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AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded Misrata with rockets and artillery on Monday and pounded the insurgents' eastern frontline outpost of Ajdabiyah, rebels said.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi received a telephone call from South African President Jacob Zuma, Libyan state television reported on Sunday.

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AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels came under fire on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah on Sunday, hemming them in to their eastern outpost and denting their hopes of pushing west to try to end a stalemate in the Libyan war.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday ruled out committing ground troops in Libya, saying it was important to adhere to a U.N. mandate and not to take action that could alienate the Arab world.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The French military said on Sunday it would hand control of Ivory Coast's main airport back to national armed forces as fighting in the West African state dies down.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will put on trial the former prime minister and his finance minister on charges of profiteering and squandering public funds, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday.

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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says that he fears for his country. He should. Political, ethnic, and religious violence have been on the upswing. The end of a long-standing, informal presidential power-sharing arrangement between the north and south within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) -- known as "zoning" -- encourages appeals to ethnicity and religion in places as diverse as Yorubaland and the country's so-called middle belt. What is more, too many Nigerian politicians display a winner-take-all frame of mind, leading them to behave as though elections are a matter of life and death.

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Lagos — As Nigerians file out Saturday across the country to elect a new president from a field of 17 candidates, all signals point to President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as likely to coast home to victory.

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Across the country, yesterday’s presidential election was generally peaceful. There were also reports of low and high turnout of voters.
In Abuja, there was massive turn out of voters just as civil society organizations (CSOs) under the aegis of Situation Room raised the alarm over the alleged arrest and intimidation of its observers.

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Conservationists say a 'Tortoise Mafia' is driving Madagascar's tortoises to extinction. Armed gangs of up to 100 have been sweeping the countryside for their slow-moving prey.

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At least three people were on Thursday shot dead in Gulu after a walk-to-work campaign in the town turned violent on. Among those killed were, Adoni Mugisu, a tomato seller in Gulu market, Charles Otul, a mechanic in the town and an unidentified person who was reportedly lynched by the protestors for wearing a T-shirt bearing a photograph of President Museveni

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerians voted in masses on Saturday in what they hope will be their first credible presidential election for decades and could set an example across Africa.

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DAURA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party is desperate for votes and there are already signs of attempts to manipulate Saturday's presidential election in some areas, main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari told Reuters.

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Hundreds of traders rioted and set fire to the headquarters of Burkina Faso's ruling party on Saturday, protesting after mutinous soldiers looted their shops.

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KIRUHURA, Uganda (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday warned he would not allow protests against food and fuel price rises led by opposition leader Kizza Besigye.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the political party of former President Hosni Mubarak, one of the demands of the protesters who ended his 30-year rule.

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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fired at least 100 Grad rockets into Misrata on Saturday, a rebel spokesman said, in a third day of heavy bombardment of the rebel-held city

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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's foreign minister on Saturday rejected allegations by Libyan rebels fighting the government of leader Muammar Gaddafi that Chadian officers were fighting alongside Gaddafi's soldiers.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tunisian Finance Minister Jalloul Ayed said on Saturday that rescheduling his country's debt was 'out of the question'

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LONDON (Reuters) - A senior politician in Nigeria's ruling party appeared in a British court on Saturday accused of corruption charges after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates, police said.