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan.

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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed scored a landslide victory in Friday's referendum on a new constitution he proposed to placate "Arab Spring" protests as voters defied critics who said it did little to curb his powers.

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PARIS (Reuters) - Prince Albert of Monaco married a South African Olympic swimmer in a modest civil ceremony on Friday, a day before a lavish church wedding in the small Mediterranean state.

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MALABO/TRIPOLI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of the Libyan government and rebels will soon meet in Ethiopia in a bid to negotiate a way out of the current crisis in their country, South African President Jacob Zuma said in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Friday.

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RABAT, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Morocco is set to have a new constitution that will curb the king's powers after over 98 percent of voters gave their approval in Friday's referendum.

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RABAT, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Around 60.3 percent of Moroccan registered voters voted in the referendum for a new draft constitution Friday, and the voting process is "orderly and smooth, " said a communique issued by the Moroccan interior ministry.

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MALABO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan government and the rebels in the eastern part of the North African country will soon hold transitional negotiations in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, South African President Jacob Zuma said here at the end of the 17th AU Summit

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LAGOS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's southwest Osun State is ready to partner with China on agriculture and farm produce processing and also welcomes the Chinese investors to boost its agri-oriented industries, state governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola told Xinhua on Friday.

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TRIPOLI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatened to carry out attacks in Europe if NATO does not stop airstrikes against his regime in Libya.

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PARIS (Reuters) - Libya is involved in direct and indirect talks with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's daughter said, although the Benghazi-based opposition has ruled out further contact with Tripoli.