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CHAD - MALI: Chad's troops to withdraw from Mali, president says

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Posted by admin 37 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

Chad's troops will be leaving Mali, President Idriss Deby said Monday, raising concerns about the future of the fight against al Qaeda-linked Islamists. “Chad’s army has no ability to face the kind of guerrilla fighting that is emerging," Deby said.

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Rebels clash with residents in CAR capital Bangui

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Posted by admin 38 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

More than a dozen Bangui residents were killed over the weekend in clashes with the Seleka rebels that seized power in the Central African Republic last month. Seleka rebel leader Michel Djotodia took over as transitional president on Saturday.

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EGYPT: Mubarak retrial adjourned, referred to appeals court

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Posted by admin 40 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

The retrial of Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was adjourned on Saturday after the judge referred it to a Cairo appeals court. Mubarak faces charges relating to the deaths of protesters in the 2011 uprising that deposed him.

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EGYPT: Egypt’s Morsi promotes generals to ease tensions

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Posted by admin 40 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (pictured) promoted military commanders on Thursday in a show of support for the army amid rumours of tensions between himself and the once ruling generals.

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SUDAN - SOUTH SUDAN: Sudan's Bashir on first visit to South Sudan since split

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Posted by admin 41 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) arrived in South Sudan on Friday for the first time since the country's independence celebrations in 2011. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Bashir's former civil war foe, welcomed him.

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TUNISIA: Tunisia recovers millions of Ben Ali's 'looted assets'

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Posted by admin 41 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

Tunisia received a fiscal boost on Thursday after the government was handed a cheque amounting to $28.8 million in recovered assets that had been held abroad by ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, Laila Trabelsi.

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RWANDA - FRANCE: France orders first Rwandan genocide trial

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Posted by admin 42 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

A French court will attempt to try a Rwandan over the country's 1994 genocide, a judicial source has reported. Pascal Simbikangwa, a former Rwandan army captain, is facing charges of complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity.

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MALI: US slams African force as French begin Mali pullout

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Posted by admin 43 days ago (http://www.france24.com)

The US Department of Defence has said African troops tasked with relieving French combat troops in Mali are incapable of doing their job, warning that al Qaeda may try to retake parts of the West African country.