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UN scribe condemns Darfur attacks

afrol News - 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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Somalia
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Somalia's celebrated woman presenter escapes murder

afrol News - 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
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Ethiopia troops "slit throats"

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

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Somalia
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Rebels fear Puntland, Ethiopia secret pact

afrol News - 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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Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators

afrol News - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the oil-rich "Kuwait of Africa" has topped the Paris-based Reporters sans frontières (RSF) list of press predators in Africa.

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New AU chief takes office

afrol News - Dr. Jean Ping has officially replaced Alpha Oumar Konaré as the Chairman of the African Union Commission, the executive arm of the continental body.

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Sudan
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ICC cries for Sudan arrests

afrol News - Sudanese government has been blamed for its reluctance to hand over its indicted citizens to the International Criminal Court [ICC] in The Hague.

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Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land

afrol News - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists.

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Eritrea
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100 Eritrean migrants nabbed

afrol News - At least 100 Eritrean illegal migrants have been arrested and detained by Egyptian security after they attempted to enter Israel through Sinai.

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Sudan
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Sudan starts crucial census

afrol News - At last, Sudanese authorities gave the greenlight for the crucial census to take place after being postponed twice.

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