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By ABIDJAN
Helping Victims of Post-Election Crisis Obtain Justice in Côte d'Ivoire - Thousands of people suffered rape, torture and other violence during the post- electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire beginning in December 2010. But many survivors of rights violations have been afraid to seek justice for fear of reprisals by the perpetrators. An initiative by the International Federation of Human Rights aims to support 75 such victims as they bring their cases to court.
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By DAKAR
U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country.
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By JUBA
Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees - In the wake of border tensions the United Nations is airlifting 12,000 southerners from a Sudanese frontier town into South Sudan. But they are returning home in the midst of an economic crisis that has the U.N. warning it may appeal for more funding to scale up humanitarian operations.
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By NAIROBI
Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa - Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education.
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By KUFRA, Libya
Deserting Refugees in the Sahara - As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant "Libya free, Chadians out", before they kneel down for evening prayers.
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By JOHANNESBURG
"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity" - Millions of Angola’s poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.
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By ACCRA
Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease.
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By MONROVIA
Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent.
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By CAIRO
Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive - The two weeks since Egypt's abrupt cancellation of a Mubarak-era gas-export deal with Israel have seen an exchange of indirect threats and warnings between the two countries, culminating in an apparent Israeli military build-up on the border of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
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By ALGIERS
Hope Dwindles Ahead of Elections in Algeria - "Is that your photo on the poster?" a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers. "Why do you ask?" she inquired. "Because only the candidates are interested in these elections," he replied.
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By CAIRO
Mubarak Still Has His Billions - More than a year since president Hosni Mubarak was removed from power, the money he allegedly syphoned from Egypt during his 29-year rule remains beyond the reach of authorities attempting to recover it.
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By OUAGADOUGOU
Action Plan to End Banishing of "Witches" in Burkina Faso - It's called "the bearing of the body" in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused - almost always women – are then chased out of their homes.
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By NIAMEY
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict - It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
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By JUBA
Disarmament Sparks Violence in South Sudan - Civil society groups are calling on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to withdraw support from a disarmament programme they say could spark further violence in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei state.
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By NIAMEY
Mali Heading Closer to Civil War - Since January, various groups of Tuareg rebels in Mali have come together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad.
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