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ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

YoopyaFebruary 6, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 6, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC has delayed final sentencing for suspended Youth League leader Julius Malema, who lost an appeal this weekend against charges...

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Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings in Nigeria’s remote northeastern Borno state in the...

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One killed as Senegal police, anti-Wade crowds clash

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012January 23, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012January 23, 20230

By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix At least one person was killed on Tuesday as Senegalese security forces armed with truncheons and tear gas clashed...

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Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150

YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012February 20, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012February 20, 20230

The carefully orchestrated strikes in the northern Nigeria city of Kano are reminiscent of Al Qaeda attacks, and dwarf previous assaults by the Islamic group...

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Egypt marks anniversary of ‘Arab Spring’ revolution

YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 26, 20120

Crowds throng Cairo’s Tahrir Square to celebrate free elections and commemorate the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and to curse ruling generals for crushing...

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Ethiopia lifts ban on 35 athletes, including Bekele

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20120

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, an athletics official said on...

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Exiled president of Madagascar flies out of South Africa, faces possible arrest

YoopyaJanuary 21, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 21, 20120

JOHANNESBURG — Madagascar’s ousted president left South Africa Saturday after three years in exile, saying he wanted to help restore peace and democracy in his...

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Kenya’s Mungiki gang: Huge, secretive and terrifying

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 20120

Charges brought by the International Criminal Court have cast a spotlight on the workings of Mungiki and its alleged role in the ethnic violence that...

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Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office?

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20120

By Isaac Esipisu There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into...

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South Sudan inflation eases to 65.6 pct in December

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan’s annual inflation rate eased to 65.6 percent in December from 78.8 pct in November as housing and water costs fell but...