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China strengthens Africa ties with $20 billion in loans

YoopyaJuly 19, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 19, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that...

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Omar Suleiman, Mubarak’s spy chief, dies in U.S., aide says

YoopyaJuly 19, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 19, 20120

Earlier this year, Egypt’s central elections committee ruled that former Egyptian vice president would not be able to run in the presidential elections. Mubarak’s most...

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Google launch SMS version of Gmail in Africa

YoopyaJuly 19, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 19, 20120

Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. Gmail SMS can run on so-called “dumb phones”...

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Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi ‘in hospital’

YoopyaJuly 18, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 18, 20120

Ethiopia’s government has denied Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is critically ill but says he has been in hospital. “He is not in a critical state....

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Nelson Mandela celebrates ‘quiet family’ birthday

YoopyaJuly 18, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 18, 20120

Some 12 million schoolchildren across South Africa have sung a specially composed song as part of official celebrations for Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday on Wednesday....

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Drugs and arms fuel Africa unrest, says Liberia leader

YoopyaJuly 17, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 17, 20120

Growing drug trafficking and unchecked arms trade are fuelling insurgencies across Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said. In a BBC interview, Mrs Sirleaf...

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Egypt’s ex-President Mubarak ordered back to prison

YoopyaJuly 17, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 17, 20120

Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered that former President Hosni Mubarak be returned to prison, saying that his health has improved. Mubarak, 84, was moved from...

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Unesco Equatorial Guinea Obiang Nguema prize ‘shameful’

YoopyaJuly 17, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 17, 20120

Human rights groups have denounced plans by a UN agency to award a science prize sponsored by Equatorial Guinea President Teodor Obiang Nguema. The groups...

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Sudan refugee crisis worsening, Save The Children warns

YoopyaJuly 16, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 16, 20120

Save the Children has warned of an escalating refugee crisis in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan. The charity said that fighting along...

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Libya Olympics official ‘abducted’ in Tripoli

YoopyaJuly 16, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 16, 20120

The president of Libya’s Olympic committee, Nabil Elalem, is reported to have been abducted in Tripoli. According to eyewitness accounts, Mr Elalem was in his...