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

[CNN]

His story reads like a political thriller. Once a confidant of Moammar Gadhafi and then his sworn enemy, he led a band of Libyan exiles trying to overthrow the Libyan regime before being spirited in secrecy to the United States when things went bad. His name is Khalifa Haftar.

Source: Khalifa Haftar: The man who left Virginia to lead Libya's rebels

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The NATO request for the United States to continue flying its planes capable of striking at Libyan troops on the ground has raised concern that coalition forces do not have the military equipment needed for the type of strikes necessary to continue degrading Libya's military.

Source: Concerns raised about NATO capabilities as U.S. pulls back from Libya

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Violence is escalating in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, where president-elect Alassane Ouattara is trying to oust incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to leave office after losing an election.

Source: Oil vs. cocoa: Why Ivory Coast isn't like Libya

[CNN]

The envoy sent by Moammar Gadhafi to the West is testing foreign governments' willingness to accept one of the embattled Libyan leader's sons as his successor, a source close to the Libyan leadership said Monday.

Source: Source: Libyan envoy testing waters for takeover by Gadhafi's son

[CNN]

As a disruptive teenager, M.K. Asante was expelled from school on more than one occasion.

Source: Master storyteller M.K. Asante keeps it real in the classroom

[CNN]

One person survived the crash of a U.N. plane that killed 32 others in the Congo on Monday, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said.

Source: 32 killed in U.N. plane crash in Congo, official says

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Efforts to prevent forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from attacking civilians have been complicated by weather and the regime's decision to hide military equipment in populated areas and to use human shields, NATO Brig. Gen. Marc van Uhm said Tuesday.

Source: Libyan rebel leaders say they are "disappointed" by NATO's efforts

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After days of heavy fighting, forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo laid down their arms Tuesday, and the self-declared president was negotiating the terms of his surrender, his foreign minister said.

Source: Gbagbo negotiating surrender, Ivory Coast foreign minister says

[CNN]

Childbirth is the number-one killer of young to middle-aged women in developing countries, and one of the worst-affected countries is Rwanda, where maternal mortality rates have been dire.

Source: Rwanda saving lives of mothers and babies

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Six Kenyan political leaders who are accused of crimes against humanity following the country's disputed 2007 elections will make their first appearance Thursday before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Source: 6 Kenyans to appear at The Hague on 'crimes against humanity' charges