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South Africa emerges from recession
Johannesburg - South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, is back on the growth path following two quarters of recession, statistics released Tuesday showed. In the third quarter of 2009, gross domestic produce (GDP) grew by an annualized 0.9 per cent c...
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2009-11-24 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Qatar minister hopeful for Darfur peace
Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Thirty five injured as football fans riot in Cairo - Summary
Cairo - Roughly a thousand people rioted in the streets around the Algerian Embassy in Cairo in the early hours of Friday to vent their anger at attacks against Egyptian fans in Sudan the previous night. Angry crowds converged on the embassy, chantin...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Bedouins protest in Sinai, alleging police killed man
Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking passing cars and setting ti...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Three children killed in Mozambique mortar bomb blast
Maputo - Three children were killed and two seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidently exploding a mortar bomb left over from the country's past wars, a local newspaper reported Friday. Noticias daily reported that the children in Nias...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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'Arctic Sea' finally reaches destination in Algeria
Moscow - The Arctic Sea , the Finnish-owned, Maltese- registered ship believed to have been captured by pirates in early August has reached its destination in Algeria, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. The ship was due to deliver its load of w...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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