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Top Gabon official killed

2009-11-26 22:14

Unidentified killers have murdered the man in charge of Gabon's maritime transport, the General Council of Shippers has announced.

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DRC: UN helicopter shot at

2009-11-26 22:14

Five people aboard a United Nations helicopter have been injured after it came under fire in the DRC.

Ship owner & pirates differ

2009-11-26 20:13

A Greek shipping company rejected a claim by Somalia pirates that one of its cargo vessels and the crew had been freed.

A member of the Unamid forces

Darfur rebels say army killed 10

2009-11-26 20:13

Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region have accused government troops of launching two attacks in a development likely to hinder peace talks which began this month.

ICC

ICC seeks to open Kenya probe

2009-11-26 15:01

The prosecutor of the ICC says has asked judges to allow a formal probe of Kenya's 2007-08 post election violence with a view to putting those responsible on trial.

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Rebels claim Ndele in CAR

2009-11-26 19:09

Rebels in the Central African Republic are claiming they have taken control of the key northern town of Ndele.

Umaru

'Yar'Adua in good health'

2009-11-26 09:05

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is in good health and may perform a pilgrimage to Mecca, a clinic in Saudi Arabia says.

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French national kidnapped in Mali

2009-11-26 16:14

Armed men have kidnapped a French national in the northern Malian town of Menaka close to the border with Niger, officials say.

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Joy at release of journo

2009-11-26 09:43

Emotional relatives of Somalia kidnap victim Nigel Brennan have expressed joy at his release from more than a year of brutal captivity.

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Journo feared being sold on

2009-11-26 12:43

Freed Australian journalist Nigel Brennan kidnapped in Somalia last year says he feared he would be handed over to hardline rebels.

WFP

1 000s to benefit from WFP

2009-11-26 11:05

The UN World Food Programme has announced that from mid-December it will feed thousands of people displaced by violence in the north of the DRC.

 
African elephant

Elephants wiped out in S Leone

2009-11-26 22:14

Police in Sierra Leone have arrested a gang of 10 poachers after they "wiped out" the entire elephant herd in the country's 'only wildlife park.

Kenya: ICC to probe violence

2009-11-26 21:05

The ICC's prosecutor asked judges for permission to investigate Kenya's post election violence that left more than 1 000 dead.

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Guinea: 'At least 100 raped'

2009-11-26 21:05

Guinean soldiers raped at least 100 women during a crackdown on protests in September, a human rights group says.

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Freed journos leave Somalia

2009-11-26 09:43

Somalia's National Security Minister says two foreign journalists freed after more than a year have flown to neighbouring Kenya.

Mali pointed out on the West "horn" of Africa

Mali probes 'drug Boeing'

2009-11-26 18:14

National and international inquiries are under way in Mali into a burnt-out Boeing 727 that's believed to have made a cocaine delivery, President Amadou Toumani Toure has announced.

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UN group arrives in Guinea

2009-11-26 16:14

A UN human rights official says a three-member UN commission has arrived in Guinea to investigate the September massacre in which 157 people are said to have been killed.

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Pirates release ship for $3.7m

2009-11-26 17:14

Somali pirates say they've released a Greek cargo vessel and its Ukrainian crew after a payment of $3.7m, more than six months after it was captured in the Indian Ocean.

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Rebel network in 25 countries

2009-11-26 12:43

One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, the UN reports.

HWR

Libya offers rare opening - HWR

2009-11-26 11:05

The HRW says it has for the first time been given permission to launch a report on Libya's rights record from inside the country, a step it says shows a new openness.

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Civilians on the move in DRC

2009-11-26 09:43

Thousands of civilians are fleeing Rwanda for eastern DRC causing fresh ethnic tensions in the region, the Monuc and refugee agencies say.

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