JASON STRAZIUSO

Associated Press
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Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border

First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now many have eaten the planting seed — and their future with it.

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Sudans: Trench marks new border as rains approach

A trench dug across a red dirt road marks part of the shifting border this week between Sudan and South Sudan, old enemies whose forces have clashed in recent weeks. Truck-mounted anti-aircraft guns and 107mm rocket launchers lurk underneath the trees. New foxholes have been dug.

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Got milk? Dairy in Kenya scarce after drought

Got milk? Pass the butter? Not in Kenya, where both of those staples are increasingly scarce because a drought-induced dairy shortage is wreaking havoc on the milk, butter and yogurt shelves.

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2nd African YouTube video stars Clooney in Sudan

In the second YouTube video in a week to highlight an African conflict, George Clooney makes an illegal and dangerous trip to the southern reaches of Sudan, where the actor witnesses what an American activist said Thursday was likely a Chinese-made missile sail overhead.

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Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria bombings deadlier in 2011

Bomb attacks in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia rose in 2011 as al-Qaida-affiliated terror groups used more sophisticated devices to kill more people with each explosion, the Pentagon's anti-IED unit said.

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Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sudan region

Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week ahead of testimony he's giving before a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday.

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Analysis: Why set US troops on Africa militants?

Why is the U.S. sending its troops to finish off a fractured band of bush fighters in the middle of Africa? Political payback for the quiet sacrifices of Uganda's troops in Somalia could be one reason.

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Boy fighters of Somalia warn of al-Shabab cruelty

The former al-Shabab foot soldiers assigned to a drab cement housing bloc are young — too young. One is only 9, yet they were enforcers of harsh edicts from Islamist militants who are preventing thousands of Somalis from escaping famine.

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Bill Gates to tell health leaders: More vaccines

Bill Gates will have the attention of most of the world's health ministers on Tuesday, when he plans to share one main message: Get your vaccination rates up.

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Police arrest, tear gas Uganda's opposition leader

Police cracked open the window of Uganda's top opposition leader and fired tear gas into his vehicle on Thursday, wounding him in the eye during a fifth protest march over rising costs.

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Kenya, Uganda protest as maize prices skyrocket

Stephen Omandi scratched out the number "55" on the sign advertising buckets of maize and wrote in the new price: 60 Kenya shillings.

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4 American hostages killed by pirates off Somalia

A U.S. Navy destroyer was shadowing a hijacked yacht with four Americans aboard when a pirate fired a rocket-propelled grenade, followed by bursts of gunfire. U.S. special forces scrambled onto the occupied vessel only to find the four Americans fatally wounded.

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4 American hostages killed by pirates, US says

A pirate fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a U.S. Navy destroyer shadowing a hijacked yacht with four Americans aboard Tuesday. Then gunfire erupted, the military said. U.S. special forces rushed to the yacht only to find the four Americans fatally wounded.

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4 American hostages killed by pirates, US says

Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years.

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Pirates hijack 4 Americans; US mulls responses

An American couple that has sailed the world with a yacht full of Bibles was hijacked by Somali pirates, and the U.S. said Saturday it is assessing possible options.

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Pirates hijack 4 Americans; US mulls responses

Somali pirates hijacked the yacht of an American couple who traveled the world handing out Bibles, and the U.S. government said Saturday it was assessing possible responses.

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Navratilova 'just couldn't breathe' on Kilimanjaro

Martina Navratilova was released from a Nairobi hospital on Sunday, three days after her liquid-filled lungs forced her to abandon her attempt to climb Africa's highest mountain.

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Navratilova hospitalized after Kilimanjaro attempt

Martina Navratilova was hospitalized in Kenya because of fluid accumulation in her lungs after attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The 54-year-old tennis great is expected to recover.

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Clan fighting in central Somalia kills 20

Clashes between rival clans in central Somalia have killed at least 20 people, residents said Tuesday.

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Clarification: Piracy story

In a story Nov. 23 about pirate attacks off Somalia's coast, The Associated Press reported that Somali pirates hold more than 300 crew members from at least 16 ships. The story should have specified that pirates hold about 500 hostages from some 20 vessels.

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Somalia surprise: Working gov't, no gunfire

A new six-story office building will soon house a $1 billion-a-year business. The recently elected president has appointed smart people and won the admiration of the international community. Gunfire is nowhere to be heard.

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Village becomes lab for curing Africa's problems

This village of straw huts sits on a sea of sand 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the nearest paved road. Camels and girls with jerrycans crowd around the watering holes. There's little electricity and not a single TV.

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Wildebeest roadblock? Highway planned in Serengeti

Tanzania's Serengeti is a vast plain dotted with acacia trees and watering holes, where wildebeest and zebra gather in huge herds for annual migrations.

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Somalia rebels looking increasingly like Taliban

Men are forced to grow beards. Women can't leave home without a male relative. Music, movies and watching sports on TV are banned. Limbs are chopped off as punishment, and executions by stoning have become a public spectacle.

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3 war vets, 1 good leg: Amputees climb Kilimanjaro

The three American veterans from three different wars had only one good leg among them. But that didn't stop them from summiting Africa's highest mountain.

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