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

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The voice of embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi was heard on Libyan TV on Friday in an attempt to assure his people that he is alive and in a place where "you cannot kill me."

Source: Libyan TV broadcasts message from Gadhafi

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More than 400 people fleeing Libya and Tunisia arrived overnight in an Italian island on Saturday, the latest in a stream of refugees escaping volatile and unstable North Africa.

Source: More refugees fleeing Libya, Tunisia arrive in Italy

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Shortly after dawn, an open blue wooden fishing boat from Libya limped its way into the port of this tiny island, crammed with at least 166 shivering passengers, all of them apparently migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Source: Boat crammed with refugees from Libya reaches tiny Italian island

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Zimbabwe's efforts to write a new constitution resumed Saturday after the two parties now sharing power reached an agreement on how to weigh comments gathered from the public, officials said.

Source: Dispute settled, Zimbabwe returns to preparing constitution

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A few hundred people gathered at a Tripoli cemetery Saturday to bury the alleged victims of a NATO airstrike in al-Brega a day earlier.

Source: Burials held in Tripoli for alleged victims of NATO airstrike

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Moammar Gadhafi is among three Libyans facing arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity, an official with direct knowledge of the case told CNN Saturday.

Source: Source: Gadhafi facing possible arrest warrant from court

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Violence erupted in the Cairo neighborhood of Maspero when pro-Coptic protesters clashed with unidentified men, leaving at least two people dead and 60 injured, state TV reported early Sunday.

Source: State TV: 2 dead and 60 injured in clashes involving Coptics in Cairo

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Suzanne Mubarak, wife of toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is expected to undergo open-heart surgery Sunday night, the manager of the Sharm el-Sheikh Hospital said.

Source: Egypt's former first lady set for heart surgery, hospital says

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After a firefight with suspected Somali pirates, Danish sailors freed 16 Iranian hostages on board an alleged mother ship, according to the Danish Royal Navy.

Source: Danish Navy frees 16 Iranians from suspected Somali pirate ship

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In one of Kenya's toughest slums solar-powered floodlights are letting youngsters play football late into the night, keeping them out of trouble and giving them hope for the future.

Source: Solar-powered lights bring night football to slum