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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now

afrol News, 6 November - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has pledged his party's return to the unity government with President Robert Mugabe after a successful mediation by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Mozambique last night.

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Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change

afrol News, 6 November - Campaigning in Equatorial Guinea began yesterday for the 29 November presidential elections. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is challenged by opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo, the latter having few illusions he will be given a fair chance.

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Africa
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Africa discusses cooperation with ICC

afrol News, 2 November - The African Union (AU) has decided that member states should not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Was this right? The discussion is going on all over Africa.

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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign

afrol News, 29 October - Ethiopia will launch the national election campaign on 8 December for the 2010 national polls slated for May, a government official has confirmed today.

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Guinea
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Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre

afrol News, 29 October - The Security Council has made another call on the Guinean authorities to charge and try the perpetrators of last month’s deadly crackdown on unarmed demonstrators that reportedly killed 150 people and wounded hundreds more, warning that situation might pose a risk to regional peace.

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» 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
» 11.08.2009 - Niger could be facing international isolation, but...
» 11.08.2009 - Ban urges for quick return of Madagascar’s normalcy
» 10.08.2009 - Malagasy parties sign a deal of hope
» 10.08.2009 - Zim humanitarian situation still acute, UN
» 06.08.2009 - Investigations uncover large-scale illicit drug production in Guinea
» 05.08.2009 - IFJ condemns seizure of magazines in Morocco
» 03.08.2009 - Lesotho’s opposition stay-away not a success
» 03.08.2009 - Zuma promises quick response on Zimbabwe
» 03.08.2009 - Niger’s referendum will go ahead

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