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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.

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.

Kenya: Two dead, 8 injured as police engage Nakuru residents in eviction row

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics I am not desperate to be president - John Mahama

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Main News Kaira reminds Road Minister of his promise



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[Business]

South Africa: Auto strike continues

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"The turn-up on the first day of the strike was encouraging. Our members will continue with the strike until the bosses meet our demands. We are not backing off," said Numsa spokesman Castro Ngobese. He said the union and the employer would meet at 2pm on Thursday in ...
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Africa: Cape dominates property prices

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Clifton claimed the number one spot in the 2010 list of South Africa"s most valuable residential areas with an average house price of almost R12 million. Nearby Llandudno came in third with an average house price of R8m. Trendy, cosmopolitan Camps Bay was ranked 10th, with ...
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Kenya: EU adds Ghanaian airlines to no-fly list

South Africa: Home - Major state union says rejected new offer

South Africa: Scopa slams slow mine cleanup

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Business Managements of rural banks strategise to handle infiltration

Kenya: Samsung takes on Apple with iPad rival

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[Sports]

Kenya: State dismisses "death call" SMS alerts as hoax

The Government has warned Kenyans against forwarding alarming SMS and e-mail messages being circulated countrywide terming them a hoax.There was anxiety after the messages warned receivers not to pick calls from certain numbers claiming they could cause death.The messages further allege that receiving calls from either the unknown or numbers ...

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Kenya: Chang"aa now legal but must be bottled

If you love your chang"aa or busaa you can now sip from your sparkling glass or rusty tin that once contained cooking or engine oil without having to look behind your back. This is because President Kibaki rolled up his sleeve and signed into law the Bill passed by Parliament, ...

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Kenya: ICC to summon key personalities

Kenya: Duncan wins Quattro Charge

Kenya: Leaders fault State as Ngei"s wife is buried

Kenya: German discovers a friend in need is a friend indeed

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Sports Black Stars pick special Wafu award

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[Health]

Somalia: A day in the life of a Mogadishu paramedic

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NAIROBI, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) - The LifelineAfrica ambulance service was launched in Mogadishu in December 2008 by two men who realized that trauma cases often died of blood loss before reaching hospital. Almost 18 months after IRIN first spoke to the founders, we asked Ismail Mohamed how he and ...
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Eritrea-ethiopia: Refugees embrace life "out of camps"

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ADDIS ABABA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - Kibrom Sebhatu, 45, is among hundreds of Eritreans expected to benefit from a recent Ethiopian government ruling allowing Eritrean refugees to live outside the camps. "I am happy that UNHCR [the UN Refugee Agency] and the government of Ethiopia agreed to ...
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Sahel: Peanut pastes and milk powders to save children

Kenya: Call to boost disaster preparedness in marginalized north

Kenya: SOS by SMS

Sudan: Clashes and demos in Abyei

Uganda: Children wounded in war missing out on treatment

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[Arts & Entertainment]

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment Blakk Rasta meets Obama, again, on the BBC

Blakk Rasta After the 11 July dinner with the world"s most powerful man, - Back Obama - Africa"s reggae music icon Blakk Rasta is at it again; this time he tells the story of how he met Barack Obama.Blakk Rasta will be guest on the ...

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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment Blakk Rasta meets Obama, again, on the BBC

Blakk Rasta After the 11 July dinner with the world"s most powerful man, - Back Obama - Africa"s reggae music icon Blakk Rasta is at it again; this time he tells the story of how he met Barack Obama.Blakk Rasta will be guest on the ...

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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment TV Star Turns Armed Robber

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment The 12 beauties Contesting For Miss Tourism

South Africa: Artist too hot for the French

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment Lindsay Lohan: "I Just Want My Career Back"

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Entertainment Lindsay Lohan: "I Just Want My Career Back"

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[North Africa]

Libya: Europe should convert to Islam, says Gadaffi

Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi told 500 paid hostesses attending a lecture in Rome that Europe should convert to Islam and gave each of them a copy of the Qur"an, the Italian press reported on Monday. Gadaffi told the young women, hired by an agency and paid 70 or 80 ...

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Libya: Europe should convert to Islam, says Gadaffi

Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi told 500 paid hostesses attending a lecture in Rome that Europe should convert to Islam and gave each of them a copy of the Qur"an, the Italian press reported on Monday. Gadaffi told the young women, hired by an agency and paid 70 or 80 ...

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Algeria: Algerian forces kill 10 rebels - reports

Egypt: Egypt destroys 12 smuggling tunnels to Gaza

Egypt: Cops find weapons bound for Gaza

Egypt: Cops find weapons bound for Gaza

Egypt: Egypt destroys 12 smuggling tunnels to Gaza

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[South Africa]

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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South Africa: Mitchell signs 3 year deal with Lions

Mozambique: Mozambique price riots enter second day

Mozambique: Officers killed by rioting mob - police

South Africa: Mourinho laments difficult communication with Ozil and Khedira

Mozambique: S. Africans stranded in Moz after food riots

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[East Africa]

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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Uganda: Nakawa-Naguru residents cry foul

Residents of Nakawa-Naguru housing estates have accused government of delaying the redevelopment of the housing estate. The tenants demanded to be part of a tribunal put in place by the local government ministry to over-see the relocation and display of tenants register. The chairman of the Nakawa Naguru ...

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Kenya: Al-Shabaab tells of air raid fears

Kenya: Leaders want constituencies split

Uganda: Presidential nominations on October 25

Kenya: How North Eastern figures went wrong

Kenya: Africa"s mega-city tries to tame daredevil moto-taxi operators

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[West Africa]

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 ...

Read Africa News article at The Accra Daily Mail - Related articles

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics I am not desperate to be president - John Mahama

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics Veep calls for collaboration between politicians and administrators.

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Main News Kaira reminds Road Minister of his promise

Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Politics I am not desperate to be president - John Mahama

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[Great Lakes]

Congo (DRC): Twenty killed in Congo plane crash

A plane crashed on Wednesday after trying to land in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people and leaving just one survivor, a deputy provincial governor told reporters. The Filair Let-410 twin turboprop crashed just before 12h00 GMT after failing to land at Bandundu after a 300km ...

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Congo (DRC): Damning DRC report not altered - UN

UN chief Ban Ki-moon never asked for claims of "genocide" by Rwandan forces to be removed from a report on violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN human rights spokesman said on Tuesday. Rejecting media reports of interference by Ban on the final wording of a report ...

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Congo (DRC): Damning DRC report not altered - UN

Burundi: Burundi president names government

Burundi: Burundi picks senate

Burundi: Burundi president names government

Congo: UN demands action after Congo rapes

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[Horn of Africa]

Somalia: Somalis flee violence in Mogadishu

Hundreds of Somalis fled from Mogadishu on Thursday as fighting between hardline Islamist insurgents and government troops entered a fourth day with both sides claiming advances. Residents fled the carnage, some with their belongings piled high in wheelbarrows, others clutching their children, as al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels fought street by ...

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Somalia: Coalition of militants "the driving force"

Foreign militants do not enjoy universal acceptance in Somalia"s al-Shabaab but outside powers will find it hard to use their presence to divide and weaken the hardline Islamist insurgency, a US military official said. A collection of militants from countries as diverse as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan and the ...

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Somalia: Coalition of militants "the driving force"

Ethiopia: Rudisha sets another 800m world record

Somalia: 11 civilians dead in fresh Mogadishu fighting

Somalia: Somalis flee violence in Mogadishu

Somalia: Mogadishu rocked by gunfire

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