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Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting

afrol News, 19 November - The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has backed out on attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled next week in Port of Spain, a government statement has said.

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International commission on Guinea’s crackdown dispatched

afrol News, 18 November - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team’s visit to the country next week.

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Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW

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Media warns legislators against enacting anti-media law

afrol News, 17 November - The Nigerian media has cautioned the National Assembly against enacting laws affecting practice of journalism in the country, expressing fear that a bill might pose an impediment to free flow of information.

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Somalia
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Somali judge shot dead

afrol News, 12 November - Somali rebels have gunned down a judge known for jailing pirates and members the country’s radical Islamist group al-Shabab in Bossaso, a port in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, government officials have confirmed.

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» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 10.11.2009 - UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels
» 09.11.2009 - Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched
» 09.11.2009 - ICC to investigate Kenya’s post election violence
» 06.11.2009 - Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now
» 06.11.2009 - Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change
» 02.11.2009 - Africa discusses cooperation with ICC
» 29.10.2009 - Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 26.10.2009 - Ben Ali gets fifth term in presidency
» 23.10.2009 - Uganda must pursue peace and unity - Mwesigwa
» 22.10.2009 - Good governance is everyone’s responsibility, ECA official
» 21.10.2009 - Niger lashes out at ECOWAS decision
» 21.10.2009 - SA local govt clouded by corruption
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 21.10.2009 - Displaced Somalis failed international community, UN rights expert
» 21.10.2009 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 20.10.2009 - ECOWAS suspends Niger
» 19.10.2009 - SADC responds to Tsvangirai's call
» 19.10.2009 - UN advance plan to probe Conakry massacre
» 19.10.2009 - Central Africa's peace process still a long way, Ban
» 19.10.2009 - Ethiopia rebels deny state media reports
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 15.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor to investigate Guinea’s killings
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - Security Council appeals for reconciliation as elections draws near
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 13.10.2009 - Somalia must be stable and well organised by August 2011, UN envoy
» 12.10.2009 - Guineans heed stay-away call
» 12.10.2009 - SADC deploys observer mission for Botswana elections
» 09.10.2009 - UN lawyers on a study mission in Côte d'Ivoire
» 08.10.2009 - Madagascar should move quick to conclude talks, Ban
» 07.10.2009 - Rajoelina to head Madagascar for one more year
» 02.10.2009 - Technical difficulties could affect Ivorian polls, UN official
» 02.10.2009 - Somaliland peace pact hailed
» 01.10.2009 - UN calls for independent probe in Guinea's deaths
» 30.09.2009 - Guinea's leader to be tough against future protests
» 30.09.2009 - Somalis need more support to talk, UN envoy
» 29.09.2009 - France threatens total pull-out from Guinea
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 29.09.2009 - No more delays in Ivorian elections, Security Council
» 28.09.2009 - Scores killed by soldiers in Guinea protest
» 28.09.2009 - Release of Zimbabwean activits signal new beginning
» 28.09.2009 - Namibia urges for harder line against coups d’état
» 25.09.2009 - Mugabe blasts the West at UN
» 25.09.2009 - Ugandan editors charged with sedition
» 25.09.2009 - Nigerien editor face criminal libel charge
» 23.09.2009 - Ban urges for release of children in Uganda conflict
» 17.09.2009 - UN chief condemns AU base bomb attack
» 15.09.2009 - European Council adopts new joint action on DR Congo
» 15.09.2009 - Global poll uncovers serious lack of political tolerance
» 14.09.2009 - Opposition cries intimidation as Mozambique's election campaign starts
» 11.09.2009 - Uganda tribal clashes continue into second day
» 09.09.2009 - Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
» 08.09.2009 - UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps
» 07.09.2009 - SADC shifts Zim for special summit
» 07.09.2009 - Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
» 04.09.2009 - Madagascar’s power-sharing deal in limbo
» 03.09.2009 - Violence erupts as junior Bongo declared winner
» 03.09.2009 - Sierra Leone players must step up efforts, Ban
» 01.09.2009 - Tensions building in Gabon as finals results still awaited
» 31.08.2009 - Gabon leader appeals for calm
» 31.08.2009 - UN expert urges Zambia to keep poverty reduction promises
» 28.08.2009 - No breakthrough in Madagascar’s talks
» 28.08.2009 - Gabon opposition unite against Bongo’s son
» 26.08.2009 - Heads rolling as govt seeks to jail Chiluba
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 25.08.2009 - Niger’s civil society faces increased intimidation, TI
» 25.08.2009 - Crackdown on independent media ahead of election
» 25.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire’s ID and voter registration on track, UN envoy
» 25.08.2009 - AU-UN Dafur mission donate supplies to female prison
» 24.08.2009 - JED calls for investigation of journalist's death
» 20.08.2009 - Zimbabwe still at risk of Cholera outbreak
» 20.08.2009 - Somali insurgents regain control in the south
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 18.08.2009 - Liberian security and peace gains still fragile, Ban
» 17.08.2009 - Chiluba acquitted
» 14.08.2009 - $1.7m grant for African Leadership Centre
» 14.08.2009 - State policy should not leave populations homeless, UN expert
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 13.08.2009 - Fresh promise for Western Sahara talks
» 12.08.2009 - AI calls for safeguards on arms transfers to Somalia
» 12.08.2009 - Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
» 11.08.2009 - Zuma to halt appointment of chief prosecutor
» 11.08.2009 - Mugabe tells the West off
» 11.08.2009 - Union denounce conviction of journalists

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