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Memorial at Egypt’s Tahrir Square sparks protest

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Where tents once sprouted and protesters chanted, municipal workers are now laying grass and flowers in the roundabout of Egypt’s famous Tahrir...

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Poll: Most Kenyans want president to stand trial

YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A majority of Kenyans want to see their president appear in court to face charges of crimes against humanity. That’s according...

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Insight: Revival of Islamists in Mali tests French, U.N. nerve

YoopyaNovember 14, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Nine months after they were scattered across the Sahara by waves of French air strikes, Islamists in Mali are making a comeback –...

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Samsung aims to double its smartphone sales in Africa in 2014

YoopyaNovember 13, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 13, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics expects to supply half of the smartphones sold in Africa this year and aims to double these sales on the continent in 2014,...

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U.N. Security Council to vote this week on delay of Kenya trials: Rwanda

YoopyaNovember 13, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 13, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – As Africa urges the U.N. Security Council to take it more seriously, Rwanda plans to put to a vote this week a draft...

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U.S. to name Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources

YoopyaNovember 13, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 13, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization on Wednesday, congressional sources and...

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Congo, M23 rebels peace signing delayed over wording of pact

YoopyaNovember 12, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 12, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – A ceremony to formally end Congo’s bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed on Monday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and...

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Insight: African tech startups aim to power growing economies

YoopyaNovember 11, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – When Abasiama Idaresit started a digital marketing firm in Nigeria’s bustling economic capital three years ago, he quickly learned how brutal life can...

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At 50 percent efficacy the RTS,S malaria vaccine will not be a stand-alone solution

YoopyaNovember 8, 2013June 26, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 8, 2013June 26, 20230

Scientists in Africa are in the final stages of trials for a malaria vaccine that’s raising hopes of reducing child infections – and deaths –...

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Official: M23 chief, rebels surrender to Uganda

YoopyaNovember 7, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 7, 2013March 3, 20240

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The top commander of Congo’s M23 rebel movement and about 1,700 of his fighters surrendered to Ugandan authorities following defeat by...