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South Africa vows clampdown on mining unrest

YoopyaSeptember 14, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 14, 20120

South Africa’s government has announced a raft of measures to clamp down on continuing unrest in the mining sector. It warned it would crack down...

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Uganda charges British producer David Cecil over gay play

YoopyaSeptember 14, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 14, 20120

The authorities in Uganda have charged a British theatre producer, David Cecil, for staging a play about the condition of gay people in the country....

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Striking South African miners reject Lonmin pay offer

YoopyaSeptember 14, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Wildcat strikers at Lonmin’s (LONJ.J) Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on Friday, dashing any hope of ending five weeks of industrial action...

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Egypt: Ex-PM Ahmed Nazif jailed for corruption

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 20120

A court in Cairo has sentenced Egypt’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison for corruption. Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister...

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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai set to marry after court victory

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 20120

A court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a bid by a woman to block Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wedding on Saturday to his fiancee, Elizabeth...

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The crocodile feeder of Ivory Coast

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 20120

For visitors to Yamoussoukro, the official capital of Ivory Coast, and the birth place of its first president, the crocodiles are a major attraction, especially...

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Obama vows to “bring to justice” ambassador’s killers

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to “bring to justice” the Islamist gunmen responsible for a ferocious assault that killed the U.S. ambassador...

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U.S. Ambassador To Libya J. Christopher Stevens Killed

YoopyaSeptember 12, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 12, 20120

Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and reportedly three other American officials were killed in a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya on September 11....

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Egyptians angry at film scale U.S. embassy walls

YoopyaSeptember 12, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over...

Africa News World

Analysis: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala seeks reform without the godfathers

YoopyaSeptember 12, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is battling to reform one of the world’s most corrupt nations without support from the shadowy “godfathers” who...