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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Soldiers from north Sudan's army clashed with southern forces in the oil-producing border region of Abyei, killing 14, the United Nations said on Tuesday in the latest violence in the contested region.

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reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Securing financing for Libyan opposition rebels and facilitating contacts with defectors from Muammar Gaddafi's government will be the focus of Libya talks in Rome on Thursday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said.

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Daily Independent (Lagos)

Kano — There was stampede in Kano on Monday when news of the death of al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Ladin, in Pakistan via US raids spread across the city just recovering from post-election violence.

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The monitor

At least 55 journalists suffered various forms of violence at the hands of security operatives and political party supporters over the last six months, a new report shows.

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Citizen

Dar es Salaam — The Tanzania police force said yesterday that the death of Osama Bin Laden did not mean the end of the war on terrorism.

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reuters

The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur has announced a new initiative to help aid agencies access hard-to-reach communities in parts of the strife-torn Sudanese region.

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East African

Nairobi — Kenyan security forces said Monday they will "remain vigilant" in the country's two main cities and along the border with neighbouring Somalia after the killing in Pakistan of Osama Bin Laden.

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reuters

NAIROBI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenya hailed on Monday the death of Osama bin Laden as an act of justice, but said more must be done to bring stability to neighbouring Somalia, where al Qaeda-linked fighters are waging an insurgency.

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reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Behind a high white wall next to an unpaved road in the Sudanese capital, the two-storey house where Osama bin Laden once lived has remained vacant since the leader of al Qaeda was expelled from Sudan in 1996.

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reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China again urged an end to fighting in Libya on Monday, saying it has "always opposed" any action not authorised by the U.N. Security Council, after Libya said Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in a NATO airstrike.

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KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's deposed former leader Laurent Gbagbo urged supporters on Monday to drop political quarrels for now and help the West African country revive its economy in peace.

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reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Crowds chanting support for Muammar Gaddafi gathered in Tripoli on Monday for the funeral of his son, killed in a NATO airstrike that has raised questions about the West's role in the uprising against the Libyan leader.

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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt intends to open its border with Gaza permanently to ease life for Palestinians under an Israeli blockade but the mechanics of such a step are still being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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reuters

DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Refugees and artillery fire spilled into Tunisia from Libya on Sunday and witnesses spoke of more intense fighting over a key supply route for rebels trying to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

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reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Tripoli after attacks by angry crowds on several European embassies in the Libyan capital following a NATO airstrike that killed a son of Muammar Gaddafi.

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East African

Nairobi — The European Union, one of the major financiers of Amisom and the Somali Transitional Federal Government, has threatened to cut further support if the current office holders do not relinquish power when their term of office comes to an end in August.

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rfi

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's youngest son and three of his grandchildren are alleged to have been killed in a Nato air strike on Saturday in Tripoli.

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New Times

Kigali — President Paul Kagame, is set to become the first African leader to appear on Youtube Worldview, an online interview platform that has featured prominent world leaders.

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reuters

Nairobi — Eldoret North MP William Ruto's defence team has written to the International Criminal Court in support of the government's application challenging the admissibility of the Ocampo Six cases.

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reuters

Harare — Hawks within Zanu PF and securocrats have reportedly demanded that President Robert Mugabe defer elections and immediately appoint a successor, as time was not on his side.