Russian pilot missing in Sudan's Darfur returns to UN base (AFP)

AFP - A Russian helicopter pilot who went missing in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region was returned to his UN peacekeepers' base on Thursday, as Moscow said he had been taken prisoner and freed.

Thousands flee Congo clashes, security worsens (Reuters)
Reuters - Almost 90,000 people have fled fighting in eastern Congo in the past month, aid agencies said, underscoring a worsening security situation despite the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war.

U.N. tells Darfur peace force to focus on security (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council extended the stay of peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region by another year on Friday, telling the force to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries.

Nigerian regulator to sanction 260 stock operators (AFP)

AFP - Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial regulator has vowed to haul 260 organisations and individuals, including banks, before a tribunal for alleged fraudulent share activities.

Central African Republic to go to polls in January (AFP)

AFP - Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in the Central African Republic next January 23, President Francois Bozize decreed on Friday.

South Sudanese mourn war dead ahead of key vote (AFP)

AFP - Thousands of southern Sudanese gathered at the grave of their first president John Garang on Friday in memory of those killed in a 22-year war with the north, six months before an independence vote.

Shebab vow to make Mogadishu graveyard for extra troops (AFP)

AFP - Hardline Somali Islamist rebels promised Thursday to turn Mogadishu into a graveyard for the extra troops African Union sends to boost its force in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.

Sudanese head to Canada to learn referendum lessons (AFP)

AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.

Uganda bombings bring Africa together. Except Eritrea. (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Shortly after marking two weeks since suspected twin suicide bombings killed 76 people watching the World Cup Final in Uganda's capital of Kampala, leaders from across the continent pledged to tackle the terrorist threat from Somalia at an African Union summit in the city.

South Africa axes six traditional kings (AFP)

AFP - President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation's traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime.

South Africa abolishes 6 traditional monarchies (AP)
AP - South Africa's president says six of the country's traditional monarchies are being abolished.

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