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Reinventing technology in Africa for Africans

YoopyaOctober 13, 2012March 6, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 13, 2012March 6, 20240

Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. The first is...

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Africa Cup of Nations: Round-up of Saturday’s qualifiers

YoopyaOctober 13, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 13, 20120

Zambia, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria are among the first teams to qualify from a dramatic weekend of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Saturday’s matches:...

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Nigeria says won’t appeal award of oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

brunoOctober 9, 2012October 9, 2012

by brunoOctober 9, 2012October 9, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s attorney general said on Tuesday the country would not appeal an international ruling that handed the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its...

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About one third of South African truckers end strike

brunoOctober 9, 2012

by brunoOctober 9, 20120

By Agnieszka Flak and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – About a third of striking South African truckers have agreed to return to work on Wednesday,...

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Egypt eyes IMF deal in weeks to shore up economy

brunoOctober 9, 2012January 14, 2024

by brunoOctober 9, 2012January 14, 20240

By Tamim Elyan and Tom Pfeiffer CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt hopes to agree a $4.8 billion IMF loan within two weeks of talks set for...

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Tiny, new African dinosaur species unveiled

YoopyaOctober 8, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 8, 20120

(Reuters) – A new dinosaur the size of a house cat and described as a cross between “a bird, a vampire and a porcupine” has...

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Sudan military plane crashes near capital, kills 13

YoopyaOctober 7, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 7, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese military plane carrying personnel and equipment to the strife-torn Darfur region crashed near the capital Khartoum on Sunday killing 13 people...

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Egypt’s Mursi says falls short of goals, seeks to assuage critics

YoopyaOctober 7, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 7, 20120

By Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Saturday he had fallen short of goals he promised to fulfill in his first...

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Blast outside Nigerian bar kills one, wounds 11: witness

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb at an outdoor bar in a remote part of eastern Nigeria killed at least one person and wounded 11...

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United Nations says little time to deal with Mali extremists

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told a closed Security Council meeting on Thursday that Mali urgently needed...