South Sudan’s president, rebel leader sign ceasefire
The ceasefire between South Sudan’s government and rebels will end months of violence and see the formation of a transitional government.
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South Sudan rebels, government start ceasefire talks
South Sudan’s rebels and a government delegation have begun peace talks in Ethiopia to try end fighting that has killed at least 1 000 people.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Zenawi dies in Brussels
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital in Belgium.
Sudan and South Sudan reach oil deal
The countries still need to resolve key border security issues to end hostilities, a mediator from the African Union said on Saturday.
Dlamini-Zuma elected to head AU Commission
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has won a tightly contested vote to become the new head of the African Union Commission – the first woman to hold the post.
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Rival Sudans sign security agreement to defuse tensions
Sudan and South Sudan signed a security agreement which aims to defuse tensions over oil payments which officials had warned could spark a war.
African states can help each other fend off euro fallout
The World Bank’s vice-president for Africa says states should enhance inter-continental trade to fight off the impact of the eurozone crisis.
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Tourists attacked, kidnapped in Ethopia
Four people, including two foreign tourists, have been kidnapped by gunmen, after an attack on a group in Ethopia’s Afar region.
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Kenya vows to smash al-Shabaab ‘menace’
Kenya will end its campaign against the al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia when it is satisfied it has stripped the group of its capacity to attack.
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SA laments Mogadishu bombings
SA has bemoaned the suicide bomb attack that killed 70 people in Mogadishu, while Somalia’s Prime Minister urged aid workers not to stay away.
Millions of lives threatened in the Horn of Africa
Across the Horn of Africa, a fierce drought is forcing more than 10-million people to rely on emergency food aid, up from a forecast of six-million.
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Somalia faces ‘world’s worst humanitarian disaster’
Rasheed Hassan had to walk out on his son when he fled war in his native Somalia to go to neighbouring Ethiopia.
Libya calls on AU to join fight against ‘Western colonisers’
Libya wants the African Union to invoke a mutual defence pact to deal with Western air strikes that seek to "punish Africa … and colonise it again".
Côte d’Ivoire ‘s Ouattara rejects AU power-sharing call
Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Allasane Ouattara rejected on Friday an African Union call to share power with defeated president Laurent Gbagbo.
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Equatorial Guinea new AU chair
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo replaced Malawi’s leader as African Union chairperson on Sunday.
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Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters
While the land where the Nile originates is constantly ravaged by drought, downstream countries get the full benefit of its water.
‘King of kings’ Gadaffi muscles back into AU
Months after reluctantly handing over the AU presidency, Libya’s Moammar Gadaffi has tried once again to stamp his authority on the body’s agenda.
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Ethiopia court sentences ex-dictator Mengistu to death
Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence on Monday, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal. The court followed the request of the prosecution to toughen the sentence imposed in January 2007 on Mengistu.
