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South Africa’s Mandela released from hospital

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Sunday after a keyhole abdominal examination showed there

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says ready for polls, slams violence

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

By MacDonald Dzirutwe MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Octogenarian Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe called on Saturday for his supporters to avoid violence in elections he says

Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian church in Jos

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

By Buhari Bello JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a church in the Nigerian city of Jos

Senegal’s Wade in tight race for new term

YoopyaFeb 27, 2012February 20, 20230

By Pascal Fletcher Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade is in a tight race with chief rival Macky Sall, according to early unofficial tallies from the West

Nelson Mandela hospitalized with stomach ailment

YoopyaFeb 25, 2012February 25, 20120

February 25, 2012 — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement

Senegal’s democracy at stake in troubled election

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

By Richard Valdmanis DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal is heading for its most contentious election in recent history on Sunday overshadowed by political violence and a

Mandela admitted to hospital in South Africa

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for treatment for a “long-standing abdominal complaint”, the government said.

Kofi Annan appointed UN-Arab League envoy to Syria

YoopyaFeb 24, 2012June 14, 20230

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby on Thursday appointed Ban’s predecessor Kofi Annan as joint special envoy

US threatens sanctions on Somali peace spoilers

YoopyaFeb 23, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone blocking reforms intended to end Somalia’s “hopeless, bloody conflict” and

‘Resurrected’ Mugabe turns 88, to stay in power

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turned 88 on Tuesday, joking about reports circulating for years of his imminent demise and vowing