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Aug 3, 2009, 2:00 pm

More than 160 people were killed when heavily armed South Sudan tribal fighters launched a raid on a rival group.

Aug 3, 2009, 8:00 am

The German-flagged container vessel was captured about 400 miles off the southern Somali port of Kismayu on April 4.

Aug 1, 2009, 4:00 am

President Jacob Zuma has succeeded in avoiding protracted labour unrest that would have hurt his presidency.

Jul 30, 2009, 11:00 pm

The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria was shot dead in police custody late on Thursday .

Jul 30, 2009, 12:00 pm

Security forces in northern Nigeria battled the remnants of an Islamic sect following days of unrest and 180 deaths.

Jul 30, 2009, 10:00 am

Botswana's central bank will introduce new banknotes with enhanced security features next month.

Jul 29, 2009, 7:00 pm

Security forces have freed scores of women and children during a crackdown on a violent Islamic sect.

Jul 29, 2009, 9:00 am

Court sentenced five men to death for masterminding suicide bomb attacks in 2008 that killed at least 24 people.

Jul 28, 2009, 12:00 pm

Clashes between the police and Muslim rebels in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri have killed 103 people.

Jul 23, 2009, 10:00 pm

At least 24 people, most of them civilians, were killed when rebels attacked an army base in eastern Congo.

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