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  Heavy clashes in southern suburbs of Libyan capital

  Reuters . Tripoli | Updated at 12:43am on April 21, 2019

  Heavy clashes broke out in the southern districts of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday, with shelling audible in the city centre, residents said, as...

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  Sudan investigating Bashir

  Reuters . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 21, 2019

  Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal...

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  Sudan protesters to unveil civilian ruling body

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 20, 2019

  Sudanese protest leaders have announced plans to unveil a civilian body to take over from the ruling military council as demonstrators thronged Friday outside army...

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  IS declares Congo ‘Central African Province’

  Reuters. Goma | Updated at 12:24pm on April 19, 2019

  Islamic State claimed its first attack in Congo on Thursday, and declared it the ‘Central Africa Province’ of the ‘Caliphate,’ after two Congolese soldiers and...

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  Bashir moved to Khartoum prison amid doctors’ rally

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 18, 2019

  Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison, a family source said Wednesday, as doctors marched through the capital to join a...

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  More than 60,000 people flee Nicaragua crisis: UN

  Agence-France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  More than 60,000 people have fled the crisis in Nicaragua over the past year, the UN said Tuesday, with neighbouring Costa Rica bearing the brunt...

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  Algeria’s top official resigns as students keep up protests

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  The chairman of Algeria’s Constitutional Council Tayib Belaiz quit his post on Tuesday, state news agency APS said, following calls for his resignation by pro-democracy...

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  Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with civilian rule as Tuesday they refused to end...

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  Nearly 150 killed in battle for Tripoli: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Tripoli | Updated at 12:00am on April 16, 2019

  At least 147 people have been killed and 614 wounded in the offensive launched on April 4 by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar to take...

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  Sudan leaders face pressure for transfer to civilian rule

  Agence-France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 16, 2019

  Sudan’s military rulers faced pressure from demonstrators and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government Monday as activists warned of an attempt...