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Sierra Leone opposition: gov't provoking violence (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - The top opposition presidential candidate is accusing Sierra Leone's ruling party of provoking violence ahead of November polls.

Rangers strike at S. Africa's poaching-hit Kruger (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - A spokesman for South Africa's Kruger National Park says retired rangers are being called back because of a strike at the flagship reserve.

Egypt officials see end to U.S. NGO stand-off (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

Reuters - Egypt's government will back down in a stand-off with Washington over U.S. funding for civil society groups because allowing the dispute to drag on could jeopardize aid worth billions of dollars, two Egyptian officials said.

Bombings hit near military bases in Nigeria (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - Bomb blasts struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said.

Egyptians cancel meetings with US lawmakers (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - Egyptian officials have abruptly canceled meetings scheduled with U.S. lawmakers amid growing tensions between the two countries.

Red Cross: 29 Chinese held in Sudan were released (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released and flown to Kenya by the Red Cross, the group said Tuesday.

Bomb rocks army barracks in Nigeria's Kaduna (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber disguised in military uniform was killed on Tuesday when his car bomb exploded under fire from soldiers outside a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, the army said.

$4M needed to clean up lead, secure Nigeria mines (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

AP - An international watchdog said Tuesday it will cost about $4 million to clean up toxic lead and secure mines in northern Nigeria, where activists say "the worst outbreak of lead poisoning in modern history" is taking place.

Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0100

Reuters - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insurgents, Sudan's foreign ministry said.

South Africa minister: Mines won't be nationalized (AP)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:03 +0100

AP - Nationalization is not an option for South Africa's troubled mining industry, the country's mining minister told an international audience Tuesday.