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09/07/2011 - Senegal-Chad

Former dictator Habré to be sent back to Chad

Senegal is to send former Chadian dictator Hissene Habré back to his home country after two decades in exile where he faces the death sentence.

07/07/2011 - South Africa - Libya - report

Kadhafi ready to keep out of Libya peace talks, SA minister says

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has sent envoys to tell South African President Jacob Zuma he will stay out of talks on a peace deal and his own future, according to Foreign Minister Maite Nkoane Mashebane.

02/07/2011 - Libya - Nato - African Union

AU agrees Libya plan as Kadhafi threatens Europe

The African Union (AU) has pledged to organise talks between the warring Libyan parties, but US leaders told Moamer Kadhafi to democracy not threats after he told Europe that his supporters could ...

26/06/2011 - Libya - AU

Zuma slams Nato Libya operation as AU panel meets

South African President Jacob Zuma slammed Nato’s operation in Libya at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) Libya panel meeting in Pretoria.

03/06/2011 - South Africa - Mozambique - report

South Africa, Mozambique combine to fight Somali pirates

Mozambique and South Africa have agreed to cooperate in fighting piracy, which is spreading south from Somalia.

30/05/2011 - Libya

Zuma in Libya as pressure mounts on Kadhafi

South African President Jacob Zuma was heading for Tripoli on Monday for talks to end the Libyan crisis, as international pressure mounts for Moamer Kadhafi to step down.

13/04/2011

African press review 13 April 2011

Displaced persons in Kenya, advice from Kenya's prime minister to Côte d'Ivoire's President-elect Alassane Ouattara and fighting Aids, tuberculosis and malaria in Zimbabwe are some of the ...

12/04/2011

African press review 12 April 2011

Tuesday's papers from across the continent report on a rally in Kenya, opposition arrests in Uganda, the African Union's plea for action on Somalia - and say goodbye to Mr Gbagbo.

11/04/2011 - Libya

AU leaders in Benghazi to discuss Kadhafi-approved peace plan with rebels

A team of African leaders was met by protestors in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi as they arrived to present a peace plan already accepted by Moamer Kadhafi's regime.

10/04/2011 - Libya - African Union interview

African mediators want Libya truce, says Zuma aide

Top-level African Union mediators will call on both sides in Libya's conflict to lay down their arms on a mission to the divided country starting Sunday, an adviser to South Africa's Jacob Zuma ...

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