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South Africa's ruling African National Congress' (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed Tuesday when 11 cabinet ministers resigned in a shock move.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, credited with keeping the country on a steady course over a decade, was among those who quit in sympathy with Mbeki.
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 The violent conflict between Ethiopian troops and Islamist
fighters trying to bring down Somalia’s
government killed 81 people over the weekend and wounded 119. Most of them were
civilians. After the bloody attack, hundreds of residents evacuated the area,
abandoned their homes trying to escape Mogadishu.
Others removed corpses from...
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 An overnight fire killed eighteen children and an adult in
their dormitory at a Ugandan junior school near the capital, Kampala. The students were between the ages
of seven and ten. It is unknown why so many children were sleeping in the room,
which had 63 beds, at the time of the fire. However, survivors claim the death
toll could...
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 Zimbabwe’s
opposition demanded a strike, in an attempt to force the officials to release
the results of last month’s presidential election. An election impasse began more
than two weeks ago, as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission repeatedly delayed
revealing results of the March 29 presidential vote.
The candidate from the...
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 Heavily armed Islamist militants took over a central Somali
town Sunday and killed two British and two Kenyan teachers, the Associated
Press reports. It appears that three of the victims are women and the fourth
victim is reported to be a Somali man with British citizenship, returned to his
hometown in order to build a...
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 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party claimed that is would contest the election results for 16 parliamentary seats, the Los Angeles Times reports. It appears that Mugabe also demanded to fight MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a runoff for the presidency. According to the opposition officials, Morgan Tsvangirai won the...
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 According to Zimbabwe’s
opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), its leader Morgan
Tsvangirai won the presidential election with 50.3 percent of the vote. However,
the official results have not yet been released.
MDC general secretary Tendai Biti claims that the result
shows that there is no need for an...
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 Voters across Zimbabwe held Saturday their
national elections, which include the presidential, parliamentary, senate and
local elections. Zimbabweans cast their ballots in order to decide whether
President Robert Mugabe should keep his function, after he caused the country’s
economic collapse. Mugabe is facing with the biggest...
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 Comoros
demanded on Thursday that France
extradite rebel leader Mohamed Bacar, who is wanted by the Indian Ocean
Archipelago for crimes against humanity. Troops had to fire teargas in order to
stop demonstrations against the former colonel.
The self-declared leader of the Anjouan
Island fled to the French-run island of...
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 In a couple of days, Zimbabwe will be holding its
national elections, which include the presidential, parliamentary, senate and
local elections. In March 2005, the last election was marked by state violence
against both the civil society activists as well as the voters.
The three main presidential candidates are President...
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 The invasion by the African Union soldiers and federal
government to retake control of the Comoros
island of Anjouan from the rebel leader Colonel
Mohamed Bacar was completed, officials said.
“Anjouan island is under total control of the army,” Major Ahmed Sidi told
reporters at a joint press conference, according to Reuters. “So...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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