African Troops Ready to Help Neighboring Mali Fighting Militants

14th Jan, 2013 :  Troops from Mali's neighbors are expected to start arriving Sunday to help France in the third day of a battle to ...
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Clashes mark South Africa farmers' strike

12th Jan, 2013 :  Striking farm workers in South Africa's Western Cape province have clashed with police after blocking roads in sev ...
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South Africa police fire rubber bullets at farm workers

10th Jan, 2013 :  South Africa's police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse striking farm workers in the wine-produci ...
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Chavez health crisis: Power transition row escalates

6th Jan, 2013 :  As President-elect Hugo Chavez's ability to lead remains in doubt after cancer surgery, his allies have chosen to ...
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Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Salva Kiir of South Sudan are set to discuss speeding up the implementation

5th Jan, 2013 :  The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan are to meet to address disputes that brought them close to war following the Sout ...
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Facing rebels, Central African Republic's president consolidates power

4th Jan, 2013 :  Under a rebel insurgency, President Francois Bozize of Central African Republic took full control of the military, dis ...
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Malian soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra

11th Dec, 2012 :  The prime minister of Mali has resigned on state television, hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a ...
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South African icon Nelson Mandela hospitalized

9th Dec, 2012 :  South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, t ...
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Ghana’s aquaculture boosted with improved Nile Tilapia

5th Dec, 2012 :  The improved variety is to increase aquaculture productivity and food security in West Africa. For local consumption ...
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East Africa skull fossil may be evidence early human development was messy, tangled affair

9th Aug, 2012 :  A 2-million-year-old flat-faced skull pulled from the sandstones of East Africa has shored up claims that at least thr ...
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