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2010-09-03 19:07

UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October (AP)

AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.

2010-09-03 19:07

HRW denounces alleged torture of Islamists in Morocco (AFP)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the alleged torture by Moroccan police of seven prominent members of the country's leading Islamist association, the organisation said in a statement.(HRW)AFP - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the alleged torture by Moroccan police of seven prominent members of the country's leading Islamist association, the organisation said in a statement.


2010-09-03 19:07

Uganda ready to send 10,000 troops to Somalia: army (AFP)

Some 1,700 Ugandan African Union Peacekeeping soldiers arrive back home at the Entebbe Airbase in 2008 after an 11-month mission in Somalia. Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country's embattled government.(AFP/File/Peter Busomoke)AFP - Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country's embattled government.


2010-09-03 11:56

Official: South Sudan lawmakers may vote to secede (AP)

AP - Southern Sudan's parliament may vote to secede from the Khartoum-based north if an independence reference scheduled for January is delayed, a former top Southern Sudan official said Thursday.

2010-09-03 11:56

Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead (AP)

A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters.


2010-09-03 11:56

Mozambique riots toll seven killed, 288 hurt: govt (AFP)

A protester sets fire to tires on a street in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique's government called price rises in the impoverished southern African country AFP - Mozambique's government said Thursday that seven people were killed and 288 injured during riots against price rises in the capital Maputo and surrounding areas.


2010-09-03 04:42

Mystery of militant's murder stirs trouble in Nigeria (AFP)

A file picture of fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta as they prepare for an operation against the Nigerian army in 2008. The mystery surrounding the killing of a notorious ex-militant has stirred trouble in Nigeria's oil-producing region, raising concerns over a government amnesty credited with bringing relative peace ahead of upcoming elections.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - The ex-militants stood in line like school children waiting to enter a camp and learn to abandon violence, but the question of who killed one of their leaders threatened the uneasy arrangement.


2010-09-03 04:42

Two dead in Algerian suicide attack against military (AFP)

An Algerian policeman stands guard in 2007. Two soldiers were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives by a military convoy near the capital Algiers, Algerian newspapers reported.(AFP/File/Fethi Belaid)AFP - Two soldiers were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives by a military convoy near the capital Algiers, Algerian newspapers reported Thursday.


2010-09-03 04:42

S.Africa state workers reject offer, take to streets (Reuters)

Striking South African public service workers march through the streets of Cape Town, August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Striking South African state workers staged a protest march on Thursday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labor movement at loggerheads.


2010-09-02 21:29

Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack (Reuters)

Reuters - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said Wednesday.

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