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Africa news: Libyans vote for new parliament in test for transition

YoopyaJun 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Libyans started voting for a new parliament on Wednesday, in an election that officials hope will ease the turmoil that has gripped the

Africa news: South Africa platinum union, mines sign wage deal but job cuts loom

YoopyaJun 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – The world’s three biggest platinum firms signed a wage deal with South Africa’s AMCU union on Tuesday but said that fallout from a

Africa news: South African officials arrested over Mandela memorial fraud

YoopyaJun 24, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president

Africa news: South Africa mining union includes ‘back to work arrangements’ in rally programer

YoopyaJun 24, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s striking AMCU mining union on Monday handed its members a program that included sections titled reading of agreements and back to

World cup 2014: Neymar inspires Brazil, Dutch storm on at World Cup

YoopyaJun 24, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Brazil’s poster-boy striker Neymar fulfilled a nation’s expectations to score twice in a 4-1 destruction of Cameroon on Monday while the Netherlands again

Africa news: Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote

YoopyaJun 23, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another five-year term with 82 percent of the vote, officials said on Sunday, after an

Africa news: South Africa says Zuma ‘fine’, plays down report of poor health

YoopyaJun 23, 2014June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s health is fine, his spokesman said on Sunday, playing down a newspaper report that heart problems, diabetes and

South Africa: South African honeymoon murder trial set for Oct. 6

YoopyaJun 20, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – A South African court on Friday set Oct. 6 as the start date for the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, who is

Africa news: U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law

YoopyaJun 20, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan

Africa news: Ex-Liberia President Charles Taylor in bid to leave UK prison

YoopyaJun 19, 2014July 16, 20230

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve the rest of his war crimes sentence in Rwanda, claiming that being detained in the UK denies