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AFP - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.
AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the cabinet a little over a month after taking power, asserting his authority over the government in Africa's most populous nation.
Reuters - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved the cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to consolidate his authority at the helm of Africa's most populous nation a month after he assumed executive powers.
AP - Nigeria's acting president dissolved the Cabinet on Wednesday, purging top officials loyal to the nation's ill president in his first major act since taking over the young democracy's highest office more than a month ago.
Over 600 Rwandan rebels killed or captured: DR.Congo army
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![Congolese army [FARDC] soldiers patroling in Mboko village in south-Kivu, in 2009. More than 600 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed or captured since January in an operation backed by the UN mission to the country, the Congolese army said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Adia Tshipuku)](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100317/capt.photo_1268850881593-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=nUvd7.OUH3RVMsO61U6ZrQ--)
AFP - More than 600 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed or captured since January in an operation backed by the UN mission to the country, the Congolese army said Wednesday.
AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the cabinet a little over a month after taking power, asserting his authority over the government in Africa's most populous nation.
AFP - Sudanese authorities have re-arrested 15 members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement after releasing them following a truce with the Darfur group, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
AFP - The African Union slapped sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar's rulers for failing to implement accords to end a long political crisis, as fresh violence erupted in the island's capital.
AP - Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing four children while drag racing on drugs.
Libya welcomes Gaddafi compensation offer by Swiss
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Reuters - A top Libyan official on Wednesday welcomed as a "step forward" a call by Swiss officials for damages to be paid to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was arrested in Geneva in 2008.
Sudan hangs two for killing Chinese oil workers
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Reuters - Sudan executed two people convicted of killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, in one of the country's most energy-rich regions, state media reported on Wednesday.
Fear of surge in Internet crime ahead of S.Africa World Cup
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AFP - Football fans making plans for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will likely face a surge in Internet crime targeting online ticket and hotel shoppers, security experts warned Wednesday.
AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma met Zimbabwe's feuding leaders Wednesday amid growing pressure for the fragile unity government to move toward fresh elections.
AP - The African Union imposed sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar after the former disc jockey who seized power on the Indian Ocean island failed to implement a power-sharing deal prompted by last year's coup.
Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to star at World Cup concert
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AFP - Grammy-winning international artists will perform at the World Cup kick-off celebration, on the eve of the world's biggest sporting event in South Africa, FIFA said on Wednesday.
AFP - Chadian herdsmen killed at least 18 people in the Central African Republic after two of their own died in a brawl, officials said Wednesday.
AFP - The African Union on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Madagascar's de facto leader Andry Rajoelina and 108 of his backers over the island's protracted political crisis, officials said.
AP - Church leaders say they have met in this fiercely conservative southern African nation to "understand the phenomenon" of same sex partners days ahead of a court verdict that could send two gay men to jail for up to 14 years.
Mediator starts talks on Zimbabwe power-sharing
(AP)
AP - South African President Jacob Zuma began talks Wednesday with Zimbabwe's political leaders on his first trip as chief regional mediator to patch up differences in the troubled coalition government.
AFP - The United States will face the Czech Republic in a warm-up for the World Cup finals in South Africa on May 26 at Hartford, Connecticut.
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