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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A long-dormant volcano has erupted in Eritrea, monitors said on Monday, spewing a huge ash cloud across the Horn of Africa, threatening air travel and curtailing a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar will reject a call from southern African leaders to allow all political exiles, including former President Marc Ravalomanana, to return home to end a crisis, a government source said on Monday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian appliance maker Olympic Group on Tuesday denied a report that its former chief executive was banned from travel pending questioning over the acquisition of a state firm more than a decade ago.

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JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Premier League club Lamontville Golden Arrows have signed a one-year contract with German coach Ernst Middendorp with the option to renew, it has been confirmed by managing director Manto Madlala on Monday.

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TRIPOLI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan government said on Monday it would implement all proposals of an African Union initiative which aims to put an end to Libya's conflict, the official news agency JANA reported.

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ABUJA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would ensure that election materials are made accessible for forensic inspection as might be ordered by any election tribunal.

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BENGHAZI/ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels fighting against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi say they were repulsed by his forces in a battle to retake the eastern oil town of Brega, suffering at least four dead.

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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will urge the African Union to get tougher on Libya on Monday, hoping to push Africa's leaders into a firmer stance on the ousting of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in a fire early on Monday at a centre for the mentally disabled and elderly near Johannesburg, South African media reported.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have captured the main suspect in a 2009 bombing at a popular Cairo tourist bazaar that killed a French teenager, security sources said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt arrested an Israeli man on Sunday suspected of spying and recruiting agents to destabilise Egypt and sow strife after President Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down on February 11, the prosecutor and judicial sources said.

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TUNIS (Reuters) - About 150 people protested in the centre of the Tunisian capital on Sunday, demanding the release of Samir Feriani, a police employee who was jailed after he publicly criticised the Interior Ministry.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Eritrea has freed four British security contractors who it had accused of spying and terrorism and kept in detention since December, Britain's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

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ALGIERS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Algeria Foreign Ministry denied Sunday allegations stating that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been exiled in Algeria.

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DAR ES SALAAM, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday pledged U. S. commitment to supporting Tanzania's national efforts to fight poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

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KHARTOUM, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese army on Sunday refuted claims that its military planes were shot down in the South Kordofan State during the armed clashes last week.

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KHARTOUM, June 12 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured in an armed attack launched by the forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) on a civilian vehicle in South Kordofan State, official SUNA news agency reported Sunday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali police said on Saturday that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operative, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country on Tuesday.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army denied on Sunday that any military aircraft were shot down in the border state of Southern Kordofan, where the northern military has been fighting armed groups for more than a week.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Fighting between rebels and government forces in Zawiyah, near the Libyan capital, killed 13 rebels and civilians on Saturday and clashes were continuing for a second day on Sunday, said a rebel spokesman in the town.