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2 South Africans killed in Somalia attack
Two South Africans are among the 15 people killed in an attack on the UN compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday.Citing the Somali Interior Ministry, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said the two South Africans, yet to be identified, apparently belonged to the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM).Al-Qaida linked Al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia have claimed ...
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Mauritius culture communication cocktails and colour
Mauritius’ most luxurious hoteliers were in town this week, exhibiting their properties and communicating the affable Mauritian culture at an exclusive cocktail event in Sydney. The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MPTA) hosted the evening at Le Bukhara Mauritian Indian Restaurant in Double Bay, providing Mauritian cuisine and entertainment, including a local dance troupe. ...
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Kenya Airways To Fly Three Times Weekly To Blantyre
Starting from 02 August 2013, Kenya Airways will operate direct flights three times a week between its Nairobi hub and Blantyre in Malawi. The airline will fly non-stop between the two cities on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On each of these days, it will depart from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi at 11:45 hours on an Embraer E190 Jet, arriving in Blantyre at 13:25 ...
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Libya Refugees asylum-seekers and migrants held indefinitely in deplorable conditions
The Libyan authorities must act immediately to end the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including children, solely for immigration purposes, Amnesty International said in a ...
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Cape Verde to produce dragon fruit
Cape Verde authorities have invested large sums to diversify the arid country's agricultural sector. Now, the dragon fruit, originating in tropical America, is being introduced for the first commercial production in ...
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Ethnic violence in Guinea ahead of polls
Violence is spreading in Guinea's capital Conakry after the country's opposition urged followers to protest against the election preparations. This night, civilians again were killed during extensive looting and ethnic clashes in ...
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Namibia still enjoying sustainable growth
Economic growth is still at healthy levels in Namibia, the latest statistical figures for the country show. Growth defies high energy prices and the slow development in neighbouring South ...
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Record cocaine seizure in Guinea-Bissau
During the last six years, thousands of kilos of cocaine have been confiscated in Guinea-Bissau, a new report reveals. The poor West African country has turned into a major drug transhipment hub during the last ...
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Swaziland uprising begins on Friday
Trade unions and student organisations in the totalitarian kingdom of Swaziland are to start mass protests and strikes tomorrow, Friday, demanding democracy and economic ...
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Southern Africa to get infrastructure master plan
The long-awaited launch of the Regional Infrastructure Master Plan for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) later this year is expected to guide development in key infrastructure such as road, rail, ports and ...
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Protest concerns spark Angola arrest wave
Responding to a possible wave of pro-democracy protests, the government of Angola not only organised a large pro-regime march, but also is arresting journalists and harassing ...
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Ghana con-men sell sand as fertilizer
Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was ...
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Libyas ambassador in Namibia defects
A Namibian-based diplomat at the Libyan Embassy has defected to join anti-Ghaddafi and pro-democracy movement at home and abroad. Saad Bakar (44) and his family have left Namibia for "a Mediterranean ...
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Comoros presidential poll results published
Three candidates for the Comoros Union presidency elections on Sunday have emerged to compete in a second round in December. Ruling party candidate Ikililou Dhoinine received most votes in the first ...
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Nigeria farmers double cassava yields
Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ...
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Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports
No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang ...
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Mauritius breeders hit back at UK campaign
Over the last weeks, UK animal welfare activists have flooded the web with "shocking pictures" of cruelty against macaque monkeys trapped and bred in Mauritius. Local firms now hit back, documenting they take animal welfare ...
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Still no intl pressure on Swaziland
As democracy revolts are spreading around the world and pressure on dictatorships to reform grows, the totalitarian Swazi kingdom still is left without pressure; even without ...
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First university for Western Sahara refugees being built
The Sahrawi exile government, located in refugee camps in Algeria, has announced the construction of the first university of Western Sahara. The education unit will be built in the small liberated zone of the ...
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Fake unity govt in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea's Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema has decreed the establishment of a "national unity government," including opposition forces. The main opposition party however calls the move a ...
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African travel destinations hot in 2011
The travel guidebook publisher 'Lonely Planet' has launched its "hottest" destinations for 2011 in new English and French guidebooks, with the greatest African presence ever. Cape Verde, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco are ...
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Namibias Sam Nujoma hospitalised
Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma "has been hospitalised, following a pacemaker procedure or pacemaker implantation," according to "highly placed family and medical ...
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High alert over Tanzania deadly virus
A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned ...
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Former Investigators Want New Probe of 1996 TWA Crash
Six former investigators want the U.S. government to reopen its probe of the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800. The plane went down shortly after takeoff from New York City, killing all 230 people on ...
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US Criticizes China Russia in Fight Against Human Trafficking
The United States has declared China and Russia among the worst countries in fighting human trafficking, a designation that could lead to sanctions against both nations. In its annual report on human trafficking released Wednesday, the U.S. State Department downgraded China and Russia, along with Uzbekistan, to the lowest possible U.S. rating, known as Tier Three. Iran, North Korea, Cuba, ...
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Liberia gaining the world's attention for the right reasons
When members of the international community, and even many Africans themselves, think of Africa one of a few stereotypes come to mind; poverty, crime, corruption and political instability. Africa is seen as a haven for everything nefarious in the global community, terrorists are trained here, rebels attack their governments, drugs are grown in, and exported from, African soil and many African heads of state preside over a government whose authority does not extend beyond their capital city.
Liberia, not often in the international news for doing well, seems to be making a concerted effort to redress this trend, suggesting that a period of integrity may be ahead for the continent as a whole; South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup, Egypt is cooperating with the international community in opening up its border with Gaza and Liberia’s government is holding its own as an example of the far-reaching effects of good governance and rooting out corruption. Read more
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