Africa
Ethnic Albanian protesters clash with police in Kosovo
PRISTINA - Hundreds of ethnic Albanians protesting against normalizing ties with neighboring Serbia clashed with riot police in front of the government and parliament buildings in Kosovo's capital on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
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S.Leone slaps travel ban on bank workers, taxmen in corruption probe
FREETOWN, June 26 - Sierra Leone has banned the country's bank workers, tax officers and some shipping officials from travelling abroad without permission in a wide-scale crackdown on tax fraud.
Three Madagascar candidates could face sanctions over vote row
ADDIS ABABA - The European Union, the United States and the African Union proposed on Wednesday imposing sanctions such as travel bans on Madagascar's president and two other presidential candidates unless they withdrew from a planned election.
Prominent militant arrested in blow to Somali Islamists
MOGADISHU - One of Somalia's most prominent Islamist rebel commanders has been arrested and is in the hands of a regional administration, local and government officials said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country's al Shabaab insurgents.
At least three dead in Somali port clash: witnesses
MOGADISHU - At least three people were killed in a brief skirmish between rival militias in southern Somalia, witnesses said, the second deadly flare-up so far this month in the disputed strategic port of Kismayu.
Foreign direct investment to Nigeria, S. Africa fell in 2012-UN
JOHANNESBURG, June 26 - Africa was one of only two regions in the world to experience an increase in foreign direct investment in 2012 but inflows to regional giants Nigeria and South Africa declined, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.
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What's next for South Sudan?
Reuters is chronicling the first year in the life of South Sudan - and assessing the odds of whether it will flourish or fail. Live Coverage | Slideshow
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