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US and UK withdraw Libya diplomatic staff

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.

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Mali seeks $2.6bn in financial aid from EU

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.

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Bomb blasts rock Libyan city of Benghazi

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

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Kenya calls on UN to drop Kenyatta trials

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.

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Libya crisis deepens as rebels expand demands

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.

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'Eritrea jails 10,000 political prisoners'

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.

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UN accuses Congolese troops of child rapes

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.

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Nigeria 'cult' carries out deadly ambush

NigeriaGunmen 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.

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Dozens killed in Boko Haram raid in Nigeria

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.

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Libya defence minister cancels resignation

Libya's prime minister has convinced the defence minister not to resign, just hours after Mohammed al-Barghathi said he was quitting in protest against the siege of two government ministries by armed groups, the premier's spokeswoman said.

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