Mozambique: Mozambique price riots enter second day

Demonstrators blocked roads with burning tyres and looted shops in Mozambique"s capital Maputo on Thursday as deadly riots sparked by soaring bread prices entered a second day. On Wednesday police and hospital sources said at least six people were killed, including two children, as police opened fire on protesters ...
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Mozambique: Officers killed by rioting mob - police

Mozambican police say two of their officers were killed in rioting over high prices. Pedro Cossa, a spokesman for the police ministry, told The Associated Press on Thursday the officers were beaten by mobs the day before. He says the total toll is four, including two protesters shot by ...
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Mozambique: S. Africans stranded in Moz after food riots

Hundreds of South Africans got caught up in riots that gripped Mozambique on Wednesday, forcing them to extend their stay in the country and leaving a number of hotels in Maputo scrambling to accommodate those left stranded. Several people were killed when police opened fire on rioters protesting over ...
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Nigeria: Militant"s murder can make or break amnesty

The ex-militants stood in line like school children waiting to enter a camp and learn to abandon violence, but the question of who killed one of their leaders threatened the uneasy arrangement. "If at the end of the investigation the culprits are not brought to justice, we may move ...
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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Main News Kaira reminds Road Minister of his promise

Kaira, Sept. 1, GNA - The people of Kaira in the South-Dayi District have appealed to the Roads and Highways Minister, Mr Joe Gidisu, to facilitate the transformation of the rough road from Todome to Toh-Kpalime into a tarred road. They made the appeal at a durbar to mark 46 ...
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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Africa GADDAFI ON "BLACK EUROPE", ISLAMIZATION PROJECT FOR BLACK AFRICANS: A RESPONSE.

Gaddafi, the Libyan leader Gaddafi, the Libyan leader and the erstwhile chairman of the African Union (AU) landed in Italy on Sunday, and made brute racist remarks, which explicitly betrayed his gross disdain for black African people, and called to question the true intention behind ...
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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.

Accra, Sept 1, GNA- Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called for closer collaborations between political heads and their top civil servants to achieve growth and development in their areas. He said politicians who disregarded the advice and contributions of their civil servants were likely to flop in their ...
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Kenya: Two dead, 8 injured as police engage Nakuru residents in eviction row

At least two people were shot dead and several others injured on Wednesday in Nakuru town as police engaged rioting residents in street battles.Residents of Flamingo, Kaloleni, Kimathi, and Kivumbini Estates who occupy houses belonging to the Municipal Council of Nakuru were protesting an eviction notice requiring them to vacate ...
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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics I am not desperate to be president - John Mahama

Vice-President John Mahama was reported to making moves to challenge his boss for the presidency Vice-President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he is not desperate to be President of Ghana. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle in his office yesterday, in reaction ...
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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.