Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:56
Rebels in Sudan's Darfur have moved within kilometres of a key town in the violence-racked region, local media have reported.
Africa

Rebels in Sudan's Darfur have moved within kilometres of a key town in the violence-racked region, local media have reported.

Kenya's new president, Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international charges of crimes against humanity, has been sworn in to office at a ceremony in a stadium packed with supporters and foreign dignitaries.

Qatar has pledged $500m in aid to rebuild Sudan's Darfur region after a decade-long conflict, an official has said.

Armed men have ambushed a police boat in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, leaving 12 officers missing and presumed dead, security officials said.

Michel Djotodia, Central African Republic's self-appointed president, has said he will step down if not selected by a council created to a choose an interim president.

Attackers have stormed the home of a Nigerian deputy governor and slit the throats of two of his guards, while killing nine others in the same village in the restive northeast, police said.

Hundreds of delegates are meeting Doha for a donor conference to raise support for a mulit-billion dollar project to rebuild Sudan's Darfur region after a decade-long conflict.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital after spending ten days being treated for pneumonia, a statement from the office of the presidency said.

South Sudan has restarted oil production, ending a bitter 15-month row with former civil-war enemy Sudan and marking a major breakthrough in relations after bloody border clashes last year.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has urged Mali to stick to its July 7 date for presidential elections and complete the democratic transition.
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