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MALI’S caretaker president Dioncounda Traore will have his mandate extended beyond a 40-day period expiring Monday after the soldier who led Mali’s March 22 coup agreed to drop his objections to the move.

ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to retire but fears his party would disintegrate, an independent weekly said on Sunday.

AN earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least six people and caused serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say.

Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has signalled his determination to contest the presidency despite the International Criminal Court indictments with the glittering launch of his new party, The National Alliance.

Fresh clashes between the DR Congo’s army and a group of mutineers erupted Sunday in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, the defectors said, a day after fierce battles near a rare gorilla park.

Sudan and South Sudan need peace and Khartoum is committed to all security agreements it has signed, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki on Saturday quoted the Sudanese leader as saying after talks.