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He and five others are detained, apparently in response to a failed raid on the capital by Darfur rebels. >>
Traditional ways of helping poor children clash with Western concepts. >>
Few war veterans benefited from the redistribution of land. Now the question that will hang over a possible MDC government is whether a small circle of powerful people will retain ownership of seized >>
Mugabe greets him at the airport. >>
Few benefited from the redistribution of farms. Now the issue for a possible MDC government is whether a small circle of powerful people will retain ownership of seized land. >>
Traditional ways of helping poor children clash with Western concepts. >>
The opposition MDC presidential candidate plans to return to his homeland soon. >>
The incursion to the outskirts of Khartoum is not viewed as a serious threat to the regime. But the rebels' efforts could encourage other groups to rise up. >>
South Africa lifted a 13-year ban on killing elephants Thursday, a move conservationists warn could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten dwindling populations elsewhere on the continent. >>
At least five are killed when members of the ruling party round up opposition backers in a village north of Harare and pummel them. >>
The duck-billed oddity contains genes that are mammalian, avian and reptilian, scientists who mapped them say. >>
Troops and armed shopkeepers clash with stone-throwing crowds protesting soaring prices and collapsing currency. >>
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Mining company says 500-year-old find has yielded Iberian coins, ivory and weapons. >>
Actress Mia Farrow urged Beijing today to help stop the killings in Sudan's western Darfur region, staging a peaceful, one-woman protest on the sidelines of the Hong Kong leg of the Olympic torch relay. >>
The MDC opposition party, which says its candidate won the first time, accuses Mugabe of 'grand theft.' It will decide this weekend whether to take part in new voting. >>
An Al Jazeera cameraman was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and returned to Sudan early today after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. >>
Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of a brutal Islamic militia, dies along with others in a Navy missile strike. >>
A final tally by the election commission shows the opposition candidate outpolled President Mugabe but did not win outright. >>
An appeal for intervention is opposed by some Security Council members. Election officials in the African nation again delay release of presidential vote results. >>
An army of aid workers has sparked the economy of El Fasher. Rents are soaring, there are imported fruits and vegetables in the markets and the number of gas stations has tripled. >>
Two factions reach a deal that will give them a majority in parliament, and some ruling party members are said to have switched allegiance. Presidential election results are again delayed. >>
A senior official in the ruling ZANU-PF party says many of the president's allies have given up hope of keeping power. >>
Rollout of the U.N.-African Union force has been slow, and equipment is lacking. But expectations remain high. >>
The party's headquarters are raided as a postelection security crackdown intensifies. An election monitoring group is also targeted. >>
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A tribesman who served as a translator for U.N. observers and foreign journalists in Darfur tells his story. >>
The call comes as a Chinese ship carrying weapons heads for home after being shunned at ports in southern Africa. >>
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief laments stalled efforts to end the conflict. Sudan's envoy disputes the figure. >>
A grass-roots protest is rising as violence linked to the disputed election is reported. >>
The street clashes between Ethiopian troops and anti-government fighters have lasted 2 days. >>
Activists say people are detained in bush camps, where they're tortured, and that pro-Mugabe forces have burned the homes of opposition supporters to pressure them to back the president in a runoff. >>
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The actress says that the IOC flunks in addressing the Darfur genocide, and she emphasizes China's power to influence the Sudanese government. >>
President Robert Mugabe devoted his first major speech since the unresolved presidential election three weeks ago to denouncing whites and former colonial ruler Britain, blaming them for the country's political and economic troubles. >>
Toughening its stance, it calls for election results to be released. >>
Minibus drivers in the eastern part of this capital city largely stayed off the roads Wednesday after a notorious criminal gang threatened to behead anyone driving or taking public transport. >>
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges President Mugabe to release the final numbers from the March 29 balloting. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown contends that 'no one' thinks Mugabe won the vote. >>
Opposition attempts to stage a nationwide strike to demand the release of election results largely fizzled Tuesday, as many among the small proportion of Zimbabweans with jobs reported to work. >>
Zimbabwe's High Court rejected an appeal Monday for the immediate release of presidential election results, prompting the opposition to call a nationwide strike for today. >>
Kibaki's rival becomes premier; Cabinet posts are split. Protesters clash with police. >>
The recent killing of a USAID worker in Khartoum is the latest sign that a new generation of Islamists threatens what had been among the safest of African capitals. >>
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