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| [News of Rwanda]Dozens of crying children and women have been locked out of a UN base manned by South African peacekeepers outside Goma in eastern Congo, despite a barrage of shooting and bombing close by. |
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| [IPS]Harare -For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare. |
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| [OSISA]Despite court defeats and international condemnation, the government of Botswana is continuing its assault on the San by attempting to forcibly relocate another community from land they have occupied for decades, says the Khwedom Council, a non-governmental organisation advocating for the rig... |
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| [OSISA]Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all prospective registr... |
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| [SANF]Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. |
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| [OSISA]It has been a month since the release of a damning report into a massively corrupt Angola-Russia debt deal. |
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| [SA Govt]In the run-up to Africa Day on 25 May, it is important to highlight the Western Cape Government's continuing drive to create opportunities for growth and jobs by positioning the region to benefit from the untapped trade and economic potential available in rest of sub-Saharan Africa. |
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| [GFO]Similar projects are underway in many other countries |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -After spending millions of dollars on exploratory drilling, Brazilian oil and gas exploration company High Resolution Technology (HRT) and local businessman, Knowledge Katti, announced yesterday they found a liquid oil presence off the Namibian coast. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -A well-known Katutura taxi driver Rudolf Ujaha apparently lost his entire life savings of N$400 000 of hard earned cash yesterday after his two-bedroom corrugated iron backyard shack caught fire and burnt to ashes. |
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| [New Era]Rundu -The Centre for the Visually Impaired at Sauyemwa in Rundu are requesting the government for assistance in setting up proper accommodation facilities for members, as well as food and educational materials. |
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| [Deutsche Welle]Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has unveiled plans to win back foreign investors if he beats veteran leader Robert Mugabe in elections later this year. |
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| [ERTA]Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir are reportedly to hold a summit in Addis Ababa on Friday 24 May 2013. According to Africa Review their meeting tries to resolve issues related to the impasse in Abyei and accusations of rebel support. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -The man who faced three charges of raping a minor girl-child was convicted on all three counts in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -This winter, Namibians should expect major uncertainties when it comes to electricity provision as Namibia's largest supplier of power, Eskom, is experiencing a power deficit and electricity outages, according to NamPower. |
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| [The Herald]PRESIDENT Mugabe is today expected to sign Constitutional Amendment (No. 20) Bill into law at State House at a function to be attended by Principals to the Global Political Agreement. |
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| [Times of Zambia]THE Government's removal of subsidy on maize and fertiliser - justifiably or not - has helped to revive the argument on the need to diversify consumption from nshima to other foods. |
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| [The Herald]Zimbabweans living in the United States have appealed to Government to ensure they also benefit from the indigenisation programme that has seen many people venturing into areas previously dominated by foreigners. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Diaspora Engagement conference held in Washington ... |
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| [SA Info]"Rhino horn is made of the same stuff as human nails. Still want some?" Conservation organisations WWF and TRAFFIC, as part of their campaign against the illegal wildlife trade, are running a series of myth-busting adverts aimed at encouraging Vietnamese citizens to stop buying or consuming... |
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| [SA Info]South Africa's plans for a water-secure future are in place, says Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, but will require all South Africans to play their part in conserving water. |
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| [UN News]Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Government and people of Mozambique for steady progress in political development, but urged greater efforts to overcome human rights challenges, including discrimination and violence against women, through education and awareness-raising. |
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| [SA Govt]The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) area in Khayelitsha has been selected as one of the first spaces to be linked to the broadband network. |
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| [SA Govt]The President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma, has, on behalf of the government and the people of South Africa, expressed condolences to the government and the people of the United States of America (USA) following a devastating tornado that has ripped through ... |
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| [GroundUp]The trade union movement is in a state of flux, with concepts such as centralised bargaining and the "winner takes all" approach of majority -- 50 per cent plus one -- unionism now being challenged. "Agency shop" agreements whereby majority unions take a slice of the subscriptions paid by ... |
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| [Times of Zambia]ABOUT 75 Heads of State and Government officials are scheduled to start arriving here to attend the 21st Africa Union (AU) summit, which coincides with celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the continental body. |
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| [DA]The DA is outraged by the fact that only one of Anene Booysen's alleged attackers will face the courts. |
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| [The Herald]Chinese Vice Premier Mr Wang Yang arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing. |
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| [The Herald]Police have picked up two more people in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Harare man who was allegedly forced to drink a pesticide by Star FM Dj Munyaradzi Milimo. |
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| [SW Radio]MDC-T voters will this weekend begin their internal process to choose the makeup of the team to contest the harmonized elections, the party's deputy national organizing secretary Abednico Bhebhe said on Tuesday. |
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| [SW Radio]Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party has said when it gets into power it will overhaul the registrar-general's office, a key government department long blighted by accusations of inefficiency and corruption. |
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