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  • DR Congo election: Mediation effort to avert violence

    Mediators have intervened to avert violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of the release of complete election results, officials say. Opposition supporters have warned they will reject President Joseph Kabila's victory, alleging widespread rigging.

    With about 90% of votes counted from last Monday's polls, Mr Kabila has 49%, against 33% for his main rival, Etienne Tshisekedi, official results show.

    BBC | December 8, 2011
  • Somalia fighting: New clashes in capital Mogadishu

    The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has been hit by some of the fiercest fighting in the city in months, in what is seen as a major setback for the government.

    The clashes began shortly after dawn between Islamist al-Shabab militants and government forces, backed by African Union (AU) troops.  The AU forces are reported to have used tanks and heavy artillery.

    BBC | December 8, 2011
  • Q&A: Ivory Coast parliamentary elections

    Voters in Ivory Coast go to the polls on Sunday in their first parliamentary election since 2000, when former President Laurent Gbagbo came to power with his Ivorian Popular Front (FPI). It is only a few months since the violence caused by Mr Gbagbo's refusal to accept that he had lost the presidential elections died down and Alassane Ouattara took office as the new leader.

    BBC | December 8, 2011
  • DRCongo vote results near as police, opposition clash

    President Joseph Kabila looked poised to claim a new five-year term as officials prepare to announce the winner of the DR Congo's elections, a day after opposition supporters clashed with police.

    The announcement, originally scheduled for Tuesday but postponed for 48 hours by election officials, has created trepidation after a campaign marred by street fights between rival partisans and deadly police crackdowns on opposition supporters.

    AFP via Yahoo News | December 8, 2011
  • Congo’s Kabila Set to Extend Rule Amid Fears of Violence

    Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila looked set to extend his 10-year rule as the U.S. joined other governments warning that the mineral-rich country’s election results may trigger violence.

    Kabila leads his main rival, Etienne Tshisekedi, 49 percent to 33 percent with 89 percent of polling stations reporting, Daniel Ngoy Mulunda, the head of the electoral commission, told reporters in Kinshasa, the capital, yesterday.

    Bloomberg | December 7, 2011
  • Afghan President Karzai vows to confront Pakistani government over Kabul suicide bombing

    KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president vowed Wednesday to confront the Pakistani government over a devastating suicide bombing against a Shiite shrine in Kabul that he said originated in Pakistan, putting further pressure on already strained relations between the two neighbors.

    AP via Washington Post | December 7, 2011
  • South Sudan: Jonglei village in deadly 'cattle attack'

    At least 41 people have died in an attack by armed men on a village in South Sudan's Jonglei state, notorious for ethnic fighting and cattle raids.

    Jonglei State Governor Kuol Manyang told the BBC that many of the dead were women and children who were burnt alive when they tried to hide in their huts.

    BBC | December 7, 2011
  • Sudan & S.Sudan clash in disputed area

    (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army on Wednesday repelled an attack by South Sudanese troops in a contested area on the border between the two country, a military spokesperson said in Khartoum and Juba confirmed the fighting.Sudan and South Sudan have in the recent months escalated accusations of supporting rebel groups on both sides. Sudan’s army (SAF) has been conducting a large-scale campaign against the rebels of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) following the end of the rainy season.

    Sudan Tribune | December 7, 2011
  • DR Congo election: Joseph Kabila ahead of Tshisekedi

    President Joseph Kabila is leading Democratic Republic of Congo's election with 46% of the vote, results show.

    With more than two-thirds of votes counted, his closest challenger, Etienne Tshisekedi, trails on 36%, the election commission says.

    BBC | December 6, 2011
  • Former Ivory Coast Strongman Appears at Hague Court

    PARIS — Seven months after artillery fire from United Nations and French troops drove him from his fortified compound, Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, appeared in public for the first time on Monday, as he faced courtroom cameras and a panel of international judges in The Hague.

    Dressed in dark clothes, bought hastily over the weekend by his lawyers, Mr. Gbagbo sounded subdued and waived his right to hear the prosecutor’s accusations read out to him.

    New York Times | December 6, 2011

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