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Tuesday, 3 November 2009

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Here are today's top stories from VOA Africa:

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Vice Chairman Hassan Omar Hassan speaks to journalists in Nairobi, Kenya (File) US Confirms Top Kenyan Legal Official Is on Travel Ban
'Wako has refused to prosecute those involved in Kenya's worst legal violations,' says Hassan Omar, human rights official


Karma in Niger Niger Issues Arrest Warrant for Opposition Leader
President Mamadou Tandja's main rival Mahamadou Issoufou returns Niger to face money-laundering charges


An unidentified woman gestures after casting her ballot for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial assemblies elections in Maputo, Mozambique, 28 Oct 2009 Preliminary Results Indicate Landslide Victory for Mozambique's Guebuza Audio Clip Available
With nearly 90 percent of the ballots counted, President Armando Guebuza has won more than 70 percent of the popular vote


Men look into their sifter to find a diamond stone (File) Conflict Diamond Watchdog Group Criticizes Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast
An international campaign group says the Kimberley Process, an international watchdog set up to monitor so-called 'conflict diamonds', is failing


Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, 08 Sep 2007 DRC President Visits Zimbabwe in Regional Mediation Effort
Southern African Development Community chairman Joseph Kabila will attempt to mend cracks in unity government


Vara Lakshmi holds her 8-month-old son Darshan, a pneumonia patient, at a press conference prior to the opening of Pedicon 2009 in Bangalore, India (File) WHO: Millions of Children Need Not Die From Pneumonia Audio Clip Available
UN agency says every 15 seconds a child dies of pneumonia, which can be prevented with adequate nutrition and vaccination