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Cameroon | Nigeria
Society | Human rights | Politics

12 killed in Cameroon attack

afrol News - At least 10 insurgents and two Cameroonian troops were killed in a rebel attack yesterday, in long disputed oil rich Bakassi peninsula which Nigeria is transferring after world court order, Cameroon’s defense minister said.

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Niger
Human rights | Society | Politics

MSF ordered to halt operations in Niger

afrol News - Niger government has ordered medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres to discontinue its work in south of West African state on suspicion of having connections with Tuareg rebels, MSF reported yesterday.

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Senegal
Politics | Society | Human rights

Senegal clears Hissène Habré trial hurdles

afrol News - Senegalese lawmakers have cleared hurdles to the trial of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré.

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Nigeria
Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights

Militants threaten to blast oil pipes

afrol News - Nigeria's militant group is threatening to blast oil pipes in Niger delta to disprove claims it had received protection money from government for creeks in the region.

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Cape Verde
Economy - Development

Cape Verde joins WTO

afrol News - Cape Verde, one of the world's poorest states has become 153rd member of World Trade Organisation (WTO) today.

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Togo
Economy - Development

Togo electricity production to double

afrol News - Investments in a new power plant in Lomé, Togo, will double the country's capacity to produce electricity. The new power plant, using innovative technology, is to be fully operational by the end of 2009.

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Nigeria | Liberia
Politics | Media | Society | Human rights

Taylor accused of starving Nigerian journalists to death

afrol News - The former Liberian President has been accused of starving to death two Nigerian journalists Tayo Awotunsin and Krees Imobibie in 1990.

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Sierra Leone
Politics | Economy - Development | Society

Sierra Leone ready to tighten drug laws

afrol News - President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone has announced urgent plans to tighten his country's drug laws so that harsh penalties could be imposed on those found guilty of drug-related crimes.

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Liberia
Politics | Society | Environment - Nature

Worst floods hit Liberia

afrol News - Residents in Liberia's capital Monrovia had been hit by what has been the country's worst flood in history which was precipitated by intense and heavy rains, forcing more than a thousand people to flee their homes.

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Mali
Politics

Mali and Tuareg rebels sign ceasefire pact

afrol News - Malian government has reached a ceasefire agreement with ethnic Tuareg rebels to end nearly a year of clashes in the northern dessert, Algerian officials confirmed yesterday.

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