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Los Angeles Times
NATO says the airstrikes came after it observed Libyan government vessels threatening alliance ships and mining sea lanes off the city of Misurata.

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Reuters
YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) - Alassane Ouattara was to be inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday, in a ceremony most Ivorians hope will put a decade of conflict and instability behind them and mend a once prosperous economy.

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The Kenyan government has expressed support for the recognition of Somaliland, which is an autonomous region of Somalia.

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Reuters
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court said on Friday its prosecutor had applied to investigate Ivory Coast's post-election violence in which thousands of people have been killed and more than a million displaced.

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Reuters
VICTORIA (Reuters) - The people of Seychelles cast their ballots in a final day of polling on Saturday in a presidential election tainted by opposition accusations of voter bribery by the ruling party.

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Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Mineral exports from Democratic of Congo's troubled east have tumbled since early April, which the United States introduced traceability rules that require exporters to prove their products are not funding armed groups, a government official said on Friday.

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Reuters
TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said on Friday.

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Reuters
ASTANA (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development agreed on Saturday to begin the process of expanding lending into the Middle East and North Africa, following a string of popular revolts in the Arab world.

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Reuters
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi firms have joined Chinese and other companies looking to lease farmland in Africa as part of efforts to feed a growing population and offset creeping urbanisation at home.

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Reuters
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - North and south Sudan's armies on Friday accused each other of launching attacks in the contested Abyei border region, marking an escalation of tensions in the countdown to the south's independence in July.

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Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Christians ended a sit-in on Friday nearly two weeks after they camped out in downtown Cairo to protest against sectarian violence, state TV reported, following an official promise to meet some of their demands.

20110519
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The United Nations is holding negotiations with the Libyan regime, the revolutionary forces and the NATO to halt the fighting in the North African country to get humanitarian aid to civilians.

20110519
press tv
Amnesty International has lashed out at trials of civilians before military courts in Egypt, saying the ruling army could fail to restore law and order.

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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct a probe into the crimes committed after the November presidential election.

20110519
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Preliminary results in South Africa's local elections showed the ruling African National Congress in the lead in a vote characterised by the government's failure to improve the lives of the poor.

20110519
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's anti-graft agency opened a new corruption investigation into ousted President Hosni Mubarak's former chief of staff on Wednesday, a day after a court ordered his release on bail, state media reported.

20110519
Reuters
TUNIS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The wife and daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi crossed the border into Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said, but it was unclear whether they were on a diplomatic mission or seeking safe haven.

20110519
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO has adopted a more aggressive approach to air strikes in Libya, Western officials say, after two months of attacks on Muammar Gaddafi's government have failed to prompt the defiant leader to resign.

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Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government must reveal the truth about attacks on demonstrators during an uprising against President Hosni Mubarak, compensate the victims and bring their attackers to justice, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

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Reuters
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese authorities have arrested a British-Senegalese national suspected of involvement in financing terrorism and being in regular contact with an English militant, the man's lawyer said on Wednesday.