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afrol News, 7 September - The United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the region's armed movements will resume late next month, an announcement said today.

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Yar’Adua assures clean sweep of militants

afrol News, 28 July - The Nigerian president, Umaru Yar'Adua has assured the nation and the world today that security forces would hunt and get all militants who were behind the attacks in the northern states of the country, which have left over hundred people dead.

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Security beefed up in northern Nigeria

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» 18.08.2008 - Mauritania junta assures quick presidential poll
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» 17.07.2008 - African bishops shun conference in Canterbury
» 03.07.2008 - Algerians convicted for Christianity
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» 30.06.2008 - Tussle over Ghana's presidential award
» 03.06.2008 - More believers detained in Eritrea
» 03.06.2008 - Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"
» 02.06.2008 - Senegal leader rules out dialogue with opposition
» 23.04.2008 - Sudan starts crucial census
» 11.04.2008 - Kony's concerns "legimitate"
» 10.04.2008 - Tutu condemns gay persecution
» 08.04.2008 - MP's death shocks Senegal
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» 14.03.2008 - Chad, Sudan sign peace deal
» 14.03.2008 - Wade damns Islamophobia
» 14.03.2008 - Islam prohibits terrorism
» 13.03.2008 - Genocide priest jailed for life
» 27.02.2008 - Activists petition Morocco
» 25.02.2008 - Senegalese homosexuals flee
» 21.02.2008 - Terrorist risks deportation
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 05.02.2008 - Senegal gay arrest condemned
» 04.02.2008 - Tremors strike Great Lakes
» 31.01.2008 - Libyan detainee battles illness
» 23.01.2008 - Mass circumcision in Rwanda
» 23.01.2008 - Prayer meeting ends in clash
» 14.01.2008 - Rwandans put away genocide
» 10.01.2008 - Kenyan ministers take oath
» 31.12.2007 - Senegal lost powerful cleric
» 30.12.2007 - Kibaki wins Kenya polls
» 20.12.2007 - Sudan leader preaches peace
» 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed
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» 11.12.2007 - Ghana to arrest hajj committee
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» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 08.10.2007 - Nigeria court bans satirical play
» 17.09.2007 - Kenya's Muslims oppose condoms
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» 03.09.2007 - Ghana cleric draws sword at journalists
» 24.08.2007 - ‘Journalists are like prophets’
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» 08.08.2007 - Moroccan weeklies in trouble for “disrespecting king”
» 07.06.2007 - Kenya police shoot 12 in sect violence
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» 07.03.2007 - Another Rwandan priest faces genocide charges
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