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Goodluck Jonathan Sworn In As Nigerian President

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.

Shocking HIV Statistics Force Rhodes University To Embark On Tests

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....
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World Cup Fans Warned Over S.Africa Fever Outbreak

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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Malema At Disciplinary Hearing

Johannesburg, May 04,2010 - Julius Malema appeared before an ANC disciplinary committee on Monday, its chairperson Derek Hanekom confirmed....
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Nigeria Orders Elections Chief To Step Down

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....
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Madagascar Talks Set For April 28 In South Africa

Antananarivo, April 22, 2010 - The protagonists in Madagascar's political crisis have agreed to attend talks in South Africa on April 28....
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ANC Confirms Pressing Charges Against Malema

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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Kenya Growers Dump Tonnes Of Roses Due To Flight Ban

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....
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Sexual Violence ‘Becoming Normal’ In Congo

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....
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Sudan Begins Counting In Polls Marred By Boycotts

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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Zanu PF a terrorist group - Sikhala

HARARE, July 30, 2010 – Outspoken MDC 99 leader, Job Sikhala says President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party is a terrorist organization which should be treated the same way with Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda.
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Banks fail to meet requirements

HARARE, July 30, 2010—At least seven banks have failed to meet the prescribed minimum capital requirements set by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and have been directed to raise cash from shareholders or bring new partners, governor Gideon Gono said Thursday.
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai under attack

HARARE, July 30, 2010 - Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara has accused his partners in Zimbabwe’s shaky coalition government of poor leadership and political grandstanding.
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Grace Mugabe fingered in diamonds looting

HARARE, July 30, 2010 - First Lady Grace Mugabe has been fingered as one of the biggest beneficiaries from the diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa fields after it emerged she is a shareholder in Mbada Diamonds.

ZMC issues media licences

HARARE, July 30 - FOUR new mass media providers are soon to hit the streets after the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) granted them licenses to operate.

Rowdy youths threaten Deputy Minister

HARARE, July 27, 2010 - SEVERAL rowdy Zanu PF Youths threatened Deputy Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Matutu, saying he was pushing an MDC-T agenda and not working for them at all, Radio VOP can reveal.

Tsvangirai's aide nabbed

HARARE, July 30, 2010 - POLICE on Wednesday arrested Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's top aid Morgan Komichi.

Showdown over Nkomo's statue

BULAWAYO, July 28, 2010 - A showdown is looming between the government and Bulawayo political activists following revelations that the statue of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, soon to be erected in the city was made in the Democratic Republic of Korea(DPRK).

Newborn babies found buried in house, garden

FRANCE, July 29, 2010 - A couple have been arrested in northern France after eight newborn babies were discovered hidden in their house and buried in their garden.

UNICEF targets the Apostolic sect

MARANGE, July 29, 2010 - THE United Nations Children’s Education Fund UNICEF has embarked on a massive persuasive drive in Marange targeting members of the Apostolic sect after it has emerged that 70% of area’s children were left out the National immunization program which was done in April.
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