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  • Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott
    King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. (Reuters)
    PUDEMO leader says the government has refused to adhere to fundamental rights of the people to vote in a level playing field Read more...

 
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  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court
    Nigerian soldiers are seen patrolling a town in the north-eastern state of Borno in this April 30, 2013, file photo.
    A spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum says the group’s lawyers are gathering evidence of alleged government human rights violations Read more...
     

  • Nigeria to Free All Female Islamist Suspects
    Release of several Islamist suspects, including women hoped to contribute to peace with Boko Haram extremists Read more...
     

  • Emergency Response Grows in Chad
    Humanitarian organizations rush to aid 50,000 refugees and migrants in Tissi Read more...
     

  • Mugabe Signs New Zimbabwe Constitution Into Law
    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs Zimbabwe's new constitution into law in Harare,  May 22, 2013.
    African nation moves step closer to holding new elections, which longtime president says must be peaceful Read more...
     

  • Seven Egyptian Hostages Freed in Sinai
    The release around dawn Wednesday came after hours of intense negotiations between Egyptian intelligence and tribal leaders in the Sinai Read more...
     

  • DRC: Shelling Kills Civilians in Goma
    Third day of fighting between government army, rebels in results in several civilian deaths a day prior to UN Secretary General Ban's visit Read more...
     

  • New Hope for Better Internet Access in Africa
    Tech company plans to offer wireless router that can function in difficult environments  Read more...
     

  • Lebanese Farmland Firm to Invest up to $800 Million in Sudan
    Arab firms lease farmland in Sudan to secure food for Gulf  Read more...
     

  • UN: AIDS Deaths Down, Treatment Up in Africa
    Number of Africans who receive anti-retroviral drugs rose from less than 1 million in 2005 to more than 7 million last year  Read more...
     

  • UN Works to Contain Disease Epidemics in Two African Countries
    Measles in Central African Republic and cholera in Niger devastate at risk communities Read more...
     

  • 'Barbaric' slaying may be terror attack
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    A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday. The gruesome attack is being treated as a suspected act of terrorism. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | ANALYSIS  Video
     

  • Ahmadinejad aide banned from presidential race
    Tehran (CNN) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Wednesday. Read more...
     

  • Gaza boy's death: Who to believe?
    Jerusalem (CNN) -- As Jamal al-Durrah washes his son Mohammad's tombstone in a Gaza graveyard, he fears that the boy's spirit rests uneasy. Read more...
     

  • Sean Penn calls for American's release, irks Bolivian minister
    (CNN) -- Actor Sean Penn, a friend of Bolivian President Evo Morales, nonetheless angered the South American country's government after his call for the release of a U.S. businessman who has been imprisoned since 2011. Read more...
     

  • Swedish capital shaken by 3 nights of rioting
    (CNN) -- Rioting has broken out for the past three nights in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, with scores of cars set alight and violent clashes between police and youths. Read more...
     

  • Lawmaker: Some suspects ID'd in Benghazi attack
    The U.S. government has identified "a certain number of people" believed involved in the Benghazi, Libya, attack, a senior Republican lawmaker told CNN on Tuesday. Read more...
     

  • 30 years after HIV’s discovery, scientists optimistic about AIDS cure for some sufferers
    ON the sidelines of a Paris conference to mark the... Read more...


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