Africa

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Armed groups have ended a nearly two-week siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries in the capital after reaching a deal with the government, the Libyan justice minister has said. 

Read more: Deal with former rebels ends Libya siege

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The US and Britain have both announced that they are withdrawing some diplomatic staff from Libya, amid security concerns over a recent flare-up in political unrest.

Read more: US and UK withdraw Libya diplomatic staff

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Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros ($2.6 billion) to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of fighters who were driven out of the major northern towns by a French-led offensive.

Read more: Mali seeks $2.6bn in financial aid from EU

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A bomb has exploded outside the a police station in the Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, Reuters news agency reports.

Read more: Bomb blasts rock Libyan city of Benghazi

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Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto.

Read more: Kenya calls on UN to drop Kenyatta trials

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Libya's political crisis has deepened as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.

Read more: Libya crisis deepens as rebels expand demands

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Eritrea's hardline regime has jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners, many in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", rights group Amnesty International said in a report.

Read more: 'Eritrea jails 10,000 political prisoners'

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Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, according to a UN report.

Read more: UN accuses Congolese troops of child rapes

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Gunmen from a shadowy cult have ambushed a group of police officers in central Nigeria, killing 23 of them and then setting fire to their bodies, the state's police chief has said.

Read more: Nigeria 'cult' carries out deadly ambush

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Suspected fighters from the Nigerian group Boko Haram have staged an attack on the northeastern town of Bama, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55 people dead, the military said.

Read more: Dozens killed in Boko Haram raid in Nigeria