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UN boss pleads with furious Rwanda

Posted 8 hours ago

UN Secretary-General urges Kigali not to abandon peacekeeping mission  | Full Story

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Bashir visit: Kenya on charm offensive

Posted 10 hours ago

Nairobi acts to avert paying the prize for hosting wanted president  | Full Story

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President Wade, 84, wants to go on, and on

Posted 14 hours ago

Ageing Senegalese leader claims he has not yet served a second term  | Full Story

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Congo mass rape figure shoots to 240

Posted 14 hours ago

UN peacekeepers failed to act despite having a nearby base  | Full Story

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EU to give Somali peace force €47m

Posted 16 hours ago

European Union announces fresh funding to the African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu  | Full Story

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Food riots in Mozambique claim six

Posted 18 hours ago

Rising prices of foodstuffs again lead to deadly running battles in the capital  | Full Story

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Africa Regional Digest

Northern

Floods pose challenge to Sudan referendum
 
Main town of Northern Bahr al-Ghazal province largely under water
 | Full Story


 

Eastern

38m and counting: Kenya's population challenge
 
Analysts say East African country must arrest run away growth rate if it is
 | Full Story


 

Western

Benin prepares for elections
 
A new set of rules will be in force this time
 | Full Story


 

Southern

Botswana President kin hauled to court
 
Powerful minister charged with graft a day after he unexpectedly quits
 | Full Story


 

Central

UN seeks answers over Congo mass rapes
 
The atrocity hapened near a UN peacekeepers' base
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