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La Nina seems to have peaked, set to decline: WMO

YoopyaFeb 10, 20120

GENEVA (Reuters) – La Nina, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, seems to

S.Africa’s Zuma squashes mine nationalisation talk

YoopyaFeb 10, 20120

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma squashed more than two years of talk on Friday about the nationalisation of South

Obama’s grandma injured after car rolls in Kenya

YoopyaFeb 7, 20120

(CBS/AP) NAIROBI, Kenya – President Obama’s 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a

Senegal opposition signs anti-Wade pact

YoopyaFeb 6, 20120

By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade’s main rivals pledged on Saturday to campaign together in an effort to force him to withdraw

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

YoopyaFeb 6, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC has delayed final sentencing for suspended Youth League leader Julius Malema, who lost an appeal this weekend against charges

Malaria may kill twice as many people as believed, study says

YoopyaFeb 3, 2012February 3, 20120

Malaria could be killing about twice as many people as experts have believed, a new study suggests. It estimates that 1.2 million people died

Algeria Islamist leader predicts unrest if vote rigged

YoopyaFeb 1, 20120

By Lamine Chikhi and Christian Lowe ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s government will ignite an explosion of unrest if it tries to rig a parliamentary election in

1,500 migrants died trying to reach Europe in 2011: UN

YoopyaFeb 1, 20120

GENEVA (Reuters) – A record 1,500 migrants, mainly from Somalia and other parts of Africa, died trying to reach European shores in 2011 and the deadly

Residents clash with police near Algerian capital

YoopyaFeb 1, 20120

CHERAGA, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian security forces used water cannon and tear gas on Tuesday to disperse rioting residents in a suburb of the capital who

Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

YoopyaFeb 1, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings in Nigeria’s remote northeastern Borno state in the