Sunday 23 November 2008
Attack on presidential residence leaves at least two dead
Soldiers shot at the house of Guinea-Bissau's president "Nino" Vieira early Sunday morning, but the authorities claimed to have regained control of the situation. The violence erupted one week after the release of parliamentary election results.
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- GUINEA-BISSAU
- Attack on presidential residence leaves at least two dead
- Sunday 23 November 2008
- Soldiers shot at the house of Guinea-Bissau's president "Nino" Vieira early Sunday morning, but the authorities claimed to have regained control of the situation. The violence erupted one week after the release of parliamentary election results.
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- DR CONGO
- Rebel leader Nkunda rallies for support
- Sunday 23 November 2008
- Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda slammed the deployment of an additional 3,000 troops in eastern DR Congo saying they could not usher peace. Nkunda held his first rally in Rutshuru, north of Goma, to garner support.
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- ZIMBABWE
- Harare bars Annan and Carter from country
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- Zimbabwe has refused former UN head Kofi Annan and ex-US President Jimmy Carter entry to the country. Carter said the Harare government had become "immune" to the suffering of its people. Robert Mugabe later denied barring Annan from the country.
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- SOMALIA
- Somali pirates warn they will fight back
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- Pirates holding a Saudi oil tanker have warned they will retaliate if a rescue mission is attempted. They are demanding a 25-million dollar ransom for the ship.
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- LEGAL REFORMS
- Burundi abolishes death penalty
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- The Central African Republic of Burundi has adopted a new raft of laws, banning the death penalty, punishing torture for the first time and raising minimum sentences for sexual offences. The new code, however, criminalises homosexuality.
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- ZIMBABWE - HEALTH
- Cholera claims 300 so far, says UN
- Friday 21 November 2008
- The UN announced Friday that a cholera outbreak has led to nearly 300 deaths. The disease is water-borne and is exacerbated by the unsanitary water facilities in the nation, says the UN.
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- DR CONGO
- UN to deploy further 3,000 peacekeepers
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution to boost its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a further 3,000. This brings the total number of troops to more than 20,000.
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- ZIMBABWE
- South Africa blocks aid until new government formed
- Friday 21 November 2008
- South Africa has blocked nearly 30 million dollars of aid to Zimbabwe until the creation of a new government there. The agricultural aid to Zimbabwe was approved last month, subject to conditions, to help short-term food needs.
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