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• CPJ: "Africa not graveyard of journalists"15:18Africa is not the world's graveyard of journalists, states the Committee to Protect Journalists.
• ECOWAS hits at Guinea junta12:10Economic Community of West African States orders the Guinea junta to step down.
• Kenya: Explosion victims in for treatment11:39Thirteen wounded Somalis including a minister were flown into Kenya for medical treatment.
• Swine flu kills more in Egypt10:55Two more people have died of the A/H1N1 flu in Egypt bringing the country’s death toll to 31.
• Water shortage worsen in Ethiopia - WFP10:40Critical water shortages continue to be reported in chronic water-insecure areas of Ethiopia, while food security situation in the central and norther…
• Six injured in Malawi earth tremor10:25About six people were rushed to hospital and several others rendered homeless when an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale and about 12 tremo…
• Seychelles authorities arrest 11 pirates10:00Minister Joel Morgan, the Chairman of the High Level Committee on Piracy has announced that the Seychelles Coastguard vessel Topaz, has arrested 11 So…
• Malawian herbalist claims to have AIDS cure09:40A herbalist in the Malawian southern region district of Mangochi, Ellen Dimba, claims to have a herbal mixture that can cure AIDS.
• New satellite site for regional telecoms body09:00A second site for the Regional African Satellite Communication (RASCOM) is under construction in Gambia.
• Southern Sudan politicians arrested07/12The authorities in Sudan have arrested several leaders of southern Sudan's main political party, after they refused to cancel a banned rally.
• Cairo-Algiers ties recovering07/12Algeria and Egypt set up a joint oil company to revive their relationship after a row.
• Malawi: Court throws out opposition case07/12Malawi's main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, John Tembo's demand for the May 19, 2009 presidential polls recount have been thrown out…
• Senegal settles US land sale lawsuit05/12The Senegalese government has made an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by a New York property developer.
• Egypt: 80 feared dead in ferry collision05/12Two passenger ferries collided on the Nile River in northern Egypt, with about 80 people reported to be missing.
• Namibia: Ruling party wins landslide05/12Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has been re-elected for a second term after winning 76.4% of the vote in last week's poll, official results sho…