Sunday 23 November 2008
Foiled coup attempt leaves at least two dead
Soldiers shot at the residence 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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- 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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- SOMALIA
- Piracy threat forces major shippers to divert route
- Friday 21 November 2008
- The UN security council voted to impose sanctions on anyone contributing to violence in Somalia. This as major shipping companies are being forced to divert their ships from the Suez Canal to longer routes to avoid Somali pirates.
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- RWANDA - FRANCE
- Kigali calls for an accelerated trial for Kabuye
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- Rwanda pleaded in favour of a speedy trial for President Paul Kagame's aide Rose Kabuye, charged with complicity in the murder of the country's former president. She was arrested in Germany under an international warrant issued by France.
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- DR CONGO
- Fighting resumes between Mai Mai and eastern rebels
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- Fresh fighting shattered the fragile ceasefire between Laurent Nkunda's rebel force and pro-government militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who accuse UN peacekeeping troops of siding with the rebels.
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- SOMALIA
- Ransom negotiations as India sinks pirate ship
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- Owners of a captured Saudi tanker are in ransom negotiations with Somali pirates despite warnings that such payments exacerbate piracy. The talks follow the sinking of a pirate ship by an Indian warship in the Gulf of Aden.
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- DR CONGO
- UN troops open retaliatory fire on Mai-Mai militia
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- UN peacekeepers opened fire after pro-government Mai-Mai militia attacked them in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a UN spokesman. There were no details of any casualties.
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- RWANDA - FRANCE
- Rwandan presidential aide awaits trial in Paris
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- The arrest of Rwandan presidential aide Rose Kabuye on an international warrant issued by France has triggered bitter protests from Kigali. She was extradited from Germany to Paris, where she is awaiting trial.
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- DR CONGO
- UN confirms a massive rebel withdrawal
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- UN peacekeepers confirmed that hundreds of Tutsi rebel fighters are pulling back from North Kivu conflict zones, a day after Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda said his troops would stage a partial withdrawal as a show of goodwill.
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- ZIMBABWE
- Tsvangirai appears before French foreign affairs committee
- Tuesday 18 November 2008
- Zimbabwe opposition (MDC party) leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in Paris Tuesday, meeting with the foreign affairs committee of the French Parliament.
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- FOOTBALL - AFRICA
- Egypt's Al-Alhy win 6th African League title
- Sunday 16 November 2008
- Al-Alhy of Egypt won a record sixth African Champions League title against Cameroon's Cotonsport Garoua, 4-2 on aggregate after wining the first leg in Cairo. Playing in their first final, the Camerounese dominated the game but wasted many chances.
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- RWANDA - FRANCE
- Rwandan presidential aide 'charged' with complicity to murder
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- A French court charged Rose Kabuye, a close aide to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, for complicity to murder over the killing of president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994. Kabuye has been freed on condition she not leave France without permission.
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- BURKINA FASO
- At least 67 people dead in bus collision
- Saturday 15 November 2008
- At least 67 people died in a road collision near Boromo, west of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. The bus was going to neighbouring country Ivory Coast when it rammed into a truck carrying sugar and caught fire.
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