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• Nigeria: Government shuts Lagos Bridge13:20Parts of the popular Eko bridge in Lagos may be closed temporarily in order to measure fire impact.
• S. Leone: President welcomes star Akon13:10President Bai Koroma welcomed moves to bring US-Senegalese singer Akon back home.
• SA marks Sharpeville Massacre of 196012:50South Africans marked the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre Sunday that killed 69 people.
• Egypt: $2bn to help Darfur12:45A conference to help Sudan's Darfur region rebuild its infrastructure hopes to raise $2 billion.
• "Muammar al-Gaddafi is a mad man"20/03The President of the senate of Nigeria David Mark describes the northern African dictator as a "mad man."
• Namibia: Opposition snub swearing-in20/03The opposition in Namibia have snubbed the swearing-in of the country's president.
• Nigerian asylum seeker dies in Switzerland19/03A Nigerian man on hunger strike has died on the tarmac at Zurich airport in Switzerland.
• Sudan: Kidnapped Red Cross worker freed19/03Sudan Security Forces released a Red Cross aid worker, who was held in Darfur for 147 days.
• Zambia: 11 die of cholera19/03Eleven people died of cholera in Zambia since the outbreak of the disease during the rainy season.
• Uganda: African journalists reject press bill19/03The Federation of African Journalists has rejected the Press and Journalists Bill in Uganda.
• Togo: Gnassingbe confirmed as president19/03Togo's Constitutional Court has confirmed the re-election of President Faure Gnassingbe.
• Gambia: 10 coup plotters charged19/03The government of Gambia has charged 10 security officers for treason.
• Ethiopia: Zenawi threatens to jam VOA signal19/03Ethiopia's PM Meles Zenawi has said he is prepared to order jamming of VOA signals.
• Zambia: Genital cocaine trafficker jailed18/03A woman who concealed over 300 grammes of cocaine in her private parts have been jailed five years.
• Uganda: LRA rebels kill 19 in DRC18/03The notorious rebel group of Uganda killed 19 people in their recent attacks near the DRC.