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

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An airstrike Saturday hit a parking lot outside the compound in central Tripoli of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, killing three people, a government spokesman said.

Source: Official: 3 dead in airstrike at Gadhafi's compound

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The whereabouts of two journalists who disappeared this month while covering the war in Libya were revealed Friday and both appear to be healthy and in custody of the government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

Source: 2 missing journalists turn out to have been detained by Libya

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Rebels claimed a significant breakthrough Saturday in Misrata, a bloody stage in the battle for Libya against forces loyal to strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Source: 22 killed as Libyan rebels make key gains in besieged western city

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Loyalists to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi killed eight rebel fighters in a rare attack earlier this week in an opposition-held region near the Egyptian border, a medical official and an opposition spokesman told CNN Saturday.

Source: Eight rebels killed in attack on Libyan oil pumping station

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Fifty-seven "militiamen," including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang, were killed when Tang's forces attacked the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials said Sunday.

Source: 57 dead in Southern Sudan violence

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An unmanned predator drone struck a Libyan anti-aircraft system in Tripoli Saturday evening, a NATO spokesman said Sunday.

Source: Second predator strike recorded in Libya

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Rural villages held mass burials in northern Nigeria on Sunday, the Red Cross said, raising the possibility that six days of post-election violence have produced heavy casualties.

Source: Mass burials held in rural Nigeria

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Egyptian authorities have ordered former President Hosni Mubarak be transferred to a military hospital in Cairo, a spokesman for the prosecutor general said Sunday.

Source: Authorities order Mubarak transferred to Cairo prison hospital

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Thousands of Moroccans held a peaceful demonstration nationwide Sunday, calling for a radical overhaul of the country's governance before a new constitution is unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI.

Source: Moroccan protesters reject king's draft constitution

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Libyan government forces directed their assault Monday on civilian areas of Misrata, resulting in a number of civilian casualties, witnesses said.

Source: Witnesses: Libyan government forces shelling civilian areas of Misrata