Africa News – Headlines, Stories and Videos from CNN Int'l (April 2011 Diet)

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for calm Monday after forces stormed the president's residence and arrested Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to accept the results of a presidential election last year plunged the West African nation into civil war.

Source: Ivory Coast president urges calm after Gbagbo is arrested

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The Libyan opposition has rejected a "road map" proposal by the African Union to bring an end to fighting between them and the government of Moammar Gadhafi, opposition leaders said Monday.

Source: Libyan rebels reject African Union proposal as fighting rages

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Award-winning designer Nike Davies Okundaye has pioneered a global revival of Nigeria's ancestral dark blue cloth-dyeing art.

Source: Nigeria's 'Mama Nike' empowers women through art

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Laurent Gbagbo was offered the chance to teach at Boston University in the United States if he would renounce his claim to be president of Ivory Coast and end the country's civil war, sources familiar with the negotiations told CNN Tuesday.

Source: Gbagbo offered U.S. professorship to end crisis

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Moammar Gadhafi's military machine pounded the western city of Misrata again Tuesday as France and Britain called for beefed-up NATO airstrikes to stop such attacks on the Libyan people.

Source: Leaders call for more NATO strikes as Gadhafi forces pummel Misrata

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In Kenya's giant Mathare slums poverty and crime are widespread. But youngsters there are getting a chance to realize their potential -- by learning ballet.

Source: Young ballet dancers dream of life beyond Kenyan slums

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Hopes for a Libyan cease-fire were raised briefly this week when it was announced that longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi had agreed, in principle, to the African Union's "road map" proposal for peace.

Source: The African Union: What you need to know

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Five people were killed in clashes between rival forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as nationwide protests against the government continued Wednesday.

Source: Protests in Yemen turn deadly

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Alassane Ouattara aspired to be president of Ivory Coast for decades. Now, after four long months of post-election turmoil and the capture of his political rival, the job is indisputably his.

Source: Ouattara versus Gbagbo: Good versus evil?

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Delegates representing Arab and African nations and NATO coalesced behind the Libyan rebels at a summit in Qatar on Wednesday, promising more humanitarian aid and money channeled through a temporary trust fund of sorts.

Source: Libyan rebels find support boost at Doha summit