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Gabon's president begins another term
Jan 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) - Africa's longest-serving leader, President Omar Bongo of Gabon, was sworn in Thursday for another term as nearly a dozen of the continent's current and former leaders looked on.
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Drought, food shortage wracks Somalia
Jan 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An agency responsible for monitoring food availability in Somalia declared a humanitarian emergency Thursday, reporting that an extreme drought has left 1.75 million people in need of assistance.
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Ivory Coast protests enter fourth day
Jan 19 2006 10:15PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Protesters defied a call by Ivory Coast's president to end street violence that entered its fourth day Thursday, as the U.N. Security Council warned of possible sanctions against those trying to sabotage the African nation's peace process.
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Ivory Coast protests enter fourth day
Jan 19 2006 10:49AM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Violent street protests shook southern Ivory Coast for a fourth day Thursday as supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo defied his call to return home and demanded the United Nations be punished for a deadly firefight involving its peacekeepers.
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Battle over livestock kills 38 in Kenya
Jan 19 2006 10:45AM (CT)
LODWAR, Kenya (AP) - A battle for livestock between Ethiopian and Kenyan nomads has left 38 people dead in drought-stricken northern Kenya, where tribes are desperately searching for food, pasture and water to survive, officials and aid workers said Thursday.
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South African industrialist Rupert dies
Jan 19 2006 10:31AM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Anton Rupert, a South African industrialist and philanthropist who opposed apartheid's inhumanities and funded environmental and educational projects, has died at age 89, a family spokesman said Thursday.
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