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Six Filipino workers have been kidnapped from a cargo ship in Nigeria`s oil-rich Niger Delta region, security sources say. They say the six were seized as the ship headed to the port of Warri. Militants seeking a greater share of the region`s oil wealth have been targeting foreign oil ...
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Police will this week begin patrols of Mogadishu for the first time in years after an upsurge in violence since the ousting of Islamist hardliners from the Somali capital, officials said on Sunday. A senior Mogadishu police commander said the patrols would begin on Tuesday, while government spokesperson Abdirahman ...
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Guinea President Lansana Conte called on the population and the army to remain united behind him on Sunday after days of violent protests against his rule during a crippling general strike in the West African country. Union leaders launched the 12-day-old stoppage because they say Conte, a reclusive diabetic ...
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Spain repatriated to Senegal several hundred would-be migrants on Sunday as part of a joint effort to stem the tide of illegal job seekers trying to reach Europe from Africa. The latest batch of Senegalese migrants to be sent home were flown from the Spanish Canary Islands to Saint-Louis, ...
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Thousands of anti-globalisation protesters have marched in Kenya`s capital, Nairobi, at the opening of the annual World Social Forum. More than 80,000 people have gathered to address a wide spectrum of social problems facing the world, including a focus on African issues. Set up in 2001 as a ...
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Africa is hosting for the first time the World Social Forum, an annual meeting of global campaigners. Activists said that African governments" failure to deliver on a 2001 vow to spend 15% of budgets on health has cost the continent 40 million lives. An African Union (AU) summit in ...
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Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, begins his highly anticipated first visit of Africa this week under immense pressure to win the confidence of continental leaders on his commitment to African challenges. Ban"s three nation tour will include meeting African heads of state at the forthcoming African Union (AU) ...
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Darfur rebels accused the Sudanese government today of bombing its areas for two days, killing at least 17 civilians, in an attempt to delay a conference of rebel leaders. A Sudanese army spokesperson was not immediately available to comment. The government regularly denies bombing in Darfur which will be a ...
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Ten Egyptians were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday when a minibus collided with a truck on a highway south of Cairo in the latest of a series of Egyptian transport accidents, security sources said. They said the crash occured on a desert highway that runs parallel to ...
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The Libyan government is to lay off 400,000 people - more than a third of its workforce - to ease public spending and stimulate the private sector. Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi told parliament the number of civil servants had become excessive. Mr Mahmudi said redundant staff would ...
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By Amos Kareithi It is bad news for meat lovers; veterinary experts have raised the red flag over one of their favourite delicacies — roasted meat. As the deadly Rift Valley Fever spreads towards the city, the Veterinary Department has warned Nairobi residents that the mouthwatering piece of roasted meat ...
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday met with major marketers on the measures to check the lingering fuel crises in the country.The meeting presided over by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the corporation, Egnr. Funsho Kupolokun, identified disruption in crude supply to Warri and Kaduna refineries due to ...
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