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U.N. report on Congo genocide strengthened
Fri Sep 3rd at 4:58 pm

Rwandan army of massacring Hutus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1990s is corroborated by findings of an international human rights group.The
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Mozambique police quell fresh riots
Fri Sep 3rd at 4:48 pm

Police in Mozambique have fired rubber bullets and live ammunition to quell more demonstrations against rising food prices, and the death toll from the unrest has climbed to 10, with more than 440 inj...
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Kenya grants international court full diplomatic status
Fri Sep 3rd at 4:42 pm

1. The Court shall have international legal personality and shall also have the capacity necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes. It shall in particular have the capacity to contract, to acquire ...
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Efforts to enhance trade ties with Ghana
Fri Sep 3rd at 4:33 pm

NEW DELHI: India on Friday called upon Ghana to ink the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) to enhance the trade and economic engagement. India's desire was conveyed by vi...
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Nigerian leader's supporters mobilise as polls near
Fri Sep 3rd at 3:49 pm

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan may not yet have declared whether he will run in elections due in January, but a growing number of his supporters are actively campaigning on his...
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Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Fri Sep 3rd at 3:41 pm

[JURIST] Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the cou...
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Guinea candidates commit to peaceful runoff vote
Fri Sep 3rd at 3:14 pm

Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso stating that they will "solemnly and scrupulously conform themselves to the verdict of the polls."The mineral-rich West African nation recently survi...
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Strike causes delays at South African courthouses
Fri Sep 3rd at 2:45 pm

JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal procee...
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Price Riots Spread in Mozambique
Fri Sep 3rd at 2:44 pm

Tyres burn in a street in Maputo, Mozambique after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country, 01 Sept 2010
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South Sudan acquires first military aircrafts ahead of secession vote
Fri Sep 3rd at 2:44 pm

The Southern Sudan government is purchasing 10 Mi-17 military transport helicopters from Kazan, a Russian company, for a total cost of $75 million, according to a March 2009 supplement to a May 2007 c...
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US Will Give Mozambique $1 Billion to Fight HIV
Fri Sep 3rd at 2:41 pm

Price Riots Spread in Mozambique The United States says it will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help fight AIDS in Mozambique, where some 1.5 million people are living with HIV, the vir...
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Vita-Tech International Donates Nutritional Products in Africa
Fri Sep 3rd at 2:30 pm

TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vita-Tech International, Inc. has donated 3 1/2 tons of fresh-dated multi-vitamin tablets to under-served populations in Guinea, West Africa. "Nutritional empow...
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US, India share best practices to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
Fri Sep 3rd at 11:00 am

India and the United States joined forces to showcase the strengths of India's HIV/AIDS prevention and control program for a delegation from Ghana, a real-life example of the bilateral partnership on global issues.
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Darfur involvement biggest failure of my life, says George Clooney
Fri Sep 3rd at 7:20 am

George Clooney has said that amongst all his humanitarian efforts, Darfur has been the biggest failure of his life.
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More than 20 children among hundreds raped in eastern DR Congo - UN
Fri Sep 3rd at 1:00 am

More than two dozen children were among the hundreds of civilians recently raped by members of armed groups active in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations reported today.
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UN mission opens first base ahead of referendum in southern Sudan
Fri Sep 3rd at 1:00 am

The United Nations peacekeeping mission set up after the end of the north-south civil war has opened its first field office for the referendum to be held next January on whether the south should secede from the rest of the coun...
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Floods worsen misery for hunger-stricken Niger - UN
Fri Sep 3rd at 1:00 am

Already stricken by a severe food crisis brought on by a prolonged drought, the people of Niger have now to contend with floods which have affected more than 200,000 people, the United Nations reported today.
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UN reports thousands more displaced by fighting in Somali capital
Fri Sep 3rd at 1:00 am

Continuing fighting in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has caused the displacement of at least 22,000 more civilians and forced relief agencies to curtail their operations in the war-scarred city during the past 12 days, the Unit...
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Gatlin not looking back in anger
Thu Sep 2nd at 12:06 pm
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Disgraced former Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin says he has turned a corner and is not looking back.Gatlin was the fastest man on the planet and the star of the athletics world when he won Olympic 100m gold in Athens ...
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Ancient Australian reef raises hopes for coral as seas warm
Thu Sep 2nd at 12:06 pm
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Australian scientists Thursday said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise.Researchers used high-resolution sonar and so...
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Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: experts
Thu Sep 2nd at 12:06 pm
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The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.According to officials...
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AFP boss aims to target news direct to web users
Thu Sep 2nd at 12:06 pm
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Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Ho...
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France's Cassel vies for US stardom as gangster 'Mesrine'
Thu Sep 2nd at 12:06 pm
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French film star Vincent Cassel's bravura portrayal of a murderous mobster seems likely to win him greater fame and critical acclaim here, as US critics lap up his performance in the biopic "Mesrine: Killer Instinct."The 43-yea...
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BRIC nations should add S. Africa: minister (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 11:30 am

