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- Southern Sudan marks 4 months until vote on independence; Clinton calls it ‘ticking time bomb’
- Voter list finalized in Ivory Coast, removing last obstacle to holding long-delayed election
- Oxford launches first Zulu-English dictionary update in 40 years
- Authorities say gun battle raging at Nigerian prison holding suspected Muslim extremists
- Junta-ruled Niger pushes back presidential election by nearly a month to Jan. 31, 2011
- UN: No global food crisis looms despite Russian wheat shortfall, but market turbulence likely
- Human Rights Watch accuses Zambian police of brutal abuse, beatings of suspects
- 3 civilians die as fighting in Somalia’s capital continues into 3rd week, official says
- Nigeria: Radical Muslim sect blamed for 2 targeted killings after spate of shootings
- Delta becomes 1st US carrier to resume international flights to Liberia after end of civil war
- Delta 1st US carrier to resume international flights to Liberia after end of civil war
- Posters supporting Egypt’s spy chief for president swiftly removed from Cairo’s streets
- South Africans whose trials are delayed by strike could end up suing government, lawyer says
- African Union peacekeepers open 9 more bases in war-ravaged Somali capital
- Mozambique counts costs after 2 days of deadly riots; streets calm
- UN human rights office to delay release of Congo ‘genocide’ report until October
- Activist group promotes Egypt’s intelligence chief for president
- Uganda says it will send 10k more troops to Somalia if US pays; US already funding 1,000 more
- Report: Nigeria near ‘demographic disaster’ unless economy can support growing population
- Gadhafi ends Italy visit after sparking controversy for conversion call, demand for EU cash
- Summary Box: New cables bring hope of cheaper, more reliable Internet access for West Africa
- Frontier Airlines to launch new seasonal route to Liberia, Costa Rica starting in February
- Possible politically motivated killings, violence hits northern Nigeria as election looms
- 4 Ugandan troops killed as militant mortar slams into Somalia’s presidential palace
- Airline passenger found dead aboard Delta Flight 53 from Nigeria to Atlanta
- Somali gov’t appeals for help in fighting militants because gov’t alone can’t defeat them
- Algerian forces, backed by helicopters, kill 8 al-Qaida insurgents in mountainous area
- Uganda’s president shoots for 30 years in power by announcing 4th presidential bid
- Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers over UN report implicating Rwanda in Congo genocide
- Human Rights Watch says Nigerian teens are being trafficked into Ivory Coast for prostitution
- Exiled junta leader’s dead son buried in Guinea
- Dutch teen sailor says she has reached Canary Islands on controversial solo trip around world
- Fire razes historic site of 19th Century warrior king’s tribal capital in Zimbabwe
- Body of junta leader’s son repatriated to Guinea
- Memorial to Amy Biehl unveiled in South Africa on 17th anniversary of her death
- Prime minister says Senegal is banning begging from the streets of its capital
- Summary Box: South Africa’s leader says wants to join informal BRIC group of emerging nations
- Uganda court scraps controversial sedition law after saying it limits free speech
- Egypt announces discovery of desert oasis settlement with major baking facilities
- Local media: Train hits van taking children to school in SAfrica, killing at least 8 kids
- Third straight day of fighting in Somalia kills 6; 80 killed since al-Shabab war declaration
- Media groups decry death of Somali journalist hit by stray bullet in Mogadishu
- White House: Mogadishu attack ‘outrageous,’ US will work against Al-Shabab
- 4 executed in Equatorial Guinea coup plot; opposition calls them political assassinations
- Kenya seizes 2 tons of ivory destined for Malaysia and concealed in boxes of fruit
- Al-Qaida says Spaniards released after some demands met, warns against use of military force
- Official: American of Somali descant to go on trial next month in Yemen over al-Qaida ties
- Official: At least 40 civilians die as battle in Somalia’s capital goes into 2nd day
- US Federal Aviation Administration grants Nigeria its highest air safety rating
- Rwandan military says it detained a relative of a dissident general; denies he dissappeared
- 13 killed in Somalia fighting as al-Shabab spokesman declares ‘massive war’ against invaders
- A yam-packed ‘Sesame Street’ is tailored for impoverished Nigerian children
- Rains help Somalia’s hungry, but 2 million still need food aid, UN agency says
- HSBC in talks to buy majority stake in South Africa’s Nedbank from Old Mutual for $6.8B
- Iran’s president offers friendship to US but taunts military, saying it couldn’t win in Iraq
- Egyptian official retracts statement, says stolen van Gogh not recovered, search continues
- Thieves steal Van Gogh painting valued at $50 million from Cairo museum
- Blast at militant house in Somalia kills 10 fighters, including from Pakistan, Afghan, India
- Somali militants seize and burn more than 500 bags of World Food Program and USAID food
- Stolen Greek period statue returns home to Egypt from Canada
- Report: Saudi judge asks hospital if it can damage convict’s spine after he paralyzed man
- Insurgency creeping into Somalia’s once stable northern region of Puntland
- South African police fire rubber bullets on protesting teachers during nationwide strike
- South Sudan outlines aid needs ahead of January independence vote; influx of refugees expected
- Kalashnikovs, ammunition intercepted in Nigeria en route to area known for religious violence
- Moroccan protesters agree to suspend blockade of Spanish enclave
- West African nations’ group to meet over security concerns in Guinea-Bissau, may send troops
- Nigeria: Kalashnikovs, ammunition intercepted en route to area known for religious violence
- Rebel fighters kill 3 Indian peacekeepers in Congo after attack on base, army official says
- US judge tosses piracy charges against 6 Somali nationals accused in attack on Navy ship
- UN: Aid groups again denied access to Darfur camp after delivering fuel and medicine
- Major world diamond trading group bans deals on Zimbabwe stones tainted by killings, abuses
- Nigeria: Former VP, tied to disgraced ex-US congressman, announces presidential bid
- Al-Qaida No. 2 belittles Turkish aid to Palestinians, says it kills Muslims in Afghanistan
- 6 African migrants killed in gunbattle with Bedouin traffickers, border guards in Egypt
- Gunbattle between Bedouin traffickers and African migrants kills 4 in Egyptian desert
- South Sudan says peace accord at risk if independence vote is delayed
- South African police look for more dead in abandoned mine after reports guards killed miners
- Libya says deal to free jailed Israeli photographer involved release of Palestinian prisoners
- South Africa police find 4 dead in abandoned mine after newspaper accuses guards of killings
- Madagascar coup leader’s call for elections lacks key support from former leaders
- Congo truck burdened with goods and people capsizes into Lake Tanganyika; 50 thought dead
- Rights group says Lord’s Resistance Army killed 255 over 18 months in central Africa
- Al-Qaida, apparently short on funds, calls for donations in third appeal in little over a year
- Zimbabwe sells 3.6 million carats of controversial diamonds at auction after sale approved
- Rwanda’s Kagame wins re-election with 93 percent of vote; turnout reported to be 97 percent
- Correction: War Crimes-Taylor-South Africa
- South Africa’s governing party says tribunal for journalists needed to ‘punish’ bad acts
- Eritrean exiles prep back-up gov’t for possible downfall of the country’s authoritarian regime
- Early results show Rwandan President Paul Kagame to win by landslide, for 7-year term
- Somali militant group with links to al-Qaida bans 3 Christian aid agencies from its territory
- Zimbabwe’s Mugabe claims he’s tried to engage West, makes no reference to outburst
- Somalia minister says regional government soldiers kill 15 militiamen in northeastern region
- Naomi Campbell’s friend says he’s given diamonds to South African authorities
