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Ethiopian church patriarch Abune Paulos dies

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, has died aged 76, the government has announced. The foreign ministry said he had been receiving

South Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – South African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing several

Nigerian gov’t ready to dialogue with Islamic sect Boko Haram

kiemtarAug 16, 20120

Nigerian Information minister Labaran Maku said that the Nigerian government had always indicated its readiness to engage in a dialogue the leaders of the Islamic

Zuma urges Zimbabwe political reforms ahead of polls

kiemtarAug 16, 20120

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday urged Zimbabwe’s rival leaders to speed up political reforms seen as critical to avoiding another violent and disputed

Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai

YoopyaAug 14, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – A group of armed men opened fire on Monday at a checkpoint in el-Arish city in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, but the attack

South African platinum mine union riots ‘kill nine’

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

Nine people have been killed in clashes between rival unions at a South African mine owned by leading platinum producer Lonmin, police have said. The

Egypt president sweeps out army rulers

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

By Edmund Blair CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has driven back the biggest challenge to civilian rule by dismissing top generals and tearing

Sudan court drops terrorism charge on US resident

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese court dropped charges of forming a terrorist organisation and released two men, one a U.S. resident, on Monday, in one

Sect: Nigeria forces killed civilians, not fighters

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram denied on Monday that 20 of its fighters had been killed in a raid by

Gunmen kill Egyptian tribal leader and son in Sinai

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A group of armed men shot dead a tribal leader and his son on Monday in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on the border with