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  • Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    By Hereward Holland

  • Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    LONDON - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

  • Ugandan army kills 34 tribesmen on cattle raids

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan officials say the army has killed 34 tribesmen who were stealing cattle in Uganda's volatile northeastern region.

  • Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence

    AP - Friday, November 20

    NAIROBI, Kenya - A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.

  • Zimbabwe withdrawing soldiers from diamond fields - report

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    * Soldiers accused of rights abuses

  • South Sudanese cattle herders from the Dinka ethnic group dance while watching wrestling in Bor, Jonglei State, in 2008. Forty-seven people have been killed in ethnic clashes between the Mundari and the Dinka in south Sudan's Lakes state region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.

    South Sudan clashes leave 47 dead: military

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    JUBA, Sudan (AFP) - - Forty-seven people were killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan's Lakes state region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.

  • WFP says needs $1 billion for east Africa food aid

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19

    ROME (Reuters) - The U.N. emergency food aid agency needs $1 billion (597 million pounds) to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said on Wednesday.

  • VIDEO - After savouring their fresh victory against Algeria, Egypt fans are looking ahead to the make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off taking place in Sudan on Wednesday. Duration: 00:50

    Sudan hikes security for World Cup qualifier

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - - Sudan's security forces threw a tight security cordon around Khartoum to prevent violence between fans of Algeria and Egypt, who clash on Wednesday for a place at the World Cup football finals.

  • Somali woman stoned to death for adultery

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - A judge for an Islamic militant group in Somalia says a woman has been stoned to death and her boyfriend given 100 lashes for having an affair.

  • Al Qaeda Africa wing less a threat to Europe - official

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing is less likely now to carry out attacks in Europe, mainly because of pressure on the group from Algerian security forces, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.

  • Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    MOGADISHU (AFP) - - Somali pirates on Tuesday released a Spanish tuna trawler and its 36 crew seized more than a month ago in the Indian Ocean, saying they had been paid a four-million-dollar (2.6-million-euro) ransom.

  • U.N. court acquits priest of genocide in Rwanda

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18

    DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A priest accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been acquitted, the second release in as many days, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said on Tuesday.

  • Correction: Internet conference story

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - In a Nov. 15 story about Egypt's plan to apply for the first Internet domain name written in Arabic, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang.

  • Somalia, Afghanistan shamed in corruption table

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    BERLIN (AFP) - - Lawless Somalia and war-torn Afghanistan topped a blacklist on Tuesday of the world's most corrupt countries drawn up by the anti-graft watchdog Transparency International.

  • Mozambique: Major corruption trial begins

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    MAPUTO, Mozambique - A former Cabinet minister and four other defendants are standing trial in the biggest corruption case to go to court in Mozambique since independence in 1975.

  • Rwandan priest acquitted of genocide charges

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    ARUSHA, Tanzania - A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

  • Major corruption trial begins in Mozambique

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    MAPUTO, Mozambique - A former Cabinet minister and four other defendants are standing trial in the biggest corruption case to go to court in Mozambique since independence in 1975.

  • Judge acquits Rwandan priest of genocide charges

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    ARUSHA, Tanzania - A United Nations court has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

  • Somali pirates hijack ship, 28 North Korean crew

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Pirates off the coast of Somalia have attacked two vessels, and at least one of those has been captured.

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