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Guinea: Free or Charge Rights Defender
... detention, much less by the unit in charge of serious crime and drug trafficking," said Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. "This appears to be yet another attempt by the Guinean military government to silence ... Comment?
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A child plays with water inside the township of Blikkiesdorp, situated on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. Comment?
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Gunfire heard in Guinea's capital
Gunfire broke out in this tense African capital on Thursday, causing nervous shopkeepers to close early. Comment?
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22 dead after suicide bomb attack in Somalia
A male suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony Thursday in a small part of the capital still under government control, killing 22 people, including three Cabinet ministers, doctors and medical students. Comment?
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Bringing a smile: Duo travels to Ethiopia on medical mission
In the developing world, a person born with cleft palate, cleft lip or other facial deformities will suffer not only from medical issues but also from social censure. Comment?
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3 Somali ministers killed in Mogadishu hotel explosion 2009-12-03 22:36
The explosion tore through a graduation ceremony at the hotel on Thursday and killed at least 14 people including three government ministers, witnesses and senior government sources said.[Agencies] MOGADISHU: At least three Somali government ministers were among dozens killed Thursday in a huge suicide bomb explosion in a hotel in the south of the ... Comment?
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Red Cross scales down Darfur work after abductions
... this week threatened to kill their French captives unless Paris began negotiations on changing its policies in Africa. (Reporting by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Matthew Jones) ((Khartoum newsroom +249 910 641393 andrew.heavens@thomsonreuters.com)) ... Comment?
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Guinea activist 'must be freed'
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Rights groups have called on Guinea's military rulers to charge or free an activist who was arrested last month. Comment?
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Lindhout's parents pressured to pay?
A picture released by the Somalian presidential office on November 26, 2009 shows Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout sitting next to Australian journalist Nigel Brennan a few hours before their departure from Mogadishu airport. Comment?
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Robben Island just a happy memory now
... was strong too. He belonged to the ANC's military wing, not an ideal mix with playing at the top level in South Africa. In 1982, he said he set up two limpet mines and destroyed one of the state's intelligence buildings in Johannesburg. Those ... Comment?
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South Africans hoping for favourable World Cup draw
Children cheer as they pose for photographers before a FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Robben Island, South Africa. Comment?
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VIDEO: Deadly hotel blast in Somalia
Dec 3 - A suspected suicide bombing rips through a graduation ceremony - killing at least 19 people including three government ministers - at a Mogadishu hotel in Somalia. 1 comment
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South Africa: Reintegrating Zimbabweans is a hard sell
More than two weeks after the attacks that drove some 3,000 Zimbabwean migrant workers from their homes in an informal settlement called Stofland, outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, the mood among the displaced remains grim. Comment?
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ZIMBABWE: Expats not going home yet
Zimbabwean professionals in the UK say they will need to see real change before they would even consider going home, despite South Africa's ongoing attempts to resolve the disputes between the bickering partners in Zimbabwe's unity government. Comment?
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Congo court upholds Norwegians' death sentences
A Congolese court has upheld death sentences for two Norwegians convicted of espionage and murder, U.N. radio said Thursday, prompting condemnation from Norwegian officials. Comment?
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Progress in Zim talks - Tsvangirai
There has been progress in talks between Zimbabwe's two political parties on implementing the conditions of a unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday. Comment?
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Somali minsters killed in Mogadishu blast
... (TFG) since the launch of an Al-Qaeda inspired Islamist insurgency that has brought new strife to the Horn of Africa nation. Several ministers from the UN-backed government were at a graduation ceremony for students at the Shamo hotel when the ... Comment?
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Suicide Blast Kills 18, Including Government Ministers
... ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, witnesses and officials said. It was the worst attack in the lawless Horn of Africa nation since June, when hard-line al Shabaab insurgents killed the security minister and at least 30 other people in a suicide bombing ... Comment?
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Homeless S. Africans complain ahead of World Cup
... Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a recorded address by Nelson Mandela, and a street concert. South Africa, where more than a quarter of the work force is unemployed and millions live in poverty, is hoping for an economic boost from the ... Comment?
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Manager profile: Rabah Saadane
... the play-off 1-0 and ended the nation's 14-year wait to return to the World Cup as they booked their place in South Africa. Career low: A heart-breaking 3 1 defeat in extra-time to neighbours Morocco in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of ... Comment?
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