Attack On Nigerian Town Kills Hundreds   -   Guinea Sets Presidential Poll Date   -   Somali Leader 'Hopeful' Of Pirate Couple Release   -   Dictator's Son Declared Winner In Togo Election   -  
 
Last Updated: Tuesday, 09 March 2010, 10 : 32 AM GMT
 
 
Attack On Nigerian Town Kills Hundreds
The death toll from weekend violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 Monday after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian town south of the city of Jos, officials said.
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Guinea Sets Presidential Poll Date
Guinea's rulers have said they country will hold a presidential election on June 27, the first since a military coup in December last year.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010,  10 : 25 AM
Somali Leader 'Hopeful' Of Pirate Couple
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has said efforts are being made to free a Kent couple held hostage by pirates at the "earliest possible date".
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010,  10 : 18 AM
Dictator's Son Declared Winner In Togo
The son of Togo's late dictator has been re-elected president, election officials said, extending the family's four-decade rule in the west African nation.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010,  10 : 11 AM
Rwanda - Kigali Hit By Twin Grenade Attacks
Police in Rwanda say there have been two grenade attacks in the capital - one near Kigali's genocide memorial.
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Friday, 05 March 2010,  08 : 11 AM
Radio Show Gives Voice To Somali Refugees In
On certain nights in Minnesota's Twin Cities, a turn of the radio dial can reveal Somali voices crackling over the radio waves.
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Friday, 05 March 2010,  08 : 05 AM
Yar'Adua Skips Nigeria Meeting
The Nigerian president has failed to appear at a cabinet meeting in the capital Abuja, after returning to the country from Saudi Arabia following three months of medical treatment.
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Friday, 05 March 2010,  08 : 00 AM
Brown Says Too Early To Lift Sanctions
Gordon Brown has said sanctions against Zimbabwe should not be lifted until concerns about human rights violations and media restrictions are addressed.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010,  07 : 38 AM
Togo To Vote In Presidential Poll
Togo's electorate are to vote in a presidential election, against a backdrop of violence in previous polls and opposition allegations that the incumbent president may rig the outcome.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010,  07 : 34 AM
Suzanne Tamim Murder Convictions Overturned By Court
Pirates Hijack Saudi Tanker
Ethiopia Famine Aid 'Spent On Weapons'
Concern Over Fresh Darfur Fighting
Former Rwandan Leader's Wife Faces Genocide Charges
Somali Pirates' New Land Tactics Worry UN
Niger Transitional Government Named
Landslide 'Kills 100' In Uganda
Police Arrested In Nigeria Killings
Indian Women Peacekeepers Hailed In Liberia