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

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two relatives Monday, linking them to "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilians as they struggle to hold power.

Source: Prosecutor requests arrest warrants for Gadhafi, 2 others

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A war crimes tribunal for Rwanda sentenced the African nation's former army chief to 30 years in prison Tuesday for his part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people.

Source: Former Rwandan army chief gets 30 years for genocide

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Cameroon's main opposition party would support young people if they stage protests against the government, the party's secretary general told CNN Wednesday in the latest indication of budding political unrest in the country.

Source: Cameroon opposition party would back youth protests, leader says

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Four journalists are free weeks after they were captured by the Libyan military despite originally being sentenced to jail for a year, a Libyan government spokesman said Wednesday.

Source: Libya frees 4 journalists originally sentenced to 1 year in jail

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Four journalists are free weeks after they were captured by the Libyan military and then sentenced to jail for a year, a Libyan government spokesman said Wednesday.

Source: Libya frees 4 journalists; Tunisia complains about Libyan rockets

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At least 840 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured during the Egyptian revolution earlier this year as then-President Hosni Mubarak clung to power through violence and intimidation, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.

Source: Amnesty: Egypt far from justice over unrest that killed more than 800

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NATO aircraft targeted warships overnight, striking eight of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's vessels in Tripoli's seaport, the organization said Friday morning. A Libyan government official said the targets included commercial vessels as well as military ones.

Source: NATO aircraft target Tripoli's seaport

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The family of South African freelance photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who has been missing in Libya since April, said late Thursday they now believe he was killed by Libyan government forces.

Source: Family: Photographer missing in Libya now believed dead

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Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have unleashed their biggest attack yet against a rebel stronghold in the mountains of western Libya, one of the Libyan leader's former generals said Friday.

Source: Fierce fighting in Libya's western mountains

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Over the past two days, Moammar Gadhafi's forces have unleashed their biggest attack yet against one of the mountainous rebel strongholds in western Libya, according to one of his former generals.

Source: Rebels battle Gadhafi forces in Libyan mountains