South Sudan kicks out president of oil company

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• Non-aggression pact welcomed between Sudan, S Sudan
• Rival Sudans sign security agreement to defuse tensions
• Kidnapped Chinese workers in South Sudan freed
• South Sudan’s poisoned inheritance

Trial wraps up for Egypt's Mubarak

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• Egypt presidential vote to be early June
• Egypt's winds of change remain to be seen
• Mubarak's lawyer denies evidence of Israeli gas deal link
• Hosni Mubarak painted as 'a just man'

Youssou N'Dour injured during Senegal rally

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• Protests intensify ahead of Senegal presidential elections
• Senegal protesters and police clash just before vote
• Song and dance over Youssou N'Dour's presidential run
• Riots erupt in Senegal's holy city of Tivaouane

'Resurrected' Mugabe 'fit as a fiddle' at 88

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• Mugabe's ailing health spurring election push, says Tsvangirai
• Zimbabwe's 'difficult marriage' set to continue
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Report says Somali children used as 'cannon fodder'

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• Missile strikes rebel stronghold near Somalia port
• Rebels' Mogadishu bombing campaign set to intensify
• Somali famine declared over, but UN urges caution
• Red Cross banned from al-Shabaab controlled areas in Somalia

Senior Congo diplomats claim asylum in UK

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• King Zwelithini lambasts 'unacceptable' DRC protests
• Anti-Joseph Kabila protesters urge DRC boycott at Indaba
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Teenager to be caned for Facebook insult

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• Campaign urges MPs to end corporal punishment
• Traditional Courts Bill out of step

Protests intensify ahead of Senegal presidential elections

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• Senegal protesters and police clash just before vote
• Riots erupt in Senegal's holy city of Tivaouane
• Senegal opposition prepares for renewed protest
• Senegal bans opposition march against Wade

Mugabe: We can reject Zuma (but he may stay, for now)

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• Term-limit clause spooks Mugabe loyalists
• Zimbabwe's 'difficult marriage' set to continue
• Mugabe brushes off partial sanctions lifting
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Southern Africa

• 'Resurrected' Mugabe 'fit as a fiddle' at 88
• Mugabe: We can reject Zuma (but he may stay, for now)
• Teenager to be caned for Facebook insult
• Only cowards don't want elections, says Mugabe
• Malawi's jailed ex-attorney general in hospital

North Africa

• Trial wraps up for Egypt's Mubarak
• Riots erupt in Senegal's holy city of Tivaouane
• Flags and hope on Libya's uneasy anniversary
• Militias continue stronghold a year after Libyan uprising
• Egypt elections penned in for May

West Africa

• Youssou N'Dour injured during Senegal rally
• Protests intensify ahead of Senegal presidential elections
• Senegal protesters and police clash just before vote
• Egypt presidential vote to be early June
• Côte d'Ivoire scoops up top spot in Ecowas

Central Africa

• Senior Congo diplomats claim asylum in UK
• Plane crash kills DRC presidential aide
• France probes Africa's big spenders
• DRC election protest goes viral
• Kabila camp takes DRC parliamentary majority

East Africa

• South Sudan kicks out president of oil company
• Report says Somali children used as 'cannon fodder'
• Missile strikes rebel stronghold near Somalia port
• Rebels' Mogadishu bombing campaign set to intensify
• Non-aggression pact welcomed between Sudan, S Sudan

General Africa

• Benin's AU meeting begins with security threat talks
• SA and the AU: It's complicated
• AU succession on hold after Ethiopia deadlock
• African crises dominate talks as Benin takes AU helm
• Zuma's delegation gets ready for AU summit