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S.African truck driver charged with murder

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The driver of a farm truck that was ripped in half by a coal train at a level crossing in South Africa

Suicide bomber kills 5 at northeast Nigerian mosque

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed five people at the central mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on

North Mali ‘terrorist’ haven threatens Africa: leaders

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

By Pascal Fletcher and Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Africa faces a serious threat from al Qaeda and its allies trying to set up

Interfaith report: Poverty and injustice drive Nigeria’s sectarian violence

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

Poverty, inequality and injustice are threatening to trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim task force said on Wednesday. Clashes between Nigerian

Analysis: As Egypt leaders feud, economy heads toward cliff

YoopyaJul 13, 2012July 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Egypt’s new Islamist president and his old military foes have come out swinging in a struggle for political power, but their countrymen need

Congo, Rwanda agree on plan to tackle armed groups

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and their Great Lakes region neighbours have agreed a plan to “eradicate” armed groups in eastern

Togo PM and government resign, no reason given

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

LOME (Reuters) – Togo’s prime minister and government have resigned, according to a statement on national television and radio, but no reason was given for

Egypt president seeks talks over parliament crisis

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Egypt’s Islamist president said on Wednesday he wanted talks with the judiciary and political powers to defuse a crisis over him trying reinstate

Special Report: A radio jock tests freedom’s limits in new nation

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Radio journalist Mading Ngor was firing off sentences like machine gun rounds. South Sudanese troops had occupied a disputed region across the country’s

No foul play in death of Gaddafi oil boss-Austria

YoopyaJul 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Libya’s Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem died after suffering heart failure and falling into the Danube river and there is