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New debate over China's role in Africa has been set off by the opening of the African Union's new headquarters in Addis Ababa - a U.S. $200 million gift from the Chinese government.
Source: allAfrica.com
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Two American women and their Egyptian tour guide, who were captured by armed Bedouins in the Sinai peninsula on Friday, were released unharmed after several hours, security officials said.
Source: News24
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Tunisian authorities have seized dozens of yachts as well as cars, company shares and houses belonging to ousted leader...
Source: Africa Review
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Norwegian Government has reached an agreement with Ethiopian authorities to deport at least 400 immigrants with cash assistance.
Source: Africa Review
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Australian and Brazilian mining giants are moving villagers to land insufficient for farming and far from jobs ...
Source: Times Live
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Outside the burns ward of Kampala's Mulago hospital, Darlison Kobusingye gingerly adjusts the headscarf she uses to cover the worst of the scars patterning the right side of her face.
Source: AFP
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Shortly after NATO launched air strikes against forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the private security team working for his son started planning how it was going to get Saadi Gaddafi out of Libya.
Source: National Post
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Zimbabwean state media says President Robert Mugabe has condemned the continentwide Africa Union for recognising Libya's National Transitional Council at a recent summit.
Source: Times Live
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Power tariffs will remain high despite the anticipated commissioning of Bujagali Hydro Electricity Dam in July, State Minister for Energy Simon D’Ujanga said yesterday.
Source: Daily Monitor
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South Sudan's chief negotiator has rejected African Union-backed proposals that could see it pay up to $6.5 billion to Sudan in the latest attempt to break a deadlock between the two over oil export transit fees, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters
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The Chinese ambassador to Addis Ababa Xie Xiaoyan met on Monday with the chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) Malik Agar and the secretary general Yasir Arman to discuss the release of workers kidnapped over the weekend during clashes with Sudan Armed Forces (SAF).
Source: Sudan Tribune
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A group of Chinese workers was freed Wednesday, a day after being taken hostage in Egypt, while another group of workers remained captive for a fifth day in Sudan, in separate incidents that show the dangers China faces as its worldwide presence grows.
Source: The Washington Post
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Senegal braced for fresh protests Tuesday, stoking fears of further violence following the deaths of three people in riots over octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade's plans to seek a third term.
Source: Daily Nation
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Kenya is pushing for amendments to proposed laws seeking to ban trade in polythene materials when they come up for debate before the East Africa Legislative Assembly.
Source: Business Daily
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A boat with illegal immigrants sank near the coast of French Mayotte (Mozambique Channel).
Source: The voice of Russia
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Twitter is often thought of as a European and American phenomenon. But how does Africa use the social networking tool? Tweetminster and Portland have analysed more than 11.5m geo-located Tweets from the last three months of 2011.
Source: The Guardian
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to lift a travel ban on Americans working for pro-democracy groups, the Pentagon said Monday.
Source: Al-Masry Al-Youm
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The Libyan government rejected on Monday allegations it had tortured detainees who had fought for Muammar Gaddafi's forces, saying that if there had been cases of torture it had not known about them.
Source: Reuters
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