Africa

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The leader of Mali's coup has condemned the beating of the interim president by demonstrators and called for a peaceful transition of power in the West African country.

Read more: Mali coup leader condemns violent protests

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Argentine police has defused two bombs discovered in the ceiling of a Buenos Aires theatre, and authorities say they were timed to explode during an appearance there by Alvaro Uribe, the former Colombian president.

Read more: Bombs found in Argentina before Uribe visit

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Tunisia will extradite former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's prime minister to Libya and the handover could take place in "days or weeks", Tunisia's Justice Minister Noureddine Bouheiri has said.

Read more: Tunisia to extradite former Gaddafi PM

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Diancounda Traore, Mali's interim president, is recovering from head injuries he sustained after protesters angry at his appointment in a deal struck with the military rulers burst into his office and beat him.

Read more: Mali interim president injured in attack

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A South African court has convicted one of two black farm workers accused of murdering Eugene Terreblanche, a far-right leader, in April 2010. 

Read more: Guilty verdict in S Africa murder case

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The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance.

Read more: Convicted Lockerbie bomber buried

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Four men accused of espionage have been released by Sudanese authorities after three weeks of detention, officials have said.

Read more: Sudan frees four captured foreign workers

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Libya's second city has gone to the polls in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya.

Read more: Libyans cast ballots in Benghazi elections

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Eleven years after being convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi has died in the Libyan city of Tripoli, his brother has said.

Read more: Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Tripoli

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Fresh clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's military and a group of mutineers has erupted in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, a day after fierce battles near a rare gorilla park.

Read more: DR Congo military battles 'M23' mutineers