Libya
Law | War & Peace | War Crimes
Attacks on Misrata "are war crimes"
afrol News, 6 May - Attacks by forces loyal to Colonel Ghaddafi on civilian and residential areas of Misrata, Libya, "may amount to war crimes," according to human rights specialists.
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Benin
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | War & Peace
Fear of post-election violence in Benin
afrol News, 28 March - Benin's Constitutional Court today started examining the opposition's claims of vote rigging after the elections had given a surprise outright win to the incumbent. Observers fear "Ivorian conditions" in Benin.
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Egypt
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law
Still double standards in Egypt justice
afrol News, 24 March - Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is not.
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Ghana
Crime | Development
Ghana con-men sell sand as fertilizer
afrol News, 24 March - Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was fertilizer.
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Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | People | War & Peace | War Crimes
Africa defies AU chief's support for Ghaddafi
afrol News, 18 March - African Union (AU) chief and Equatorial Guinea dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema twice has called Colonel Ghaddafi to secure AU support. But other African countries rather support Libya's rebels.
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Uganda
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | People
Uganda opposition wins Kampala mayor vote
afrol News, 15 March - In the first-ever significant opposition election victory, Erias Lukwago was declared winner of the polls in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. But the powers of the mayor's office have been limited.
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Morocco
Democracy - Dictatorship | Good governance | Law | People | Policy
Morocco protesters encouraged by King's speech
afrol News, 10 March - King Mohammed VI, with his speech announcing constitutional reforms, improved his ratings by the Moroccan pro-democracy movement. "It shows he is listening," say typical reactions.
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Egypt
Affairs | Crime | History | Policy | Terrorism | Violence
Leaks: "Mubarak behind 2005 terror attack"
afrol News, 9 March - Documents seized from Egypt's dismantled State Security agency seem to document that the Mubarak regime itself was planning and executing the bombing of the Mövenpick Hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2005.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
Côte d'Ivoire war displaces half a million
afrol News, 8 March - The new warfare in Côte d'Ivoire, which includes cutting water and power provisions for entire populations, has now displaced an estimated half a million persons. The number is quickly increasing.
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Benin
Affairs | Elections | Law
Benin protesters won demanded vote delay
afrol News, 5 March - Benin last month saw mass protests, demanding a delay of the elections planned for 27 February as 1.4 million voters were missing in the electoral roll. Now, the Constitutional Court has given them right.
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Namibia | Libya
Diplomacy | People | War & Peace
Libya's ambassador in Namibia defects
afrol News, 4 March - A Namibian-based diplomat at the Libyan Embassy has defected to join anti-Ghaddafi and pro-democracy movement at home and abroad. Saad Bakar (44) and his family have left Namibia for "a Mediterranean destination".
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Egypt
Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | People
Egypt PM Shafiq resigns after protests
afrol News, 3 March - Protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square again are jubilant as Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. The new PM, technocrat Essam Sharaf, was on the protesters' list of proposals.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Refugees - Displaced | War & Peace
Côte d'Ivoire fighting intensifies
afrol News, 1 March - Clashes between armed commandos and members of the security forces loyal to Côte d'Ivoire's outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo are intensifying in the city of Abidjan, leaving many dead.
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