African Union News
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South Sudan is ready to negotiate an agreement on an oil dispute with Sudan that prompted the newly independent nation to shut down its crude production, Cabinet Affairs Minister Deng Alor said.
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Malawi needs $1 billion in aid next year and is weighing devaluing its currency to boost its economy, President Joyce Banda said.
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The United Nations Security Council warned Sudan and South Sudan to halt fighting and settle their differences on splitting revenue from South Sudan’s oil reserves within three months or face possible sanctions.
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Eritrea is the world’s most-censored nation, ahead of countries including North Korea and Syria, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
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Eritrea’s government denied accusations by Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi that it was responsible for abducting more than 100 gold miners in northwestern Ethiopia.
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South Sudan said Sudan bombed two towns in Unity state, killing at least four civilians and wounding 21. A camp of United Nations peacekeepers and oil fields in the region of Heglig were bombed, South Sudan said.
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The U.S. and the African Union expressed concern about the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan after planes bombed an oil field in the newly independent southern state and a meeting between the two countries’ leaders was canceled following border clashes.
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South Sudan is willing to resume negotiations once Sudan agrees to end hostilities and the United Nations deploys forces for peace-monitoring in seven disputed areas, said the country’s chief negotiator, Pagan Amum.
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More than 15 people were killed when a woman carried out a suicide bombing at Somalia’s national theater in Mogadishu today in an attack claimed by al-Shabaab, the Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda.
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At least four people were killed when a bomb exploded at Somalia’s national theater in Mogadishu in an attack claimed by the Islamist al-Shabaab group, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said.
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