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AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday ordered the implementation of an amnesty deal for ex-rebels to be sped up, his spokesman said a day after deadly blasts in the restive Niger Delta.

AFP - Ten days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery in Germany, there is growing uncertainty over his state of health and increased talk about who will eventually succeed him.

AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has said Nigeria should be partitioned between the Christian and Muslim communities to solve its sectarian violence problem, the JANA news agency reported on Tuesday.

AFP - South Africa proposed anti-human trafficking legislation on Tuesday ahead of the 2010 football World Cup, when the country is readying for an influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors.

AFP - Hundreds of youths on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest march over the non-appearance of ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua in public, his refusal to quit power and poor infrastructure.

AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday for fresh talks aimed at easing tensions within the year-old unity government.

AFP - South African Airways and its partners SA Airlink and SA Express denied Tuesday that they had colluded with other airlines to hike prices during the football World Cup.

Reuters - The president of Central African Republic Tuesday dismissed a call by political rivals to postpone elections set for April 25, saying any delay would be unconstitutional.