AFP - South Africa's foreign minister said Thursday the informal grouping of fast-growing emerging economies known as BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- should add South Africa to become BRICSA.
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Africa starting to take agriculture seriously: Annan (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 11:27 am

AFP - Nobel Peace laureate and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Thursday said calls on African governments to give priority to agricultural funding are starting to bear fruit.
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S. Africa withdraws migration deal for Zimbabweans (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 11:22 am

AFP - South Africa will at the end of the year scrap a special policy allowing Zimbabwean nationals without proper documentation to enter its territory, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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SAfrica to end amnesty for illegal Zimbabweans (AP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 11:22 am

AP - South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Mozambique says price hikes 'irreversible' (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 11:08 am

AFP - Mozambique's government Thursday called price rises in the impoverished southern African country "irreversible" despite violent protests that it said left seven dead and 288 wounded.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Govt confirms more deaths on second day of violent protests
Thu Sep 2nd at 10:15 am
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Mozambique's government has confirmed the deaths of seven people on the second day of violent protests against rising prices. Some 288 people have been injured in the clashes.
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Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war (AP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 9:52 am

AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is usi...
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Mozambique riots toll seven killed, 288 hurt: govt (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 9:20 am

AFP - Mozambique's government said Thursday that seven people were killed and 288 injured during riots against price rises in the capital Maputo and surrounding areas.
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UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October (AP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 9:10 am

AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findi...
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East Africa: Maize Disease Threatens Food Security, Livelihoods
Thu Sep 2nd at 8:17 am

A new maize disease, not previously reported in Africa, will threaten food security and the livelihoods of millions of people on the continent, scientists have said.
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Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead (AP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 8:17 am

AP - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters.
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Official: South Sudan lawmakers may vote to secede (AP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 7:58 am

AP - Southern Sudan's parliament may vote to secede from the Khartoum-based north if an independence reference scheduled for January is delayed, a former top Southern Sudan official said Thursday.
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Two dead in Algerian suicide attack against military (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 7:56 am

AFP - Two soldiers were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives by a military convoy near the capital Algiers, Algerian newspapers reported Thursday.
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S.Africa state workers reject offer, take to streets (Reuters)
Thu Sep 2nd at 7:53 am

Reuters - Striking South African state workers staged a protest march on Thursday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labor movement at loggerheads.
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Kenya: Criminal Tribunal to Set Up Local Office?
Thu Sep 2nd at 6:22 am

A top team of International Criminal Court officials on Wednesday met with government leaders to explore the possibility of the court setting up base in Kenya.
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Kenya: Kibaki Breaks Silence On Sudan Leader's Visit
Thu Sep 2nd at 6:22 am

President Kibaki has pointed out that because of the fragile situation in Sudan ahead of the January referendum, the international community should embrace leaders of the oil-rich Eastern Africa state.
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Mozambique: Children Among Dead in Protests Over Price Hikes
Thu Sep 2nd at 6:08 am

Police opened fire on demonstrators in Maputo marching against rising prices in the capital of Maputo, killing at least six people including two children.
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Mystery of militant's murder stirs trouble in Nigeria (AFP)
Thu Sep 2nd at 5:40 am

AFP - The ex-militants stood in line like school children waiting to enter a camp and learn to abandon violence, but the question of who killed one of their leaders threatened the uneasy arrangement.
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Kenya: Firms See Opportunity, Risk in Rapid Urbanisation
Thu Sep 2nd at 5:24 am

Producers of consumer goods were on Wednesday scouring the just released census results for new market opportunities or major shifts in demand for specific goods and services with the changing demographics.
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Nigeria: 'Nation Needs 25 Million Jobs By 2030 to Check Unemployment'
Thu Sep 2nd at 4:53 am

Nigeria needs to create about 25 million jobs over the next 10 years if it is to offer work to new entrants and cut halve the current unemployment rate in the country, according to a report presented yesterday.
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Nigeria: Election Commission to Call New State Elections
Thu Sep 2nd at 4:45 am

Governorship elections will hold in all but four states across the country in January, the electoral commission said yesterday, ruling out elongated tenure for six governors who went through rerun elections in 2008 and 2009.
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Nigeria: Religion Not Main Cause of Jos Crisis, Says Commission
Thu Sep 2nd at 4:42 am

Another step in the peace building efforts in Plateau State was taken last week with the submission of the report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Jos Crises to President Goodluck Jonathan.