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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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| [U.S. Congress]Washington, DC -Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa released the following statement after the White House announced President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania next... |
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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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| [Parliament of South Africa]A political situation is needed to stabilise the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rather than using military intervention. This was the view of MPs from the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation when the Department of Internatio... |
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| [The Herald]VISITING Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met President Mugabe at State House today where he briefed him on the investment agreements his country signed with various ministries. The agreements are worth US$36 million as the two countries continue to cement their flourishing economic ties. ... |
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| [SANEF]The SA National Editors' Forum (SANEF) is outraged at reports that a Home Affairs official, who was photographed outside a police station where immigrants had been detained, had manhandled and deleted pictures taken by Cape Argus photojournalist David Ritchie. |
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| [SW Radio]President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a new constitution, which was approved by a large majority in a referendum in March this year. |
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| [The Herald]STAR FM DJ, Munyaradzi Mlimo, accused of killing a man he suspected of having an extra-marital affair with his wife, today appeared in court together with his two accomplices charged with murder. DJ Munya (32) as he is popularly known is jointly charged with Taurai Janhi (34) and Mohamme... |
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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 yesterday signed Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (Number 20) Bill into law before its subsequent publication in an extraordinary Government Gazette. |
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| [The Herald]About 200 people have died of malaria since the beginning of the year and nearly 300 000 others have been treated. |
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| [ANC]The African National Congress congratulates President Robert Mugabe and the people of Zimbabwe on the signing into law of their new constitution today. The signing of the constitution is a culmination of a process that started when the people committed themselves and participated in a free and ... |
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| [COSATU]Similarly, South Africa has had a vacant position of Chief Nursing Officer for a while, and DENOSA calls for the reversal of this trend |
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| [SA Govt]The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa today, 22 May 2013 on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), launched the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the mining sector, in Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. |
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| [Daily News]TANZANIA has made progress towards the ratification of a protocol that will allow free movement of people from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries without being required to apply for a visa. |
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| [New Times]At least 90 Rwandans and friends living in Botswana, at the weekend, met at the University of Botswana in Gaborone to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. |
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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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| [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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| [The Herald]HIGHLANDERS still carry the huge scars from their last two meetings against Monomotapa when the Bulawayo giants were dumped out of the Mbada Diamonds Cup and had their Castle Lager Premiership title aspirations dented by the same opponents. |
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