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Zanzibar appeals for calm

2012-05-27 12:17

Police on Tanzania's archipelago of Zanzibar have appealed for calm after violent clashes with protestors calling for the independence of the islands left several injured.

Benin

American kidnapped in Benin

2012-05-27 14:07

An American citizen has been kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin.

Lesotho

Polls close in Lesotho's election

2012-05-26 21:07

Polling stations have closed in Lesotho in an election that pitted erstwhile allies against each other in a race defined more by their personal feuds than by national worries.

algeria

Algeria parliament opening disrupted

2012-05-26 19:00

Islamist lawmakers have disrupted the first session of Algeria's new parliament, waving placards condemning alleged fraud in the elections before leaving the chamber.

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Egypt's Brotherhood calls for dialogue

2012-05-26 17:25

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is calling on political groups to take part in a dialogue aimed at "salvaging the nation" ahead of a presidential run-off.

Malian journalist released

2012-05-26 10:38

A Malian journalist missing for two weeks has emerged, claiming he had been held by the state security service.

South Sudan

Teen killed in South Sudan

2012-05-26 16:00

Leaders of a minority community say South Sudan troops have shot and killed a teenager while he was fishing, linking the death to the military's disarmament campaign.

Dioncounda-Traore

Mali police question assault suspects

2012-05-25 22:00

Malian paramilitary police have questioned 3 leaders of a pro-coup coalition which called a protest during which the country's transition president Dioncounda Traore was assaulted

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Fighting erupts again in eastern DRC

2012-05-25 18:01

Fresh clashes have broken out between the army and a band of mutineers in the DRC’s eastern Nord-Kivu province, soldiers on both sides say.

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ICC not competent - Gbagbo lawyers

2012-05-25 14:33

A lawyer for Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, suspected of crimes against humanity, has challenged the competence of the ICC, court documents show.

Lesotho

Lesotho heads for tense, open election

2012-05-25 10:34

Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho are set to go to the polls in a wide-open election that analysts say could end up without a clear result, as happened in 1998.

 
blast

Double blasts wound 5 in Kenya

2012-05-26 22:46

Two separate suspected grenade attacks at a hotel and a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya have wounded at least five people, police say.

Muslim man

Cleric, retired guard killed in Nigeria

2012-05-26 20:01

Gunmen have killed a Muslim cleric and a retired prison guard in northeastern Nigeria, amid a wave of such killings blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram.

AU flag

Mali PM holds talks with AU chief

2012-05-26 17:25

The prime minister of Mali's transition government has arrived in Abidjan for talks with current African Union head Alassane Ouattara on the Malian crisis.

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US journalist held in Ethiopia

2012-05-26 13:12

A Voice of America correspondent and his translator have been arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa while covering an anti-government protest.

Explosion

7 die in canteen explosion

2012-05-26 14:10

A gas blast at a university canteen in Algeria has killed seven students and left 28 others injured.

Vote

Brotherhood, ex-regime candidate in run-off

2012-05-25 23:06

Preliminary results from Egypt's presidential election show Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq have won the top two spots.

Kenya flag

Third terror suspect abducted in Kenya

2012-05-25 20:00

Rights officials are accusing the Kenyan government of running an official campaign to eliminate suspected terrorists following the disappearance the third terror suspect this year.

Egypt flag

Egypt 'set for run-off'

2012-05-25 16:01

Egypt is looking set for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against Mubarak-era minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group.

Algeria

Algeria opposition gains more seats

2012-05-25 13:33

Algeria's Constitutional Council has given final seat tallies from the 10 May parliamentary elections resulting in a slight gain for the opposition.

Egypt elections

Mursi, Shafiq 'set for Egypt run-off'

2012-05-25 09:05

A Muslim Brotherhood official says the group's candidate in the first free presidential election in Egypt would enter a run-off vote next month with the last PM to serve Hosni Mubarak before he was ousted.

 
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