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Somali conference will tackle security and piracy
Nigeria gov't says amnesty program will relaunch
Events held in South Africa to recognize Mandela
WFP: Food aid still needed in ZimbabweHARARE, Zimbabwe — A U.N. agency says Zimbabwe will need humanitarian aid this year after crop failures caused a grain shortfall of about half a million metric tons.
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- At least 971 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
- At least 971 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
- Gunmen kill 2 Egyptian peacekeepers in ambush on convoy in Sudan’s south Darfur region
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- Mozambique brings in experts to determine whether abandoned ship holds toxic cargo
- Internet addresses in Arabic activated for Egypt, Arabia, UAE; first with non-Latin characters
- Egyptian president warns opposition against fomenting ‘chaos’ amid mounting push for reforms
- Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as Nigeria’s president hours after death of elected leader
- Vietnam discovers nearly 2 tons of elephant tusks hidden in seaweed shipped from Kenya
- Obama applauds peace efforts of the late Nigerian president
- Spokesman: Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has died after long illness
- Presidential spokesman: President Umaru Yar’Adua has died after long illness
- Former president of South Africa’s Black Sash, a leading anti-apartheid movement, dies
- Congo: Civilians capture rebel leader in northwest Equateur province where 200,000 displaced
- Nigeria: Case dropped against anti-corruption czar who faced death threats and moved abroad
- Gaza report judge meets critics in South Africa after attending grandson’s bar mitzvah
- Militants kill Somali journalist from state radio station, colleagues suspect targeted killing
- Oil giant Shell says attacks, vandalism led to loss of 14,000 tons of oil in Nigeria last year
- Defense looks into whether Ambien or something else caused air passenger’s erratic behavior
- Islamic group to distribute food in Somalia after World Food Program stops due to militants
- Archaeologists in Egypt find statue more than 2,000 years old of unidentified Ptolemaic king
- SAfrican police hunt for suspect who called, confessed to killing flamboyant strip club owner
- Somali militia group moves in on town that serves as pirate lair; hundreds of pirates leave
- UN reports massacre of 100 Congolese by Ugandan rebels; Attackers cut off woman’s lips
- An explosion in a Somali market kills at least 20 people, AU says
- At least 966 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
- In posthumous message, Jordanian CIA bomber calls on Muslims to wage holy war
- South African police arrest 2 over large explosives cache found in Johannesburg
- US gives $7.5 million more to help pay for Charles Taylor war crimes trial, Rapp says
- US gives $2.5 million more to help pay for Charles Taylor war crimes trial, Rapp says
- Ethiopian police detain opposition members after scuffle breaks out at party headquarters
- Central African Republic says May 16 election delayed; no new date set for vote
- Aids groups say Zambia prisoners suffer gross rights violations, and call on gov’t to improve
- Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu calls for release of 3 US hikers held for 9 months in Iran
- Russia proposes new UN piracy court with eye on Somalia
- Tunisian journalist critical of government freed after 6 months in prison
- Egypt’s prosecutor corrects name of Saudi indicted with other Muslim Brotherhood members
- Gadhafi complains of snub at US nuclear summit, says Libya’s absence hurt world peace
- Somali militants pushing toward pirate stronghold, could put UK couple, 300 hostages in danger
- Somali militants execute man on murder charges, cut off thief’s hand after giving anesthesia
- Calif. 16-year-old will stop in South Africa, giving up attempt to sail nonstop around world
- Sudanese officials: southern soldiers clash with Arab nomads in south Darfur; scores killed
- Al-Qaida front group in Iraq declares in statement death of 2 top figures
- Residents of central Nigeria flee over fears of new religious violence; witnesses say 1 dead
- At least 961 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
- Nigerian authorities identify detained passenger from Delta flight, say he boarded in Senegal
- Iran’s President Ahmadinejad says war games in the Persian Gulf are ordinary
- US agents remove ‘no-fly’ passenger from New York-bound jet
- Detained man on no-fly list said to have boarded US-bound jet in Nigeria, passenger says
- Rwandan opposition leader freed on bail over terror charges; opposition claims harassment
- Egypt discovers hoard of 2,000-year-old bronze coins in desert oasis
- Kenyan government denies that Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide suspect is in the country
- Somalia: 5 headless bodies found in rebel-held neighborhood in Mogadishu
- SAfrica’s ruling ANC party says they will discipline fiery youth leader for race-tinged speech
- Rotting roses in Kenya: Airport closures cost flower farmers $12 million, threaten jobs
- Zimbabwe President Mugabe says control of businesses in black empowerment program goes ahead
- Witnesses say a landmine in the Somali capital has killed at least 10 people, injured 20
- Gaza report judge won’t attend grandson’s bar mitzvah in S.Africa, cites talks with critics
- EU election monitors say Sudanese vote failed to meet international standards
- 50,000 Kenyans, mostly slum dwellers, face eviction from homes alongside expanding rail line
- Local Red Cross official says 8 workers kidnapped by militia in east Congo have been released
- Admiral: Authorities should go after pirate money, rich Somalis buy real estate in East Africa
- Sudan’s ruling party says southern army kills at least 5 of its supporters as voting ends
- Militants ban school bells in Somali town, say they sound too much like Christian church bells
- Tomb of ancient scribe, 35 Roman-era graves unearthed in cemetery east of Egypt
- Zimbabwe empowerment law demanding 51 percent control of businesses for blacks delayed
- Obama gives Treasury broader authority to deal with deteriorating security in Somalia
- Israel issues ‘urgent’ warning to its citizens to leave Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula immediately
- Witnesses, medical staff say 21 people have been killed in clashes in Somalia’s capital
- Sudan extends election by 2 days to ensure technical problems won’t prevent voting
- Unique Roman-style mummy found in Egyptian desert oasis
- Spokesman: Former Nigerian military leader Babangida wants to run for president next year
- Rights group: Kuwait deports 21 supporters of Egyptian opposition figure Mohammed ELBaradei
- 3 days of voting kicks off in Sudan’s elections despite opposition calls for delay
- 6,000 demonstrators protest Togo election results that handed victory to son of ex-dictator
- SAfrica president blasts youth leader who defied party in Zimbabwe, verbally abused journalist
- Somali insurgents accuse BBC of anti-Islam propaganda, seize radio transmitters
- Security tight as mourners gather for funeral for prominent South African white supremacist
- At UN, US envoy Rice fears ‘much is awry’ with upcoming election in Sudan
- Emaciated children at risk in Sudanese town that UN calls ‘hungriest place on Earth’
- Madagascar’s armed forces minister refuses to leave office after his firing
- Egypt teams up with 25 nations in mission to retrieve antiquities, including Rosetta Stone
- Skeletal children are a sign of crisis in Sudanese town UN calls ‘hungriest place on earth’
- Kenya wants return of Gitmo inmate accused of involvement in attacks on hotel, Israeli plane
- South African ruling party directs officials to stop singing ‘polarizing’ songs
- SAfrican ruling party orders youth leader to stop singing hate song
- Police: More than 30 stealth killings follow religious violence across central Nigeria
- UN: 3 UN personnel killed during northern Congo clashes between military, militia
- Tensions rise as court to hear case of blacks accused of killing SAfrican white supremacist
