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

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Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year.

Source: Mubarak, two sons detained in rare move

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Piracy, mostly in the dangerous waters near Somalia, has surged this year and may be at an all-time high, according to a new report Thursday.

Source: Report: Piracy at a record high

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Moammar Gadhafi's forces Thursday pounded the strategic port of Misrata, his sole daughter defied the coalition and the three leaders of that alliance declared the Libyan leader "must go and go for good."

Source: Gadhafi forces shell Misrata; leaders say he must 'go for good'

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President Robert Mugabe said Thursday that Zimbabwe will go ahead with the takeover of foreign-owned companies, a scheme that has rattled investors, and warned Western countries to stop interfering in his country's affairs.

Source: Government takeover of companies in Zimbabwe to proceed, Mugabe says

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The European Union has lifted sanctions on Libya's highest-profile defector, allowing him to travel freely in Europe and access his money.

Source: EU lifts sanctions on Libyan defector

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The leader of Uganda's main opposition party was taken to a hospital in Kampala on Thursday after being shot in the hand, apparently by a rubber bullet allegedly fired by a member of the military police during a protest march.

Source: Ugandan opposition leader hurt in protest march

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The U.S. Embassy consular section in Abidjan may reopen Monday, but it initially will provide limited services, according to the State Department.

Source: U.S. Embassy plans to reopen Ivory Coast consular section

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Nigeria goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president. But can Africa's most populous nation and the continent's major oil producer stage a free and fair vote to bring the changes it needs to strengthen stability both at home and across the region?.

Source: Why Nigeria's elections matter

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Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have fired cluster munitions into residential areas in the besieged western city of Misrata, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Source: Rights group: Gadhafi forces firing cluster munitions

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"Gadhafi must go. And go for good."

Source: Libya 'road map' as elusive as ever