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Youths riot in Kenya for third time over mosque raid, one dead

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Muslim youths fought police in the Kenyan port of Mombasa and one person was killed on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a third day

IBM starts rolling out Watson supercomputer in Africa

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N) began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as

South Africa’s Harmony Gold stops operations after accidents

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Harmony Gold stopped all its operations for a 24-hour safety shift on Friday after at least eight workers were killed in

South Africa’s AMCU union, platinum firms resume wage talks

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Wage talks between South Africa’s AMCU union and the world’s top three platinum producers resumed on Tuesday to try to end a nearly

Special Report: Areva and Niger’s uranium fight

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners’ huts

U.S. urges South Sudan to honor ceasefire, free political prisoners

YoopyaFeb 4, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States urged South Sudan’s leaders on Monday to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an advance

Over 70 killed during clashes in Central African Republic town: official

YoopyaFeb 4, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – At least 70 people have been killed and dozens of houses torched in clashes between Muslim and Christian communities in a town in

Kenyan port city again hit by riots over mosque raid

YoopyaFeb 4, 2014November 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Kenyan police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Muslim youths rioting for a second day on Monday in protest against a

Nigerian former vice president defects to opposition

YoopyaFeb 4, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has defected to Nigeria’s main opposition party, adding a heavyweight name to a group that poses an increasing

Nelson Mandela ‘left $4m estate’

YoopyaFeb 3, 2014November 1, 20230

South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela left an estate valued at more than 46m rand ($4.13m; £2.53m), the executors of his will have revealed. The