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AFRICA NEWS

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YAHOO! NEWS: WORLD - AFRICA

New sectarian slaughter rocks Nigeria
(AFP)

Residents buy newspapers at a Jos news stand to get updates about the religious violence that has engulfed Jos south in Plateau State, on March 9. Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers butchered and then set fire to around a dozen Christians in Nigeria Wednesday, close to the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:12 GMT)

Nigeria's acting president dissolves cabinet
(AFP)

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in February 2010, Wednesday dissolved the federal cabinet, a little over a month after taking up the top job following the long illness of the head of state, a minister said.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the cabinet a little over a month after taking power, asserting his authority over the government in Africa's most populous nation.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:33:30 GMT)

Nigeria's acting leader dissolves cabinet
(Reuters)

Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan delivers a speech at a church in the capital territory of Abuja in this December 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/FilesReuters - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved the cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to consolidate his authority at the helm of Africa's most populous nation a month after he assumed executive powers.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:20:57 GMT)

Nigeria's acting president dissolves Cabinet
(AP)
AP - Nigeria's acting president dissolved the Cabinet on Wednesday, purging top officials loyal to the nation's ill president in his first major act since taking over the young democracy's highest office more than a month ago.
(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:46:11 GMT)

Over 600 Rwandan rebels killed or captured: DR.Congo army
(AFP)

Congolese army [FARDC] soldiers patroling in Mboko village in south-Kivu, in 2009. More than 600 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed or captured since January in an operation backed by the UN mission to the country, the Congolese army said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Adia Tshipuku)AFP - More than 600 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed or captured since January in an operation backed by the UN mission to the country, the Congolese army said Wednesday.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:36:29 GMT)

Nigeria's acting president dissolves cabinet: official
(AFP)

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in February 2010, Wednesday dissolved the federal cabinet, a little over a month after taking up the top job following the long illness of the head of state, a minister said.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the cabinet a little over a month after taking power, asserting his authority over the government in Africa's most populous nation.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:29:25 GMT)

Sudan re-arrests Darfur rebels
(AFP)

Fighters of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) are pictured at an unknown location on the Sudan-Chad border in northwest Darfur in 2007. Sudanese authorities have re-arrested 15 members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement after releasing them following a truce with the Darfur group, their lawyer said on Wednesday.(AFP/AMIS/File/Stuart Price)AFP - Sudanese authorities have re-arrested 15 members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement after releasing them following a truce with the Darfur group, their lawyer said on Wednesday.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:26:23 GMT)

Africa slaps sanctions on Madagascar rulers
(AFP)

Madagascar's de facto leader Andry Rajoelina, seen here in 2009. The African Union slapped sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar's rulers for failing to implement accords to end a protracted political crisis, as new violence broke out in the island's capital.(AFP/File/Aaron Maasho)AFP - The African Union slapped sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar's rulers for failing to implement accords to end a long political crisis, as fresh violence erupted in the island's capital.


(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:27:44 GMT)

Students protest bail for SAfrican hip-hop artist
(AP)
AP - Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing four children while drag racing on drugs.
(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:15:53 GMT)

Libya welcomes Gaddafi compensation offer by Swiss
(Reuters)
Reuters - A top Libyan official on Wednesday welcomed as a “step forward” a call by Swiss officials for damages to be paid to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was arrested in Geneva in 2008.
(Source: Yahoo! News: World - Africa - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:52 GMT)

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