African News Headlines, Stories and Videos [June 2011 Bulletin]

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Argentinian fights with Libyan rebels

Jose Emmanuel Piaggesi was a teacher in Argentina, but now the piercing staccato of gunfire punctuates his conversations.

Source: Argentinian fights with Libyan rebels

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Nigerian Toyin Saraki is one of Africa's most prominent voices in the fight against infant mortality.

Source: Bereaved mother fights to save newborn lives

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Kenya plans to appeal an International Criminal Court decision rejecting a request that trials of six prominent men accused of crimes against humanity be held in their own country, an official said Tuesday.

Source: Kenya to appeal ICC ruling on crimes-against-humanity suspects

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Sudan and Southern Sudan have signed an agreement on border security amid tensions over the disputed Abyei border region, the African Union said Tuesday.

Source: Sudan, Southern Sudan agree to border talks over disputed region

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The criminal trial for Hosni Mubarak and his two sons has been scheduled for August 3, the attorney for the former Egyptian president said Wednesday.

Source: Mubarak, sons face criminal trial in August

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President Alassane Ouattara got his cabinet Wednesday, after a six-month post-electoral crisis that claimed hundreds of lives.

Source: Ouattara names cabinet in Ivory Coast

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Zimbabwe's parliament has ratified a 20-year $98 million loan from China to build a defense college, despite objections from members of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party that the poverty-stricken country should prioritize the spending in other ways.

Source: Zimbabwe's parliament approves $98 million loan from China

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On the busy streets of Cape Town a group of artists dodge traffic and evade the police as they try to sell their work.

Source: 'Traffic light' artists paint a brighter future

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Police raided a clinic in southeast Nigeria and rescued about 30 girls allegedly used in a "baby industry" in which they would give birth to children who then would be sold, authorities said Thursday.

Source: Nigerian police free 30 girls in alleged 'baby industry'

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New NATO airstrikes early Friday and late Thursday hit Libya's capital and an area to the west, while forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi earlier shelled rebel positions on the front lines to the east in the war-wracked country.

Source: More NATO strikes hit Libya