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03/10/2011 - World news explained

Alternative Nobel honours anti-establishment fighters

The Right Livelihood Award's organisers say it is an alternative Nobel prize.

10/07/2011 - Senegal-Chad

UN urges Senegal to reverse Habre extradition

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has urged Senegal to reconsider sending Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre back to his home country to face justice for alleged atrocities.

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.

08/07/2011 - France - Chad

Paris court sentences four for killing Chad president Déby's son

A French court has sentenced four men to between five and 13 years in prison for the 2007 murder of the son of Chad’s President

07/07/2011 - Libya - Chad

Libyan workers flee to Chad

The UN estimates that some 74,000 people working in Libya have fled to Chad since the beginning of the Libyan crisis in mid-February. The total number includes several hundred Libyans and workers from other countries

25/04/2011 - Chad

Deby assured of re-election in Chad’s presidentials

Incumbent Idriss Deby Itno is standing for a fourth term at Chad’s presidential election on Monday. Main opposition leaders are boycotting the vote.

09/04/2011 - Italy

Berlusconi visits Lampedusa as migrants continue to flood in

Boats full of refugees from Libya continued to arrive on Italy's Lampedusa island on Saturday, as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid a visit.

21/02/2011 - Côte d’Ivoire

Clashes in Côte d'Ivoire as African leaders arrive

Fresh clashes erupted between supporters of Côte d’Ivoire’s rival presidents Monday, as four African leaders launched a new bid to break the impasse.

27/11/2010 - Spotlight on Africa

Bemba on trial, Habré soon to be, and a Nigerian presidential candidate

This week: the start of Jean-Pierre Bemba's war crimes trial; fundraising for the trial of former Chadian president Hissène Habré; a northern rival for Nigerian presidential ...

19/11/2010 - Senegal