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Mali requests military assistance to free north: France

YoopyaSeptember 5, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 5, 20120

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Mali’s interim leader has made a formal request to west African regional body ECOWAS for military assistance to help free the country’s...

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Liberia rainforest: ‘60% handed to logging companies’

YoopyaSeptember 4, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 4, 20120

Uncontrolled logging is posing a risk to Liberia’s virgin rainforests and depriving people of economic benefits, campaign group Global Witness warns. Its report says that...

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Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 20120

Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For...

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Mali Islamists retake town of Douentza

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Islamists in Mali have retaken the northern town of Douentza, disarming without a fight a local militia trying to wrest back control...

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Marikana strike: South Africa to release unrest miners

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 20120

South African courts are to begin releasing 270 striking miners charged with murder after 34 of their colleagues were shot dead by police. Earlier, the...

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Thousands of Ethiopians attend Meles Zenawi burial

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 20120

Thousands of people have been attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Mr Meles’...

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South African Marikana miners charged with murder

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 20120

Workers arrested at South Africa’s Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The 270...

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Nigeria power minister says he quit to save integrity

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012June 19, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2012June 19, 20230

By Joe Brock ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s former power minister, who resigned after reports he part owned a company involved in bidding for state electricity...

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Egyptian leader in Iran for first time since 1979

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 20120

DUBAI (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi arrived in Tehran on Thursday, the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979....

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Gambia executions: Senegal leader Macky Sall’s anger

YoopyaAugust 29, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 29, 20120

Senegal’s government has summoned the Gambian ambassador to protest against the execution of two of its nationals. President Macky Sall said he would expel the...