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The United Nations mission in Sudan says there's been more fighting in the oil-rich region of South Kordofan, close to the border with southern Sudan, which is due to become independent next month. No details are available, but witnesses say there's been heavy shooting in the state capital Kadugli. South Kordofan holds most of northern Sudan's oil reserves.
The authorities in Kenya have for the first time begun a process of screening more than 1,600 senior police officers in an effort to
weed out
corruption. The vetting process by Kenya's Anti-Corruption and Public Service Commission[s] has started in the north and west of the country, and will take place in the capital Nairobi next week. Transparency International has
consistently
ranked Kenya as having the most corrupt police force in East Africa.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has appeared in court in New York, charged with sexually assaulting a chamber maid at a luxury hotel last month. He faces up to 25 years in prison if he's convicted. Michelle Fleury reports.
A large crowd was gathered outside the courthouse where Dominique Strauss-Kahn made his first appearance since he was released from jail and placed under house arrest. Mr Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a maid at the Sofitel Hotel in New York. The former head of the International Monetary Fund, once seen as a likely French presidential candidate, has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyers have indicated that he may argue the encounter was consensual. The next court date is set for 18 July in what's likely to be a lengthy legal process.