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Stiffer penalities for human traffickers in Mozambique

The Mozambican government favours stiffer penalties for criminals found guilty of trafficking in people, Justice Minister Benvinda Levi said Thursday. Levi was speaking at a...
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Darfur attacks hampering UN relief efforts

Attacks against aid workers in western Sudan have reached unprecedented levels, jeopardizing vital relief operations in the war-wracked Darfur region, the United Nations Resident...
Microsoft helps develop African micro-enterprise

Microsoft helps develop African micro-enterprise

US software giant, Microsoft, is to help African governments create local computer industry and support small-scale enterprises to become competitive on the world market. The...
Malian Touareg rebels vow more violence

Malian Touareg rebels vow more violence

The March 8 release of 22 Malian soldiers, by touareg gunmen led by Brahim Bahanga has not done much to calm down the Malian...
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Bissau-Guinean MPs tenure extended

Bissau-Guinean MPs on Wednesday passed a motion extending their tenure due to the lack of funds for the organisation of parliamentary polls which are...
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Morocco gets 147m euros from Japan

The Japanese International Co-operation Bank (JBIC) has approved two loans worth 147 million euros designed to finance road and water supply projects in the...
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Armed robbers get away with 50 million

Dare-devil armed robbers Wednesday attacked a bullion van and escaped with the 50 million naira (US$427,000) in cash being ferried by the van in...
Kenyan politics disrupts sell-off

Kenyan politics disrupts sell-off

The flotation of Safaricom, a mobile telephone operator set to be the biggest listed company in east Africa, has been dragged into the increasingly...
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Guinea Bissau to hold parliamentary polls November 16

Parliamentary elections in Guinea Bissau will take place 16 November, a decree by President Joao Bernardo Vieira, published here Wednesday announced. For the organisation...
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Football : Zimbabwe beats Botswana

Zimbabwe Wednesday beat Botswana 1-0 in an international soccer friendly played in Gaborone. The visitors scored in the 78th minute through substitute striker Cuthbert...
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Football: South Africa beats Paraguay

outh Africa's 2010 World Cup campaign received a massive boost after the Bafana Bafana thrashed visiting Paraguay 3-0 in an international soccer friendly at...
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Mining contracts under review

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) has set up a panel to review mining contracts, Mining Minister Martin Kabwelulu said...
Religion (illustrative)

Catholicism more powerful in Scotland

The Catholic Church has become closely associated with an open and positive attitude toward Scottish independance Part of the growing interest in the country’s national...
Religion (illustrative)

A long list of Christian Zionists running the United States

All Jews are not Zionists, and all Zionists are not Jews. Starting with Bush, Cheney, and Ashcroft - plus many in Congress such as...
Religion (illustrative)

“Judaism’s Sexual Revolution : Why Judaism (and then Christianity) Rejected Homosexuality”

When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah’s prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made...
Heavy arms discovery made in Morocco

Heavy arms discovery made in Morocco

The Moroccan security service (DST) is believed to have laid their hands on arms weighing 2,270 tonnes of different varieties, including shells. According to...
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Morocco beats Guinea 1-0 in Olympic qualifier

The Moroccan U-23 national football team beat visiting Guinea 1-0 Wednesday in Mohammedia, in the final round of qualifiers for the 2008 Olympics in...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe defends rigging accusations

Zimbabwe : Mugabe defends rigging accusations

Embattled Robert Mugabe has come out fighting over accusations of vote rigging that have variously been levelled against him and his Zanu PF government...
Nigerian football to represent Africa at Olympics

Nigerian football to represent Africa at Olympics

Local newspapers Thursday hailed the qualification of Nigeria's Under-23 national football team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, saying it paves the way for the...
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GAMTEL accused of blocking Gambian online newspaper

The Freedom newspaper, a Gambian online newspaper, has not been accessed by readers for about three weeks now and readers are accusing the Gambia...
US and Libyan lawmakers discuss politics

US and Libyan lawmakers discuss politics

The secretary of the Libyan People's General Congress (PGC ), the highest legislative authority in the country, Muftah Kaiba, on Wednesday briefed the head...
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President explains action against refugees

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday defended his government's handling of a standoff with Liberian refugees who have flouted Ghana's laws and affirmed the...
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Horror at the killing of three WFP food supply drivers in Sudan

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is shocked and sad at the murder of three drivers of trucks contracted by the United Nations...
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Debt relief for The Gambia

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday in Tunis approved debt relief of US $ 22.77 million in nominal...
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Water strategy formulation should involve women

A Senegalese official, Mrs Anta Seck, on Wednesday urged African states to give greater responsibility to women in formulating strategies for access to drinking...
Money

Funds for Great Lakes reconstruction to be managed by AfDB

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday in Tunis approved a proposal for the Bank Group to administer and...
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AU to ensure success of special summit on water

The African Union (AU) would do all it can to ensure the success of its special summit on water and sanitation in Africa slated...
Yar’Adua gets tougher as two ministers get the sack

Yar’Adua gets tougher as two ministers get the sack

Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s president, has sacked two ministers on suspicion of stealing public funds, a sign he is adopting a more assertive style after...
Obama – Clinton : ‘Misspeak’, worst thriller of the year

Obama – Clinton : ‘Misspeak’, worst thriller of the year

This is the harrowing story of a strong and yet vulnerable woman who finds herself in a life threatening environment with her only child...
Zimbabwe: Journalists still harrashed

Zimbabwe: Journalists still harrashed

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Zimbabwean government's refusal to allow several leading international news media to cover the 29 March 2008 general elections although it has...