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• Kenya: Wagalla massacre: Raila Odinga orders Kenya probe

  

  The 1984 killing of thousands of ethnic Somalis in Kenya is to be investigated, Prime Minister Raila Odinga says.
  
  Mr Odinga said the attorney general should ensure those responsible for the killings are brought to justice.
  
  Witnesses say some 5,000 men were taken to an airstrip and denied food and water for five
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 11:54AM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Egypt: Egyptians urged to return to work

  

  The military sought Monday to persuade Egyptians to end the demonstrations and strikes that culminated last Friday in the resignation of the president, and urged their countrymen to get back to work.
  
  Though efforts are on track to "realize the legitimate demands of the people for a true democratic environment," widespread strikes and demonstrations continued Monday
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 11:50AM in General    Source:cnnafrica  0  Comments

• Egypt: Military urges halt to strikes gripping Egypt

  

  Egypt's military government urged an end to widespread strikes following the popular uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, as the United States pressed for an end to 30-year-old emergency laws.
  
  The orders came after the elderly generals now ruling the country met some of the young Internet activists who triggered the revolt against Mubarak, reportedly promising a
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 11:18AM in General    Source:Daily Champion  0  Comments

• Congo Dem Republic: SA oil worker kidnapped in DRC

  

  Kinshasa - British oil company SOCO said on Tuesday one of its South African employees had been kidnapped in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, while the army blamed Rwandan rebels for the attack.
  
  "Two South African expatriates and four (Congolese) soldiers were kidnapped yesterday (Monday) but only one expatriate is still detained," SOCO Exploration and
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 11:06AM in General    Source:starafrica  0  Comments

• Egypt: Egypt's Brotherhood to set up party

  

  Cairo - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says it will set up a political party once restrictions are lifted that prevented it and other groups from doing so under President Hosni Mubarak.
  
  The Islamist group said in a statement it had declared its desire to set up a party many years ago but was stopped by the political
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 10:42AM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Egypt: Egypt army urges halt to strikes

  

  Cairo - Egypt's military government on Monday urged an end to widespread strikes following the popular uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, as the United States pressed for an end to 30-year-old emergency laws.
  
  The orders came after the elderly generals now ruling the country met some of the young internet activists who triggered the revolt against
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 06:52AM in General    Source:news24  0  Comments

• Nigeria: Minister absolves Obasanjo in Halliburton bribery scam

  

  Minister absolves Obasanjo in Halliburton bribery scam
  
  The Attorney General of the federation, Bello Adoke, has absolved all the former presidents fingered in the infamous Halliburton scandal of any involvement in the $180 million bribe scam.
  
  Mr. Adoke said that none of the former heads of state, including Olusegun Obasanjo, profited from the
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 06:44AM in General    Source:NEXT  0  Comments

• Algeria: Tunisia coastguard accused of sinking migrant vessel

  

  Eight Tunisian migrants who attempted to cross by sea to Italy accused Tunisia's coast guard of having rammed their boat, killing five people and leaving 30 missing.
  
  Survivors told AFP that the Tunisian coast guard ship had "rammed" their boat and split it in half Friday as it carried 120 people as part of a wave
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 06:36AM in Business    Source:AFP  0  Comments

• Zimbabwe: Zim PM's drivers held over beacon lights

  

  Harare - Two of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's drivers have been detained by police for four days for having blue beacon lights in two of his government vehicles, officials said on Monday.
  
  Observers say the arrests by security authorities loyal to President Robert Mugabe are meant to challenge the authority of Tsvangirai, with whom he
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 15th Feb, 2011 at 06:31AM in General    Source:AFP  0  Comments

• Sudan: Late goal spares DR Congo blushes

  

  Title holders Democratic Republic of Congo left it late to secure an African Nations Championship quarter-finals place in Sudan on Monday.
  
  Striker Mulota Kabangu, one of 11 stars from FIFA Club World Cup runners-up TP Mazembe in the Congolese squad, equalised eight minutes before full-time against lowly Mali and a 1-1 draw proved just enough.
  
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 09:59PM in Sport    Source:Soccernet  0  Comments

• Egypt: Egypt asks UK to freeze officials' assets

  

  London - Britain has received a request from Egypt to freeze the assets of several former regime officials, Foreign Minister William Hague said on Monday, without mentioning ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
  
  "We have... received a request from the Egyptian government to freeze the assets of several former Egyptian officials," Hague told parliament.
  
  "We
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 09:35PM in General    Source:starafrica  0  Comments

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Valentine blood drive

  

  Harare - Zimbabwe is launching a blood drive on Valentine's Day to ease dire shortages at the national blood bank.
  
  Officials say 130 000 blood donors are needed for this year's "give love, give blood" campaign. Last year, only 57 000 people gave blood to the state blood transfusion service.
  
  Health Minister Henry
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 09:12PM in General    Source:starafrica  0  Comments

• Tunisia: Tunisians vote with their feet, flee the country

  

  TUNIS, Tunisia – A month after massive protests ousted Tunisia's longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet, fleeing the country's political limbo by climbing into rickety boats and sailing across the Mediterranean to Europe.
  
