Africa News – Headlines, Stories and Videos from CNN Int’l [May ‘11 Series]

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A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday to discuss with government officials the ongoing peace process in the country following a referendum in January that split the north from the south.

Source: U.N. delegation arrives in Khartoum for government peace talks

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At least 300 people were killed and 700 injured during the Tunisian uprising, a top U.N. human rights expert said Saturday.

Source: About 300 people killed in original Tunisian uprising, U.N. reports

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Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated Saturday as president of troubled Ivory Coast in a ceremony that marked a symbolic end to months of political turmoil.

Source: Inauguration marks symbolic end to Ivory Coast's political turmoil

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The man in front of me clasping a new satellite telephone tells me he has an urgent message. He's just received a call from his hometown warning him Moammar Gadhafi's forces are on the verge of overrunning it and he's desperate for NATO to do something about it.

Source: Libyan begs NATO to save his small town

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Sudan's military has taken control of the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, the country's foreign ministry said Sunday.

Source: Sudan's military takes control of oil-rich region

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The U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda started special depositions on Monday in the case against the most prominent alleged perpetrator of the Rwandan genocide who remains at large: Felicien Kabuga.

Source: Special depositions begin in Rwandan genocide case

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President Barack Obama recently spoke of the December day a young Tunisian street vendor named Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire, in an act of hopelessness -- and purpose. His act sparked the Arab revolutions.

Source: Facing the unknown in Tunisia

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NATO aircraft launched more than a dozen strikes on the Libyan capital early Tuesday, and smoke could be seen rising from the area near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's Bab-al-Azizia compound in Tripoli.

Source: NATO aircraft pound Tripoli; government says 3 dead, 150 injured

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Sharing a communal cell with 350 other prisoners, Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede spent 21 months in a crammed jail, losing his freedom for speaking his mind.

Source: Jailed journalist: 'I will never hesitate from criticizing'

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Zimbabwe's High Court ordered the immediate release Tuesday of six former army officers accused of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe.

Source: Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe