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Islamist reinforcements enter Somali capital
Mogadishu - Hundreds of heavily armed Islamist insurgents are pouring into the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said Wednesday, amid reports the government is ready to launch a major offensive. Insurgent group al-Shabaab, which recently announced ...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

20,000-strong 'freedom walk' to mark 20 years of Mandela's release
Cape Town - South Africans are adamant that no-one can fill his shoes - but around 20,000 people will walk in the footsteps of former president Nelson Mandela on Thursday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. Two decades after...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Sudanese president says relations with Chad improving
Nairobi/Khartoum - Sudan's president said a two-day visit by his Chadian counterpart has put the neighbours, at loggerheads over alleged support for rebel groups, on course for normalized relations. Chad said Sudan backs Chadian rebels who have been ...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Tsvangirai rubbishes new Zimbabwe indigenization law - Summary
Harare - Regulations published Tuesday in Zimbabwe declaring that large companies must hand blacks a 51 per cent stake within five years were summarily dismissed as null and void by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The regulations, passed under tw...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Report: Top al-Qaeda man killed in Somalia
Nairobi/Mogadishu - A Somali minister on Tuesday claimed that government forces had killed a senior al-Qaeda fighter who was also a member of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab. State-run Radio Mogadishu earlier reported that Amar Ibrahim, a Jordanian...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

New Zimbabwean law says blacks must own 51 per cent of all firms
Harare - White business executives in Zimbabwe will be forced to ensure that blacks have a 51-per-cent controlling interest in their companies within the next five years, according to a draconian new law published Tuesday. The so-called Indigenisati...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

ANC: Mandela will not be part of celebrations at former prison
Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress said former president Nelson Mandela, 91, would not be taking part in commemorations at his former jail on Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. The party was ...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Nigeria empowers vice president to run country
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria's Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday both passed motions empowering Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to act as president in the absence of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua. Yar'Adua, 58, has been in a Saudi hospital si...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

UN: 160 women raped per week in Congo provinces
Nairobi/Goma - An estimated 160 women are being raped each week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's unstable North and South Kivu provinces, the United Nations said Tuesday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in rep...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

South African orphanage blaze kills 15, including eight children
Johannesburg - Fifteen people, including at least eight children, burnt to death when a fire broke out at an orphanage in South Africa on Tuesday, officials said. Another nine children were hospitalized following the fire at the Hope in Christ Home, ...

[Posted on : 2010-02-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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