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Nine executed in Gambia, says Amnesty International

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

Amnesty International says it has received “credible reports” that Gambia executed nine death row prisoners on Thursday. “More persons are under threat of imminent executions

UK to spend £2m combating cholera in Sierra Leone

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

The UK government says it is activating a £2m emergency plan to tackle a cholera epidemic in the west African state of Sierra Leone. More

Angola deports China ‘gangsters’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

Angola has extradited 37 Chinese nationals, accused of extortion, kidnappings, armed robberies and running prostitution rings. They allegedly targeted other Chinese, kidnapping businessmen for ransom

Libya Sufi shrines attacked ‘by Islamist hardliners’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

A shrine in the Libyan capital Tripoli venerating a Sufi Muslim saint has been partly destroyed – the latest in a series of attacks blamed

Nigeria eyes new Eurobond worth up to $1 bln

YoopyaAug 25, 2012May 18, 20230

By Tim Cocks and Joe Brock ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria is looking at issuing a Eurobond worth up to $1 billion next year to fund

Lonmin says S.Africa seeks “peace accord” in labour dispute

YoopyaAug 25, 2012August 25, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African government is working with Lonmin to reach a “peace accord” between warring factions after violence stemming from a union

Scuffles as Egyptians challenge Islamist president

YoopyaAug 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Opponents of Egypt’s president scuffled with his supporters on Friday at a demonstration that was billed as a test of Mohamed Mursi’s popularity

Backers, opponents of Egypt president scuffle

YoopyaAug 24, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival groups of demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, some protesting against Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and others supporting him, scuffled and

South Africa remembers dead at Lonmin’s Marikana mine

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

Events are taking place across South Africa to remember the 44 people killed in recent violence at the north-western Marikana platinum mine. A hymn-filled memorial

Libya ‘sets September trial’ for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, will go on trial in Libya in September, a Libyan prosecution spokesman has said.