  More than 5,000 illegal immigrants have recently washed up on Italy's southern islands — an unintended consequence of the
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 08:43PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Sudan: CHAN 2011: Cameroon two hot for Cote d'Ivoire.

  

  The Indomitable lions continued their march on to the second round with a 100 percent record thanks to a two nil victory over Cote d'Ivoire.
  
  Second half goals from Arnold Monkam and Ekane Ngah ensured Ndoumbe Bosso's men record a 9/9 performance keeping a clean sheet on their way as they emerge winners of the group.

  
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 07:59PM in Sport    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Morocco: Moroccan PM to meet opposition

  

  Rabat - Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi will meet the opposition on Monday to discuss parliamentary polls but the impact of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia will weigh on the talks, parties told AFP.
  
  The evening meeting of around a dozen parties comes with the Arab world mindful of the waves of street protests
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 07:48PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• South Africa: Winnie-fracas cops suspended

  

  Two policemen involved in an altercation with African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her bodyguards have been suspended, a police spokesperson said on Monday.    
  
  Colonel Neville Malila said Warrant Officer Jannie Odendaal and Constable Abel Twala were suspended with full salary and benefits pending the finalisation of disciplinary proceedings against them.
  
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 07:21PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Somalia: Somali preacher urges Egypt-style revolt

  

  Mogadishu - A spiritual leader of Somalia's Islamist Shabaab rebels called on Monday for popular Egypt- and Tunisia-style revolts to topple the country's Western-backed transitional government.
  
  Sheikh Jama Abdusalam said such uprisings would rid the war-wracked country of a government that he accused of serving Western interests.
  
  "I am urging the people to
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 07:12PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Egypt: Pyramid guides urge tourists to return to Egypt

  

  Hundreds of Egyptian tour guides gathered in the shadow of the Great Pyramids on Monday to plead with tourists to return to the Land of the Pharaohs following the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime.

  The upheaval of recent weeks and media coverage of days of violent clashes have combined to scare off visitors and stifle Egypt's key tourism
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 06:52PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Namibia: Namibian court dismisses opposition poll challenge

  

  A Namibian high court on Monday dismissed a court challenge by nine opposition parties which claimed irregularities during the 2009 parliamentary elections, citing lack of evidence.

  "The application of the nine opposition parties is dismissed due to insufficient evidence to prove irregularities," Judge President Petrus Damaseb of the Windhoek High Court ruled after nearly six hours of reading
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 06:47PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• South Africa: Study points to 'alarming' S. African police violenc

  

  An "alarming" study of South African police accused of crimes has pointed to officers who rape, murder and bomb automatic bank tellers, a think-tank said on Monday.

  The South African Institute of Race Relations found 43 murders or attempted murders and 18 rapes while compiling a list of 100 incidents allegedly or confirmed to have been committed by
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 05:56PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Burundi: Burundi NGO slams police graft scandal

  

  A Burundian anti-graft group on Monday slammed "a new corruption scandal" within the country's police force, implicating the mayor of Bujumbura and a former head of state protocol.

  The group, OLUCOME, said Bujumbura mayor Evrard Giswaswa, former presidential protocol head Moise Nzeyimana and a regional police chief David Nikiza set up a company, Burundi Car Services (BCS), implicated
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 05:44PM in General    Source:Daily Champion  0  Comments

• Nigeria: Problems surface for voter roll check in Nigeria

  

  LAGOS, Nigeria – As Nigeria began verifying information on its new voter roll Monday, it appeared that new problems confronted the West African nation's election commission.

  In Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, an Associated Press reporter found that several polling stations had no election staff, no waiting voters, nor any registration lists. Voters have until Friday to verify
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 05:21PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Algeria: France asks Algeria to allow peaceful protests

  

   

  France on Monday called on Algeria to allow anti-government protests, inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, to take place freely and without violence.

  "What is important in our eyes us is that freedom of expression is respected and that the demonstrations are able to take place freely and without violence," foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 04:30PM in General    Source:Allafrica  0  Comments

• Egypt: Egypt's state media squirms in new era

  

   

  Cairo - Journalists from Egypt's state media, until last week the staid propaganda arm of a hated regime, are battling to overcome conservative management and win back the trust of their public.

   

  As the nation's youth, mobilised by Facebook and Twitter, rose to topple former strongman Hosni Mubarak, reporters at state television's Nile News
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 03:56PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cote d'Ivoire: Incumbent Ivory Coast leader sues regional bloc

  

  Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo filed a lawsuit Monday against the West African regional bloc for recognizing his rival as the winner of the country's recent presidential election.

  Gbagbo continues to cling to power despite the U.N. recognizing rival Alassane Ouattara as the winner of the Nov. 28 presidential run-off election. Gbagbo's suit, filed in the Economic
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 14th Feb, 2011 at 03:11PM in General    Source:Daily Champion  0  Comments