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Burundi opposition wants U.N. to send peacekeepers quickly

NAIROBI A prominent opposition politician in Burundi called on United Nations on Friday to send a peacekeeping force quickly to help deal with a surge in violence, after the Security Council said it was looking at ways to boost its presence there.

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EU launches $2 billion emergency fund for Africa to combat migration

VALLETTA The European Union launched a fund for Africa on Thursday with an initial $2 billion to combat the poverty and conflict driving migration to Europe, but African leaders said more fundamental economic change was needed.

World, 12 Nov 2015

U.S. and other Western nations pledge to help Kenya fight graft

NAIROBI The United States, Britain and nine other countries pledged on Thursday to help Kenya to try to beat corruption, promising to step up efforts to prevent funds leaving the country and pushing for those who commit graft to be prosecuted.

World, 12 Nov 2015

Marikana victims' families sue South Africa's deputy president

JOHANNESBURG The families of South African striking miners shot dead by police at Lonmin's Marikana mine in 2012 have issued a court summons for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa over complicity in their deaths, the presidency said on Thursday.

World, 12 Nov 2015

U.N., AU, EU raise alarm on Burundi crisis spreading

VALLETTA The United Nations, African Union and European Union warned on Thursday that political division in Burundi threatened to create a deep and violent regional crisis and called on both sides to meet for mediated talks.

World, United Nations, 12 Nov 2015

Echoes of 'Francafrique' haunt central African democracy

DAKAR On the day of a vote to allow Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his 31 years in power, opposition leader Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas was under house arrest and eating canned food smuggled in by the French ambassador.

World, Congo, 12 Nov 2015

SPECIAL REPORTS

Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in this May 21, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Joe Penney/Files

The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap

CHIBOK/ABUJA - When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.  Full Article 

 
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