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Djibouti
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Crime | Harmful practices | Health | Law | Oppression | People | Poverty | Sexuality | Violence

Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty

afrol News, 13 May - Djiboutian authorities have been asked to conquer poverty and ignorance if they want their country to "win the struggle against the age-old Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C).

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Morocco
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Crime | Economy | Events | Law | People | Violence

Morocco urged to investigate migrant deaths

afrol News, 13 May - Moroccan authorities have been urged to "immediately investigate" allegations that its naval forces sank a boat in the Mediterranean resulting to the drowing of at least 28 migrants.

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Ghana
Affairs | Elections | Law | People

"Prisoners to vote in Ghana"

afrol News, 13 May - Ghana will allow prisoners to exercise their franchise in the upcoming general elections if the law courts have ordered the national electoral commission to do so.

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Sudan
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Ethnic | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

Sudan opposition leader freed

afrol News, 12 May - Sudanese Islamist opposition leader of Popular Congress Party has been released after he was arrested and interrogated for some hours about his connection with a rebel group that attacked the capital Khartoum.

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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Economy | Elections | Law | People | Trade | Violence

'ANC permission not needed'

afrol News, 12 May - Foreign Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zum on Sunday said it was not necessary for the South African government to seek permission from the new ANC leadership before entering into international agreements.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Western monitors still barred

afrol News, 12 May - Western countries would be barred from observing presidential election run-off in Zimbabwe unless they waive sanctions against the country and its leadership. Western observers were not allowed to monitor the first ballot.

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Comoros
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Elections | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

Anjouan ready for presidential olls

afrol News, 12 May - Voters in the Comoros Island of Anjouan will go to the polls on 15 June this year to elect their new President. The election followed the ousting of Colonel Mohamed Bacar from power by a military operation carried out by the African Union and Comorian forces.

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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Law | People | Violence

SA crime perception remains

afrol News, 9 May - It has been found out that most South Africans believed that crime was still on the increase, despite the fact that crime levels were lower, a survey released by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has disclosed.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Elections | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Zim tensions worry monitors

afrol News, 9 May - Election monitors from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are worried by the increasing spate of clashes between government and opposition supporters in Zimbabwe, ahead of an election run-off between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Elections | Ethnic | Finance | Food Security | Good governance | People | Poverty | Refugees - Displaced | Socio-economic | Violence | War & Peace

'Embrace green revolution'

afrol News, 9 May - The Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has advised Kenyan farmers to embrace green revolution to counter challenges posed by the soaring food prices and post-electoral violence.

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Sudan
Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

UN scribe condemns Darfur attacks

afrol News, 9 May - The United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned the Sudanese government's recent bombardments on a market, school and water installations in North Darfur.

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Zimbabwe
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Elections | Expression | Law | People | Violence

Zimbabwe unionists charged for inciting uprising

afrol News, 9 May - Police on Thursday detained the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for mentioning in May Day speeches the election controversy and the ensuing violent intimidation campaign.

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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | War & Peace

Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears

afrol News, 8 May - Senegalese police have opened investigations into an armed attack in the southern province of Cassamance where bandits chop off the left ears of at least 16 villagers in Niaguis, 20 km from the regional capital, Ziguinchor.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Economy | Land rights | Law | People | Violence

'Zimbabwe right to nationalise its properties'

afrol News, 8 May - A High Court in Pretoria was told that the Zimbabwean government has the right to nationalise its properties without the interference of South Africa.

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Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Economy | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace

DRC projects attract $60m

afrol News, 8 May - A total of US $60 million has been allocated for 163 United Nations humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Mauritania | Egypt
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace

Egypt, Mauritania targeted for torture missions

afrol News, 8 May - Egypt and Mauritania are among the world countries where the the Fédération International des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) will lead fact-finding mission to assess claims of torture and violations of fair trials in the context of current counter-terrorism strategies.

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Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Expression | Law | People | Violence

Rights abusers want UN seats

afrol News, 7 May - A quarter of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, a joint report by Freedom House and UN Watch disclosed.

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Chad
Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Chad joins worst regimes

afrol News, 7 May - Chad has been placed on a list of the world's most repressive regimes and societies, putting the country at par with China, Zimbabwe and Syria.

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Mauritania
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | People | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace

Mauritania Premier replaced

afrol News, 7 May - Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on Tuesday appointment Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev as the new Prime Minister.

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Somalia
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Lifestyle | Oppression | People | Violence

Somalia's celebrated woman presenter escapes murder

afrol News, 7 May - A celebrated woman TV presenter of Puntland's privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN) on 4 May escaped murder attempts on her life.

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Somalia | Ethiopia
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace

Ethiopia troops "slit throats"

afrol News, 6 May - A new report published by Amnesty International has accused Ethiopian troops of increasingly committing "throat-slitting executions" in Somalia.

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South Africa
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | People | Policy

SABC suspends news chief

afrol News, 6 May - South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has suspended its group Executive of News and Current Affairs with immediate effect.

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Somalia
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Rebels fear Puntland, Ethiopia secret pact

afrol News, 6 May - Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland have been warned to "bear sole responsibility for the consequences" of entering into a "secret agreement with the Ethiopian regime to transfer private citizens from Ogaden and any ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) officials who enter Puntland to Ethiopian security officials."

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Zanu-PF urges peaceful polls

afrol News, 6 May - The ruling Zanu-PF of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday urged its supporters to desist from violence as Zimbabwe awaits presidential poll run-off.

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Zambia | Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

More DRC refugees returned

afrol News, 6 May - The repatriation of hundreds of Congolese refugees in Zambia resumed at the weekend, with International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitating the return of 800 refugees in Zambia's northern provinces.

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