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South Africa’s Zuma pledges ANC renewal to dispel doubts

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma, fresh from a landslide re-election as head of the ruling ANC, on Thursday promised to crack down on

U.N. Security Council to vote on authorizing Mali force

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on Thursday on a French-drafted resolution authorizing a military mission to retake northern Mali from Islamist

Mandela has “steadily improved”: Zuma

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African leader who has spent nearly two weeks in hospital, is steadily improving and responding well to

French colonization of Algeria “brutal”: Hollande

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – President Francois Hollande acknowledged on Thursday France’s colonization of Algeria had been “brutal and unfair” but he stopped short of an apology to the oil-rich

Senegal parliament approves law on trial of ex-Chad leader

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Senegal’s parliament on Wednesday adopted a law that paves the way for a criminal case to be brought against former Chadian leader Hissene

Detained Argentine naval ship leaves Ghana

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – An Argentine naval vessel detained in Ghana at the request of a hedge fund seeking payment on defaulted government bonds left the West

Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks

U.N. chief pushes for regional deal to end Congo crisis

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Wednesday at the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and said he had

In second verdict, war crimes court acquits Congolese

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

(Reuters) – Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was acquitted at the Hague war crimes court on Tuesday, after prosecutors failed to prove he ordered

Egypt opposition to protest against “invalid” constitution

YoopyaDec 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Egypt’s opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of