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Improvements slowly coming to Liberia
Jan 16 2007 4:31PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The street lamp that shines on the three young women as they braid each other's hair was not there six months ago. Parts of Liberia's capital now have running water, and a unit of the newly trained 2,500-strong police force has weapons for the first time to fight Monrovia's rampant crime.
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Somali PM: African peacekeepers coming
Jan 16 2007 11:11AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The first African peacekeepers to help the government assert its authority in Somalia are expected to arrive within two weeks, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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Nigeria clashes leave a dozen dead
Jan 16 2007 9:28AM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell evacuated staff from two oil installations in southern Nigeria and the military boosted troop levels in the volatile area Tuesday after a dozen village elders were killed in a riverboat attack, officials said.
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AP: Liberia won't try Charles Taylor
Jan 16 2007 7:17AM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said her country does not need to prosecute former president Charles Taylor because he is already being tried by a U.N.-backed court for his role in atrocities committed in neighboring Sierra Leone.
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Cholera outbreak in Angola kills 2,760
Jan 16 2007 2:07AM (CT)
LUANDA, Angola (AP) - More than 2,760 people have died of cholera in Angola since an epidemic broke out last February, authorities said Monday.
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