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Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — US's President envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said Doha peace process should continue as all the efforts are needed to end the war in Darfur region.

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Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan believes that the referendum process currently underway meets the threshold that would allow it to be recognized, a party official said today.

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This Day

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday emerged as the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria at the party's special convention held in Lagos.

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IFEX

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses its grave concern for the safety of radio journalist Mohamed Ali Mohamud, publicly known as "Madka", who was kidnapped by Al-Shabaab forces at his home in northern Mogadishu.

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New Times

Kigali — The Military High Court (MHC), in Kanombe, yesterday, sentenced Kayumba Nyamwasa and Theogene Rudasingwa, to 24 years in prison.

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RFI

Tunisia's parliamentary speaker Fouad Mebazzaa has been sworn in as caretaker leader after the Constitutional Council declared that Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi did not have the right to assume power.

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UN News

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the end of the polling period for the referendum on the self-determination of Southern Sudan, and congratulated the people for their patience and peaceful determination to cast their ballots, which characterized voting over the past week.

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Vanguard

Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chief of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has emerged the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate. All the delegates answered yes in a voice vote to determine their support for Ribadu during the the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) anational convention in Lagos today.

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xinhua

RIYADH/TUNIS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi Arabian government confirmed early Saturday the arrival of Tunisia's ousted president and his family in the kingdom.

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xinhua

KHARTOUM, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan referendum's polling process entered its seventh day on Saturday and South Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) excluded any trend to extend the polling period that started on Jan. 9.

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xinhua

CAIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Emergency State Security Court on Saturday adjourned the trial of three spies working for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to another session scheduled for next Monday.

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reuters

KIGALI (Reuters) - A Rwandan military court sentenced on Friday four exiled military officers, including former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, to 20 years in prison for threatening state security.

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reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Thousands of rural Somalis are camping within earshot of fighting in the capital Mogadishu after Islamic militants prevented aid groups from helping them survive a drought.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Sakher Materi, the businessman son-in-law of Tunisia's ex-president, is in Dubai and a television report he is under arrest is not true, an aide told Reuters.

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reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - One person was shot dead and four others injured on Friday at a rally calling for the autonomy of western Zambia after police clashed with protesters, hospital sources said.

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reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday formally approved toughened sanctions against Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo and 84 supporters over his refusal to step down after a disputed election, diplomats said.

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reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan won a decisive victory in ruling party primaries on Friday, including in key states in the mostly Muslim north, but his main rival's camp refused to accept the result.

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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court convened on Saturday to start the trial of an Egyptian businessman charged with spying and recruiting agents in telecoms firms for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, the state news agency said.

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reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara, moving to cut financial support for his rival, warned on Friday that oil and cocoa firms may have to pay export taxes twice if they continued sending funds to Laurent Gbagbo's government.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - A surge of anger in the streets over police repression and poverty swept Tunisia's veteran leader from power on Friday, sending a chill through unpopular authoritarian governments across the Arab world.