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

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Government forces pounded rebel-held cities and crowds ransacked empty embassies in Tripoli on Sunday after Libyan authorities reported a NATO airstrike killed one of longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren.

Source: Gunners pound rebels, embassies sacked after Gadhafi's son said killed

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Three of the international diplomatic community's most respected mediators arrived in the Ivory Coast Sunday to start a process of national reconciliation.

Source: 3 top mediators to try to mend Ivory Coast

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For 10 years, twice a week, Charles Muriuki has come to the same spot in downtown Nairobi to grieve and reflect. Each time, he sits on a park bench at a simple memorial and remembers his mother.

Source: Son of Kenyan al Qaeda victim: 'Finally, the day has come'

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday called for embattled Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi to step down.

Source: Turkish PM to Gadhafi: Leave power now

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Single mothers in Morocco are breaking records.

Source: Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco

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More than 8,000 people -- most of them women and children -- fled into Tunisia during the weekend to escape fighting between Libyan government troops and opposition forces, the U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees said Tuesday.

Source: Exodus of Libyans to Tunisia resumes

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A violent reaction by Ugandan authorities to ongoing protests against high food prices has put a spotlight on President Yoweri Museveni's 25-year rule over the East African country and raised the fear of a return to the brutal days of Idi Amin.

Source: Shadow of Idi Amin raised amid Ugandan crackdown on protests

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Togo's government Tuesday released provisional results of its first census in 29 years, taken in November.

Source: Togo releases results of first census in 29 years

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Heavy fighting continued Tuesday in Yopougon between forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara and militiamen loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo even as he was said to have accepted his loss of power.

The military operation was launched Monday by pro-Ouattara forces to crush the last pocket of resistance remaining after the militias turned down a call from Ouattara to disarm or face force.

The new violence erupted after a delegation of mediators led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan completed a two-day visit to Ivory Coast intended to encourage reconciliation and healing. Annan was joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland.

Their visit followed post-election violence that claimed the lives of hundreds of people and led nearly a million others to flee the city of Abidjan, according to aid groups.

"I was locked into my house for the past two weeks with no food to eat," said Sery Gregoire, a resident of Yopougon. "But this morning, we were able to escape."

Source: Fighting erupts in Ivory Coast over last pocket of resistance - CNN.com.

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The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said in a report Wednesday there are "reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue being committed in Libya."

Source: Libyan leaders may face arrest warrants for alleged war crimes