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South African court allows review of graft charges against Zuma

Mar 20, 2012, 13:09 GMT

Johannesburg - South Africa's main opposition party was handed a legal victory on Tuesday which could let it challenge the decision by prosecutors in 2009 to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma. ... more

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Several dead in car bombing in northern Nigeria

Apr 8, 2012, 11:32 GMT

Abuja - Several people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Sunday, police in the West African nation said. ... more

Mogadishu blast kills seven, including sports chiefs

Apr 4, 2012, 12:56 GMT

Mogadishu - Seven people died in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu Wednesday, including the head of the Somali football federation and the national Olympic Committee's president, according to witnesses. ... more

Seven dead in Mogadishu suicide bomb attack

Apr 4, 2012, 11:44 GMT

Mogadishu - A suicide bomber claimed seven lives on Wednesday, including the head of a Somali sports federation, at a gathering in Mogadishu, according to witnesses. ... more

ANC suspends Youth League leader with immediate effect

Apr 4, 2012, 10:38 GMT

Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party announced on Wednesday that it suspended with immediate effect Julius Malema, the leader of its Youth League, over recalcitrant behaviour. ... more

Police arrest Uganda's opposition leader and others at protest march

Mar 31, 2012, 15:23 GMT

Kampala - Police in Uganda on Saturday arrested the country's opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, and others taking part in a march in the capital Kampala. ... more

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What good is a Twitter campaign against a war criminal?

Mar 10, 2012, 6:34 GMT

Johannesburg - Joseph Kony, the elusive leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is suddenly famous far beyond the borders of his native Uganda and its neighbouring states in central Africa. ... more

A borderless Africa: Continental free trade zone eyed

Jan 29, 2012, 22:58 GMT

Addis Ababa/Cape Town - The dream of an African-wide free trade zone is decades old. But, even though such a future is part of the focus of Sunday's African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, hurdles remain. ... more

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