CHINA - AFRICA SUMMIT
Beijing pledges $10 billion in aid
China pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African countries and promised to cancel all debts at the start of the two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Egypt.
TURKEY
Indicted Sudan leader to skip summit, say Turkish officials
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend an Islamic summit in Istanbul next week, according to Turkish officials, following EU objections. Bashir faces an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges.
MADAGASCAR
Top political figures agree on power-sharing deal ahead of elections
Madagascar's top four political figures have reached a power-sharing agreement ahead of elections next year, says a UN official involved in the talks.
GUINEA
African Union slaps sanctions on junta
The African Union has implemented travel and financial sanctions on members of Guinea's ruling junta. The US and EU had already imposed similar sanctions following the massacre of protesters in Conakry in September.
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SOMALIA
Families urge negotiations after pirates' death threats
Families of Spanish sailors held hostage off Somalia have appealed to their government to negotiate with the pirates, who have threatened to kill three crew members.
ZIMBABWE
Tsvangirai ends boycott of unity government, but faces a deadline for a deal
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) suspended his boycott of a unity goverment deal with President Robert Mugabe that had paralysed the nation, but both leaders face a 30-day deadline to reach an accord.
EGYPT
ElBaradei considers running for 2011 Egyptian presidency, with conditions
Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and outgoing head of the UN nuclear watchdog, has said in a television interview he would not rule out running for the presidency of his native Egypt.
GUINEA
Opposition hands transition plan to mediator
Guinea's opposition has handed mediating Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore (pictured left) a plan for an interim government to replace the ruling junta within six months.
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AFP
S.Africa cancels deal for Airbus military planes
South Africa has cancelled a deal to buy eight Airbus A400M military transport planes due to hefty cost overruns and delivery delays, the government spokesman said Thursday."The cost escalation would have placed an unaffordable burden on the ...
THE OBSERVERS
A dangerous desire to be white
Baking yourself in a tanning booth remains a popular activity among the vain and pasty of Caucasian descent, despite increasing health warnings.
DR CONGO
Troops killed 500 civilians since March, rights group says
Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers have "deliberately killed" more than 500 civilians since March during an operation targeting rebels in the country's east, Human Rights Watch has said.
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AFP
E.Guinea 'pardons mercenaries' in coup attempt
Equatorial Guinea has granted amnesty to Britain's Simon Mann and South African Nick Du Toit, two mercenaries convicted for an attempted coup plot in March 2004, national radio announced Tuesday. According to a decree dated November 2 read on ...
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DR CONGO
UN suspends support to army units suspected of civilian murders
The United Nations says it will suspend the operational support given to certain units of the DR Congo army fighting in the east of the country over the alleged murder of more than 60 civilians this year.
IVORY COAST
Elusive presidential election set for new delay
Ivory Coast's long-awaited presidential election will not be taking place next month as scheduled, the website of President Laurent Gbagbo has announced, signalling the latest in a string of postponements that have stretched over the past five years.
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