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South Sudan Massacres Follow Independence

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeffrey Jettleman - Jan. 13 (News Report) - The trail of corpses begins about 300 yards from the corrugated metal gate of the United Nations compound and stretches for miles into the bush. There is an old man on his back, a young woman with her legs splayed and skirt bunched up around her hips, and a whole family — man, woman, two children — all facedown in the swamp grass, executed together. How many hundreds are scattered across the savannah, nobody really knows.

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In Congo election, outcome is all but certain and violence is likely

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Robyn Dixon - Nov. 28 (News Report) - President Joseph Kabila is expected to win an election that is widely seen as rigged. With his security forces cracking down and his chief rival calling for revolt, the scene is set for bloodshed.

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Court refuses extradition of suspect in genocide

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Scotsman - By Pierre-Antoine Souchard - Sep. 29 (News Report) - France cannot extradite Rwanda's former first lady to her homeland, where she is sought in connection with the African country's 1994 genocide, a Paris appeals court has ruled.

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Somalia denies CIA detention base

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Sep. 09 (News Report) - The centre is alleged to be under the presidential palace in Mogadishu Somalia has dismissed reports that the US runs an underground detention centre where the CIA helps interrogate terror suspects in the capital

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In Africa, U.S. Watches China's Rise

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Peter Wonacott - Sep. 02 (News Report) - China is expanding its economic and political ties with countries across Africa, resulting in a rapid rise in influence here that has sparked concern from the U.S. government

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Qaddafi's many hideouts help him elude rebels

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - Aug. 24 (News Report) - Even after rebels stormed into the capital and overwhelmed his residence, Libya's Muammar Qaddafi has plenty of places to hide. Underground, for example. The man who ruled Libya for 42 years is known to have deep bunkers under his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, which rebel fighters seized Tuesday. Some former officials say the compound is connected by long tunnels to far-flung parts of Tripoli in a hidden network that would provide a quick escape route.

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Live blog: Rebels fighting pockets of resistance; journalists escape hotel

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Aug. 24 (Breaking News) - With reported pockets of fighting remaining in Tripoli on Wednesday, the whereabouts of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi were still not known. Rebels seized Gadhafi’s vast compound on Tuesday. Celebratory gunfire was virtually nonstop as rebels streamed in and out of the compound, many leaving with weapons and ammunition seized from the complex. A senior NATO official warned that the war "is not over yet, although it's close."

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Kadafi 'delusional,' wants to reclaim power, ex-confidante says

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Aug. 24 (News Report) - Libya's fugitive leader thinks he can return to power when NATO ends its air campaign, his former right-hand man told Al Jazeera television. “Kadafi is delusional because he thinks he can disappear in Libya and, when NATO leaves, he believes he can gather his supporters,” said Abdel Salam Jalloud, who defected before rebels captured most of the capital this week.

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Pockets of resistance as rebels claim Tripoli

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Zeina Khodr - Aug. 22 (Breaking News) - The head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli. Fighting and gun battles erupted in parts of Tripoli on Monday after tanks left Bab al-Azizyah, Muammar Gaddafi's compound, to confront the rebel assault that gained control of much of the capital in a battle overnight. Many of the streets in the centre of the city - where anti-government supporters had celebrated hours earlier - were abandoned as pockets of pro-Gaddafi resistance and the presence of snipers and artillery fire made the area dangerous. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, who entered the city with rebel fighters who advanced overnight, said the security situation in the city was "tenuous," despite there being celebrations in the streets. "There are some Gaddafi forces still putting up a fight," our correspondent said. "And rebels still have one last push to make towards Bab al-Azizyah," Khodr added, saying that it was unclear when this advance would take place.

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Ethiopia plans ambitious resettlement of people buffeted by East Africa drought

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By William Davison - Aug. 02 (Special Report) - In Ethiopia's rain-starved eastern badlands, livestock is the sole asset for most. Swaddled in robes, pastoralist families traverse huge tracts searching for water and pasture for their herds, uprooting camps as they go. When seasonal rains fail, life becomes a battle for survival.

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Libyan rebels run riot

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Sydney Morning Herald - Jul. 13 (News) - Rebels in the mountains in Libya's west have looted and damaged four towns seized from Muammar Gaddafi's forces last month, part of a series of abuses and apparent reprisals against suspected loyalists that have chased residents of these towns away, Human Rights Watch said.

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Two studies show that drugs used to treat AIDS can be used to prevent HIV infection, too

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Brown - Jul. 13 (News Report) - Two new studies done in three African countries have shown for the first time that AIDS drugs taken daily can cut by more than half a person’s chance of becoming infected with HIV through heterosexual intercourse.

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South Sudan, world's newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Jul. 10 (News) - Africa's longest civil war gives birth to South Sudan, a country about the size of France that has broken away from its bitter antagonist to the north. Heads of state gather for a euphoric celebration in the fledgling capital of Juba, but poverty, corruption and questions about its leadership already plague the new nation.The countdown clock ran out, the flag ascended over the fledgling capital and a new nation born from Africa's longest civil war and the deaths of 2 million people joined the world Saturday.

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After Years of Struggle, South Sudan Becomes a New Nation

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jeffrey Gettleman - Jul. 09 (News Report) - After more than five decades of an underdog, guerrilla struggle and two million lives lost, the Republic of South Sudan, Africa’s 54th state, declared its independence in front of a who’s who of Africa.

