Abuja, Nigeria, May 05, 2010 - Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as the president of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, just hours after the death of the oil-rich country's elected leader whose long illness had sparked a leadership crisis.
Johannesburg, May 05, 2010 - Shocking HIV/Aids statistics contained in a recently released survey of the sexual habits of university students and staff have prompted a massive wellness drive to try to control infection....
Geneva, May 04, 2010 - Tourists in South Africa including soccer fans heading to the World Cup must guard against mosquito bites and avoid contact with raw meat due to an outbreak of Rift Valley fever, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
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Johannesburg, May 04,2010 - Julius Malema appeared before an ANC disciplinary committee on Monday, its chairperson Derek Hanekom confirmed....
Abuja, April 29, 2010 - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered the country's elections chief to step down immediately, following concern that polls next year would not be credible under his leadership....
Antananarivo, April 22, 2010 - The protagonists in Madagascar's political crisis have agreed to attend talks in South Africa on April 28....
Johannesburg, April 20, 2010 - The ANC has officially confirmed that it has pressed charges against ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, but the party refused to disclose details.
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Naivasha, Kenya, April 20, 2010 - Kenyan flower farmer Jack Kneppers was forced on Monday to throw 6.5 tonnes of his exquisite roses into a compost pit after flights headed for Europe were cancelled because of the ash cloud....
Nairobi, Kenya, April 16, 2010 - Rape has been a weapon of war in the overlapping conflicts that have rumbled on in Congo since 1996 causing millions to die of illness and disease. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of women have been raped in attacks aimed at terrorising civilians, humiliating the enemy and ethnically cleansing regions....
Khartoum, April 16, 2010 - Sudan began counting millions of ballots on Friday after five days of voting in the first open polls in 24 years, tainted by boycotts and accusations of fraud.
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