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November 19, 2009Africa Index From The Associated Press
A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES | NEWS | SPORTS | BUSINESS | TECHNOLOGY | ENTERTAINMENT
| TOP AFRICA ARTICLE AT 12:24 AM ET
Kenya Unveils Constitution to Avoid Vote Violence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.
| Plane Misses Runway in East Congo, Landing in Lava 10:11 a.m. ET
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported.
Ethiopian Court Convicts 26 in Alleged Coup Plot 7:22 a.m. ET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others.
Activist Probing Guinea Massacre Denied Entry 5:21 a.m. ET
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) -- A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.
Pirates Again Attack Maersk Alabama 6:17 p.m. ET
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel at a time when ships are increasingly hiring armed security teams to thwart hijackings.
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