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Analysis: Egypt’s Mursi dogged by own promises in first 100 days

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has won grudging respect from detractors in his first 100 days by sending the army back to barracks faster...

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Rivalry between Libyan cities sharpens over rebel’s death

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

(Reuters) – For Misrata shopkeeper Akram Abdesalam Sider, there is only one way Libya’s leaders should deal with the former Muammar Gaddafi stronghold of Bani...

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UK court allows Kenyan claim over 1950s torture to proceed

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A British court ruled on Friday that three elderly Kenyans who were tortured under British rule in the 1950s could pursue their claim...

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Uganda says it is now free of deadly Ebola virus

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Uganda is now free from Ebola, the Health Ministry said, two months after an outbreak of the deadly virus killed at least 16...

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World food prices edge up in Sept: FAO

YoopyaOctober 4, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 4, 20120

ROME (Reuters) – World food prices rose slightly in September, approaching levels reached during the food crisis in 2008, the United Nations’ food agency said on...

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Rwandan man led grenade and machete killings: witnesses

YoopyaOctober 4, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 4, 20120

By Vegard Botterli OSLO (Reuters) – A Rwandan man accused of masterminding the murder of 2,000 people in the country’s 1994 genocide led a militia that...

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South Africa wildcat strikes spread to more mines

YoopyaOctober 3, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 3, 20120

By Ed Stoddard and Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A series of wildcat miners’ strikes in South Africa spread to a new sector, iron ore,...

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested

YoopyaOctober 2, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 2, 20120

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – The purported leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect in Nigeria, has denied government statements the group is involved in peace talks...

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Kenya port to benefit as rebels quit Somalia’s Kismayu: minister

YoopyaOctober 2, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 2, 20120

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s main port of Mombasa, East Africa’s chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has...

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Somali troops roll into once rebel bastion of Kismayu

YoopyaOctober 2, 2012April 11, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 2, 2012April 11, 20230

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hundreds of Somali government troops and allied militia fighters deployed throughout the former al Shabaab rebel stronghold of Kismayu on...