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Congo opposition official killed days before poll
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A police official in Congo's capital says a local opposition politician has been killed just days before a major vote in the central African nation. Police inspector general Charles Bisengimana said Wednesday that provincial assembly representative Marius Gangale was killed Tuesday night in Kinshasa. Gangale's wife…
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Army: 10 killed in Senegal's restive south
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's army says 10 people have been killed by separatist rebels in the country's restive south. Army spokesman Col. Aboubakrine Kebe said Tuesday that the civilians were working in the jungles of the Casamance region when they were attacked by the fighters Monday. The Movement of…
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Many Somali famine victims afraid to return home
DOLO, Somalia (AP) — Lush patches of green dot this once-barren land, allowing goats and camels to graze. A nearby field is full of large, purple onions thanks to a U.N.-funded project. Four months after the U.N. declared famine in much of Somalia, some regions are beginning a slow recovery…
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South Africa: Top politician faces bribery accusations
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African media say they've uncovered evidence that supports corruption allegations against a leading anti-apartheid activist who served on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela. Mac Maharaj, who now is President Jacob Zuma's spokesman, vigorously denied the accusations Tuesday, saying at a news conference: "I have not been…
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South Africa: Lawmakers adopt secrets bill
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The governing African National Congress pushed a bill through South Africa's parliament Tuesday to protect state secrets, despite strong objections from opposition politicians who included white conservatives and black nationalists who were enemies under apartheid. Opponents, who include church and business leaders and Nobel laureates, say the…
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Nigeria moves to ban, criminalize gay marriage
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his family. Doing so would only create more problems, he says, in this country where…
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Central African Republic: The violence has ended but the emergency continues
PARIS, France, May 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Serge St-Louis has returned from nine months as MSF's head of[…]
African Press Organisation
MSF hospital in South Sudan targeted and purposefully damaged to render it inoperative
LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital[…]
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With South Africa being one of the fastest growing countries in Africa it seems only fitting that the demand for communications and internet access is growing at a rapid rate. SatCom Africa, now in its 16th year of operation, is the largest satellite communications conference and exhibition focusing on the…
