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

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Riots erupt in the streets of Uganda's capital

Hundreds of angry protesters faced off with security police in the streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala on Friday morning.

Source: Riots erupt in the streets of Uganda's capital

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The Libyan government vowed Friday to sink any ship approaching the besieged port city of Misrata, essentially threatening NATO patrols and humanitarian aid ships that have been bringing in food and medical supplies and ferrying out refugees and the wounded

Source: Libyan government threatens aid ships heading for besieged port city

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Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged gunfire near a disputed temple Saturday despite a cease-fire agreement between the two nations.

Source: Thai, Cambodian troops break cease-fire

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The United States is slamming the Sudanese president's assertion that his government would not recognize the new state of South Sudan if it claims the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei.

Source: U.S. envoy criticizes Sudanese president's remarks on Abyei

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood will run candidates in about half of the Parliamentary seats in the September elections, the group announced Saturday.

Source: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to run candidates for half of Parliament

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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye remained at a private hospital here on Saturday for treatment and observation following his arrest earlier this week, his sister said.

Source: Ugandan opposition leader is in Kenya for medical treatment

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Eyewitnesses in the embattled Libyan city of Misrata reported especially intense shelling by Moammar Gadhafi's forces overnight -- the heavy fire picking up at about the same time reports came out that one of the leader's son was killed in a NATO airstrike.

Source: Witnesses: Attacks intensify in Misrata, Benghazi after fatal strike

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One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference.

Source: One of Gadhafi's sons killed in NATO airstrike, Libyan official says

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Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday urged his supporters to prepare for an election he hoped regional leaders would monitor to ensure a credible result to help end the troubled coalition government.

Source: Tsvangirai: Regional election monitors will ensure credibility