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Angola’s $17 bln energy drive will help poor: Dos Santos

YoopyaAugust 23, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 23, 20120

By Shrikesh Laxmidas HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) – Angola’s plans to invest more than $17 billion in electricity generation and distribution by 2016 are designed to...

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Former PM Meles Zenawi lies in state as Ethiopia mourns

YoopyaAugust 22, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 22, 20120

The body of long-time Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi is lying in state at the national palace in Addis Ababa, where it will stay until his...

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Thousands turn out to mourn Meles Zenawi as body arrives back in Ethiopia

YoopyaAugust 22, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 22, 20120

Thousands of mourning Ethiopians turned out Wednesday as the body of Meles Zenawi, the country’s leader for 21 years, arrived at Addis Ababa airport following...

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South Africa mine: Lonmin drops threat to fire workers

YoopyaAugust 21, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 21, 20120

Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire workers who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes last...

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Ethiopian strongman and Western ally, Meles, dies

YoopyaAugust 21, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, regarded by the West as a bulwark against Islamic militancy, died while being treated abroad for an undisclosed...

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Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34...

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Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving...

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Koffi Olomide: Congo singer guilty of assault

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 17, 20120

Koffi Olomide, one of Africa’s most popular singers, has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his producer. The rumba star, 56, was...

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Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012June 24, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 17, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick...

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South Africa’s Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 17, 20120

Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief has said. Riah Phiyega...