NYT Africa
Ethiopian Army Begins Leaving Mogadishu
As people in Mogadishu, Somalia, watched the first convoy of trucks head toward the Ethiopian border on Friday, many said they feared what would happen next.
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U.S. Sending Emergency Aid to Darfur
President Bush has authorized an immediate airlift of vehicles and equipment to bolster the international peacekeeping mission in the conflict-torn Darfur region of western Sudan.
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World Business Briefing | Africa: Kenya: 2 Countries Plan Railway
Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade among the East African countries and their landlocked neighbors, officials said.
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Mugabe Preparing to Install New Cabinet in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe has started preparations to form a new government, firing a dozen ministers from his party to clear the way for a new cabinet, state news media reported Saturday.
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After Coup, U.S. Halts Aid to Guinea
The decision from the U.S. came hours after the new military junta acknowledged that it had arrested several generals who had been forced into retirement after a coup last month.
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Insurgents in Somalia Take Over Police Posts
The move to take over the stations, which were unoccupied, raised fears that the Ethiopians’ departure would set off a violent scramble for control among Islamist groups.
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World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: A.N.C. Leader Plans to Add Third Wife to Family
Jacob Zuma, the president of the governing African National Congress, is taking a third wife, according to local press accounts.
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9 in Senegal to Be Jailed for 8 Years
The men were handed unusually harsh sentences after being tried on charges of conspiracy and “unnatural acts,” a term used to criminalize homosexuality.
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World Briefing | Africa: Congo: Ugandan Rebels Kill 12
The Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group, killed at least 12 people in northeastern Congo, officials said Tuesday.
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Opposition Leader Is Declared the Winner of Ghana’s Presidential Election
John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress party narrowly won a runoff vote for the presidency of Ghana, electoral officials announced Saturday.
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