Darfur rebels threaten Sudan election workers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Rebels from Sudan’s Darfur region on Monday threatened to attack any election officials that came into their territory, underlining the challenges facing the country’s first multi-party poll in 24 years.

Sudan’s al-Bashir cancels visit to summit (UPI)
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 9 (UPI) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has canceled plans to attend a conference in Turkey, local reports indicate.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-09 06:57 DIARY – Egypt/Sudan – Nov 9 (Interactive Investor)
This diary is updated daily. New listings or amendments are marked *. All events/times provisional and in GMT (local time is GMT +2 for Egypt and Sudan). TODAY’S EVENTS SHARM EL-SHEIKH – Second day of China-Africa cooperation forum CAIRO – British Egyptian businessmen roundable on impact of financial collapse on Egypt a year later.

South Africa Arrests Bloggers Critical of Government (The Inquisitr)
South African police have arrested at least one blogger (possibly three) in an apparent crackdown on Government dissent. According to local media, Albert Oosthuizen who runs zasucks.com – was arrested allegedly on the basis of an outstanding warrant from 1993. Two bloggers from the Boerevryheid blog are also believed to have been arrested, although those arrests [...]

Pregant Egyptian’s killer to be sentenced in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Russian-born German man who has admitted killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a frenzied court knife attack is to learn his fate on Wednesday in a case that has sparked outrage in the Muslim world.

Nooij seeks Tunisia scalp (BBC News)
Mozambique coach Martin Nooij believes the Mambas can stop Tunisia from reaching the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

South Africa – 350 Years of Winemaking (BellaOnline)
South Africa celebrated its 350 years of making wine in February 2009. Peter F May looks at this old-new world wine region.

Africa’s new ‘boat people’ set sights on oil-rich Equatorial Guinea (Mail and Guardian)
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President Obama Discusses Africa’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic With President Of Botswana (Medical News Today)
President Barack Obama met with Botswana’s president, Ian Khama, on Thursday to discuss issues facing the country, including the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Bloomberg reports (Johnston, 11/5).

South Africa forced to work hard ahead of England series (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
South Africa were forced to toil hard ahead of their limited overs series against England on Sunday before overcoming Zimbabwe by 45 runs in a one-day international.

Rugby-France team to play South africa (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
France coach Marc Lievremont on Monday named the following team to play South Africa in Toulouse on Friday:

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