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Ethiopian church patriarch Abune Paulos dies

YoopyaAugust 16, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 16, 20120

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, has died aged 76, the government has announced. The foreign ministry said he had been receiving...

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South Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead

YoopyaAugust 16, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 16, 20120

(Reuters) – South African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing several...

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Koffi Olomide: Congo singer charged with assault

YoopyaAugust 16, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 16, 20120

Koffi Olomide, one of Africa’s most popular singers, has been charged with the assault of his producer and held in custody overnight. The rumba star,...

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Kenyans to investigate poor track showing

YoopyaAugust 14, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 14, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities are frustrated that foreign athletes who train in the country turned the tables on the east African nation, whose disappointing...

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Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai

YoopyaAugust 14, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 14, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – A group of armed men opened fire on Monday at a checkpoint in el-Arish city in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, but the attack...

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South African platinum mine union riots ‘kill nine’

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

Nine people have been killed in clashes between rival unions at a South African mine owned by leading platinum producer Lonmin, police have said. The...

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Egypt president sweeps out army rulers

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

By Edmund Blair CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has driven back the biggest challenge to civilian rule by dismissing top generals and tearing...

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Sect: Nigeria forces killed civilians, not fighters

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram denied on Monday that 20 of its fighters had been killed in a raid by...

London Olympics 2012 News

Congo athlete and coaches go missing after Games

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

DAKAR (Reuters) – A Congolese judo competitor and three other members of the central African country’s Olympic delegation have gone missing in London since the...

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Gunmen kill Egyptian tribal leader and son in Sinai

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A group of armed men shot dead a tribal leader and his son on Monday in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on the border with...