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Mauritania
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Slavery still persists in Mauritania

afrol News, 4 November - Despite strong efforts by the toppled democratic government of Mauritania, slavery has yet to be rooted out in the country, a UN report documents. Under the new government, little progress is made to fight slavery.

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Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists

afrol News, 3 November - Equatoguinean President Teodoro Nguema Obiang today issued a decree pardoning the five foreign masterminds behind an alleged coup attempt in March 2004. These include South African Nicolaas du Toit and Briton Thomas Mann, who will be freed during few days.

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Liberia | Sierra Leone
Society | Human rights
Sierra Leone judge takes over Taylor case

afrol News, 2 November - Jon Kamanda, a Sierra Leonean judge, has taken over as the new President of the UN-backed war crimes court that also presides over the case against Liberian ex-Dictator Charles Taylor. Mr Kamenda is the first local to lead the special court.

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Nigeria
Society | Economy - Development | Human rights
Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses

afrol News, 2 November - Human rights groups warn that hundreds of families in Nigeria's River State may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead. "Panic" has spread in the community.

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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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» 30.10.2009 - Zambia launches campaign to end gender-based violence
» 30.10.2009 - Anti kidnapping legislation passes second reading
» 30.10.2009 - Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast
» 30.10.2009 - Rescue operation for Zimbabwe's abused elephants announced
» 29.10.2009 - IMF warns Zimbabwe of increased external deficit
» 29.10.2009 - Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign
» 29.10.2009 - Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 28.10.2009 - Angola slams French ruling on arms deal
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 28.10.2009 - Ivorian foes re-arming ahead of polls
» 28.10.2009 - SA racism case back in court
» 27.10.2009 - IMF returns Senegal's bag of dollars gift to official
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 27.10.2009 - Algeria signs defense agreement with Britain
» 27.10.2009 - Former ports chief jailed for 2 years
» 27.10.2009 - FAO commences work on international land-tenure governance guidelines
» 27.10.2009 - Envoy calls for world support of AU peacekeeping role
» 26.10.2009 - Tribunal up-holds sentence for 3 former rebels
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 23.10.2009 - Nigeria cracks a whip on cyber fraudsters
» 23.10.2009 - Uganda must pursue peace and unity - Mwesigwa
» 23.10.2009 - Court frees Kenyan sect leader
» 23.10.2009 - Seychelles takes additional measures against piracy
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 22.10.2009 - Good governance is everyone’s responsibility, ECA official
» 22.10.2009 - African swine fever spreading in Russia
» 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 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - UNICEF appeals for donor support to protect CAR's children
» 20.10.2009 - Gabon recalls Central Bank Governor
» 20.10.2009 - Mali armed to fight al Qaeda insurgents
» 20.10.2009 - ECOWAS suspends Niger
» 19.10.2009 - New partnership in Guinea's oil and gas concession
» 19.10.2009 - Nigeria plans to offer stake to Delta residents
» 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
» 19.10.2009 - Africa's climate change negotiators meet in Ethiopia
» 19.10.2009 - African countries conclude gender and climate change training
» 19.10.2009 - AU-UN mission voices concern over military build-up in Sudan
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - Gabon and Nigeria elected to UN Security Council
» 16.10.2009 - Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
» 16.10.2009 - Obiang warns US and Europe of growing piracy in Gulf of Guinea
» 16.10.2009 - HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 15.10.2009 - Homosexuals angered by proposed law
» 15.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor to investigate Guinea’s killings
» 15.10.2009 - Nizeyimana pleads not guilty before ICTR
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya
» 14.10.2009 - Senate endorses oil deregulation policy
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 14.10.2009 - African leaders address low level of implementation of regional integration
» 13.10.2009 - Conservation expert calls for protection of Africa's forest gardeners
» 13.10.2009 - SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
» 13.10.2009 - Somalia must be stable and well organised by August 2011, UN envoy
» 12.10.2009 - Formalise employment for greater trade benefits, ILO/WTO study
» 09.10.2009 - Experts to discuss strategies for Africa’s integration agenda
» 09.10.2009 - UN experts raise concern on Gambia's threats of rights defenders
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 09.10.2009 - UN lawyers on a study mission in Côte d'Ivoire
» 08.10.2009 - Joint EAC-US military field training exercise in Uganda
» 07.10.2009 - Rajoelina to head Madagascar for one more year
» 06.10.2009 - Former Rwandan intelligence officer handed to ICTR
» 06.10.2009 - UNICEF calls for further steps to protect children
» 06.10.2009 - UNESCO chief condemns killing of Nigerian editor
» 05.10.2009 - Food security crucial for Africa's development, AWEPA
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 02.10.2009 - Euro 1.6 million to boost efforts to counter human trafficking
» 01.10.2009 - UN calls for independent probe in Guinea's deaths
» 30.09.2009 - Guinea's leader to be tough against future protests
» 29.09.2009 - France threatens total pull-out from Guinea
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 29.09.2009 - Cape Verde supports multilaterism in combating orgainsed crime
» 29.09.2009 - East African police chiefs eye closer ties with INTERPOL
» 29.09.2009 - $59 million awarded to eliminate exploitive child labour in 19 countries
» 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 - Ugandan editors charged with sedition
» 25.09.2009 - Nigerien editor face criminal libel charge
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