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Libya ‘sets September trial’ for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, will go on trial in Libya in September, a Libyan prosecution spokesman has said.

Angola’s $17 bln energy drive will help poor: Dos Santos

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

By Shrikesh Laxmidas HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) – Angola’s plans to invest more than $17 billion in electricity generation and distribution by 2016 are designed to

Former PM Meles Zenawi lies in state as Ethiopia mourns

YoopyaAug 22, 20120

The body of long-time Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi is lying in state at the national palace in Addis Ababa, where it will stay until his

Thousands turn out to mourn Meles Zenawi as body arrives back in Ethiopia

YoopyaAug 22, 20120

Thousands of mourning Ethiopians turned out Wednesday as the body of Meles Zenawi, the country’s leader for 21 years, arrived at Addis Ababa airport following

Ethiopian strongman and Western ally, Meles, dies

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, regarded by the West as a bulwark against Islamic militancy, died while being treated abroad for an undisclosed

Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34

Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving

Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa

YoopyaAug 17, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick

South Africa’s Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief has said. Riah Phiyega

SA President Zuma alarmed at Lonmin mine shootings

kiemtarAug 17, 2012August 17, 20120

South African President Jacob Zuma is alarmed and deeply saddened at the manner in which an industrial dispute at the Lonmin platinum mine in Rustenburg