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Zimbabwe and its diamonds: Forever dirty

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Jul. 01 (News Analysis) - The Kimberley Process (KP) is in danger of collapse. Set up in 2003, the system is supposed to end the trade in “blood diamonds” which illicitly finance civil wars. But its Congolese chairman has unilaterally decided to let sales from Zimbabwe’s disputed Marange diamond fields resume. America, the European Union, Canada and Israel are hotly contesting the move. Rulings by the 49-member body, representing 75 diamond-producing and -trading countries, are supposed to be unanimous. Ever since diamonds were first discovered in a 60,000-hectare site in Marange in eastern Zimbabwe in 2006, reports of killings, torture, corruption, bribery, looting, smuggling and political skulduggery have been rife. The stakes are enormous. Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, has described the field as “the biggest find of alluvial diamonds in the history of mankind”. Potential revenue has been estimated at $1 billion-2 billion a year. One mining expert involved in the area reckons it is “much, much more”. The IMF put Zimbabwe’s entire GDP last year at $7.5 billion.

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Lauded Somalian Prime Minister Resigns Under Pressure

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jeffrey Gettleman - Jun. 19 (News Analysis) - Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the American-educated’ prime minister of Somalia, resigned Sunday after weeks of pressure to abide by a deal between two other top officials that extends Somalia’s wobbly transitional government for another year. Mr. Mohamed, who studied in Buffalo and served as a commissioner for the Municipal Housing Authority there, was appointed just eight months ago as premier of one of the world’s most chaotic countries. Western diplomats said he had proven himself one of the more capable and professional politicians in Somalia, and attributed his departure to backroom politicking. Earlier this month Somalia’s president, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, and the speaker of parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, agreed to sack him as part of their deal to extend the transitional government. Analysts said the speaker wanted to appoint his own cronies to high positions, and though the president was reluctant to see Mr. Mohamed go, he agreed in order to keep his own job.

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G-8 Finds $40 Billion for Arab Spring From Development Banks, Direct Aid

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Gregory Viscusi, Tony Czuczka - May. 27 (News) - Group of Eight leaders pledged to support pro-democracy movements in North Africa, announcing a mix of loans from international development banks and direct aid totaling at least $40 billion.

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NATO Attacks Rock Libya as Diplomatic Efforts Continue in Europe

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Voice of America - May. 26 (News) - At least three loud explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, late Wednesday. Libyan government officials said the blasts were caused by NATO airstrikes that hit targets that include a vocational school.

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U.S. invites Libyan rebel council to open D.C. office

Tue, 24 May 2011 09:02:22 -0700

Washington Post - By Sudarsan Raghavan, Michael Birnbaum - May. 24 (News Report) - A top envoy from the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that Libya’s rebel government would open an office in Washington, the latest indication that the United States views the rebels as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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After Protests, Burkina Faso’s President Dissolves Government

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Reuters staff - Apr. 16 (News) - President Blaise Compaore dismissed his cabinet, his army chief and the head of his security regiment on Friday, national radio reported, after disgruntled soldiers went on a rampage in the capital and fired their weapons, apparently in a mutiny.

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Gaddafi accepts African Union’s road map for peace

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Simon Denyer, Leila Fadel - Apr. 11 (News) - Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi accepted a political road map Sunday proposed by the African Union, calling for an immediate cease-fire and a dialogue with the opposition about reform. But rebels, before seeing details of the plan, said they would be satisfied only with the ouster of Gaddafi and his family.

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Libyan rebels reject Gaddafi 'peace' overture

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Apr. 05 (News) - A diplomatic push by Muammar Gaddafi's regime to end the country's conflict has run into trouble as the opposition said it rejected any proposal that would leave the Libyan leader or his sons in power.

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Ivory Coast fighters surround presidential palace

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Selay Kouassi, Ed Pilkington, David Smith - Apr. 05 (News) - Fighters loyal to Alassane Ouattara have surrounded the presidential palace in Ivory Coast with the help of UN and French helicopters, as incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's grip on power appeared increasingly tenuous.

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France Takes Control of Airport in Ivory Coast

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Steven Erlanger - Apr. 03 (News) - French forces took over the Ivory Coast’s main airport on Sunday so that foreigners could be evacuated as fighting continued in Abidjan between rival presidents.

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Ivory Coast descends into chaos as ethnic violence leaves 800 dead

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By David Smith - Apr. 02 (News) - Loyalist and rebel forces accuse each other of atrocity in Duékoué, while fears deepen of protracted warfare in Abidjan The full horror of the violence sweeping Ivory Coast has emerged as the battle for Abidjan raged and thousands of civilians faced critical shortages. Forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo defied expectations by mounting stubborn resistance in the economic capital for a third day, raising fears of protracted urban warfare and soaring casualties. The heavy weapons fire and fighting left thousands of people barricaded inside their homes and in increasingly urgent need of food, water and medical treatment. Looting is rife amid a sense of lawlessness and anarchy. Deepening the fear in the capital, it was reported that at least 800 people were massacred in intercommunal violence in the western town of Duékoué, which fell to rebels last week. This was despite the presence of hundreds of UN peacekeepers there. In five days, the rebel forces aiming to install Alassane ...

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