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Ivory Coast's premier annuls disputed voter names

January 13, 2010 - 4:27pm
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has annulled hundreds of thousands of disputed names on the electoral register, after complaints from President Laurent Gbagbo that they were not subjected to checks.

Zimbabwe state workers threaten strike in 2 weeks

January 13, 2010 - 3:14pm
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean state teachers and health workers threatened on Wednesday to strike over low pay, in a move that would paralyse public services and put pressure on a unity government struggling to reverse a decade of economic collapse.

Gunmen attack police station in Somaliland

January 13, 2010 - 3:06pm
HARGEISA (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers hurled hand grenades and opened fire at a police station in Somalia's northern breakaway enclave of Somaliland, wounding three officers, police sources said on Wednesday.

Darfur rebels say attack govt town after bombings

January 13, 2010 - 3:04pm
KHARTOUM (Reuters) Jan 13 - Darfur rebels said they attacked a government-held town in the Jabel Marra area of western Sudan on Wednesday in retaliation for army bombardment of their areas, a move likely to hinder peace talks set to open this month.

Somali money transfer firms used to fund war: c.banker

January 13, 2010 - 2:24pm
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's central bank governor says rebel groups are using informal money transfers to fund their operations and that people in the war-torn country risk starvation if it is hit by Zimbabwe-style inflation.

Guinea's Camara in Burkina Faso to convalesce

January 13, 2010 - 2:21pm
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinean military junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is in Burkina Faso to continue his recovery from a December assassination attempt, the Burkinabe Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Angola to back constitution for stronger president

January 13, 2010 - 11:12am
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola will next week approve a new constitution set to further strengthen the president's three-decade hold, state radio said on Wednesday within days of a deadly rebel ambush on Togo's visiting soccer team.

Zimbabwe halts Namibia power from ailing plant

January 13, 2010 - 11:02am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government has ordered power utility ZESA to stop electricity exports to Namibia until a thermal station repaired under a bilateral deal is able to meet the agreed supply quota, state media reported on Wednesday.

Somali charged in New York in more ship hijackings

January 13, 2010 - 8:42am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Somali teenager extradited to New York last year on charges he attempted to hijack a U.S. ship in the Indian Ocean pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to taking part in two additional attacks.

Big Haiti quake topples buildings, many casualties

January 13, 2010 - 8:22am
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said.

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