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A major offensive has begun to clear Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied Islamist army from the world's largest camp for people displaced by war and famine.
Source: The Telegraph
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In the trial of those accused of killing Ernest Manirumva, a Burundian anti-corruption activist, has been a missed opportunity to deliver justice, 20 Burundian and international nongovernmental organizations said today in a joint statement.
Source: allAfrica.com
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Kenya has received a grant of $100 million (Sh8.5 billion) from China for installation of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) in major cities and towns to minimise terrorism attacks.
Source: Business Daily
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Supporters of Mali's coup leader have dealt a fresh blow to a return to democratic rule by saying they have chosen him to head an interim government, defying a deal mediated by regional leaders at the weekend.
Source: Daily Nation
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Angola will hold a parliamentary election on August 31 that is likely to confer another term in office on President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, leader of Africa's second biggest oil-producer for the last 32 years.
Source: Reuters
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A Tunisian military prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty be imposed in absentia on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began.
Source: Reuters
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Libyan authorities have guaranteed that former prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi will get a fair trial, meeting Tunisia’s final condition for his extradition, the Tunisian president’s office said Wednesday.
Source: Al Arabiya
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Morocco plans to speed up tender processes for the development of a 2,000-megawatt solar energy plan, starting with the award this year of a first contract for 160 megawatts to be generated using concentrated-solar technology (CSP).
Source: Reuters
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Ivory Coast's minister of African integration - a lead mediator in Mali's political crisis - resigned his post on Tuesday over questions about his role in a toxic waste dumping scandal, his office said in a statement.
Source: Reuters
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Around 60 miners trapped underground on Tuesday after an accident and fire at Zimbabwe's Mimosa platinum mine have been brought back to the surface without injury, the company said.
Source: Reuters
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Six weeks after it toppled the government and derailed elections, Guinea-Bissau's military junta said on Tuesday it was handing power back to the West African state's civilian leaders.
Source: Reuters
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Egyptians are heading to the polls in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising.
Source: BBC
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One of the two South African farm workers accused of murdering white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in 2010 has been found guilty.
Source: BBC
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The Sunday Telegraph visits the Ugandan home of war orphan, Lydia Amito who sang for the Queen at Windsor Castle and broke royal protocol by giving her a hug.
Source: The Telegraph
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Four men accused of espionage have been released by Sudanese authorities after three weeks of detention, officials have said.
Source: Al Jazeera
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A human rights organization reports that an Algerian Islamist prisoner has died in a Moroccan prison after a hunger strike that lasted around two months.
Source: AP
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Waving black flags embossed with Islamic verses, thousands of radical Islamists rallied in the central Tunisian town of Kairouan on Sunday to demand a wider role for religion in a country long considered one of the Arab world's most secular.
Source: Reuters
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They came out in droves united in their desire to overthrow Hosni Mubarak, but on the eve of Egypt’s landmark presidential election, the youth that spearheaded that revolt are divided over how to keep it alive.
Source: Al Arabiya
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More than 40 families in parts of Mudug region in Central Somalia have been hit by heavy flooding.
Source: Daily Nation
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at his home in Libya. Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001.
Source: BBC
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