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VIDEO: Is Somalian capital on the mend?

WonserViel288 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:40:36 +0000

Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

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South Sudan expels oil firm boss

FerrebeeMoscrip593 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:50:59 +0000

South Sudan expels the head of a Chinese and Malaysian-owned oil firm following its investigation into Khartoum’s “theft” of oil worth $815m (£518m).

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VIDEO: Somalia militant base Baidoa captured

AhrensJaime869 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:21:29 +0000

Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

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Nigeria rig ‘may burn for months’

AhrensJaime869 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:46 +0000

A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.

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Somalia militants lose key town

WonserViel288 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:46:35 +0000

Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

Uganda: Police Injure Opposition Leader Besigye

HallumCawley114 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:20:36 +0000

The president of Uganda’s Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye, was hospitalised Tuesday when a political rally was dispersed by police in Kampala. A women MP, Sempalla Nabila, was taken to hospital after passing out after police fired tear gas. Reports indicate that opposition politicians led by Besigye, Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago and A4C womens league boss Ingrid Turinawe among others, stormed the ground to hold a massively attended rally but security was already beefed up. Kizza Besigye speaking to RFI from the medical care centre along Kampala Road said his leg was injured by grenade fragments. He said he did not realise that he had been injured until he was on the way to hospital with Nabila. He blamed the police for harassing the opposition, especially when they plan rallies. Nabila said that she was hit on the head by a teargas canister, causing her to collapse. She was rushed to med care center and put on oxygen to clean her blood stream, During the scuffle, women’s youth league coordinator Ingrid Turinawe was sprayed with pepper spray in her eyes and her cars windscreen was smashed. The Katwe DPC Ecega said he received a letter signed by the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Andrew Kaweesi not to permit A4c access the ground. Besigye says he will continue with his rallies as planned. Another rally was planned Wednesday at Kalerwe trading centre on the outskirts of Kampala. Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Script | Android Forums | WordPress Tutorials

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Life under Somalia’s al-Shabab militants

Zlotnik727 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:54:19 +0000

Teacher tells of harsh life under Somali Islamist rule

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Tunisian Darragi seals Swiss move

TracyGChave — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:50:04 +0000

Star midfielder for African champions Esperance and for Tunisia, Oussama Darragi, to move to FC Sion of Switzerland.

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Govt suspends copper export permits

vanderwalbarbagallo — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:09 +0000

Government has temporarily suspended metal export permits ahead of the release of new guidelines. The mines ministry says the latest move is aimed at increasing transparency in Africa’s top copper producer. Mines Permanent secretary Godwin Beene in a document dated 4th October said all the current permits issued by his ministry are immediately suspended pending issuance of new guidelines by the government. The new procedures are to be in place by October. 16, according to the document addressed to the heads of mines operating in the country, which include Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, London-listed Vedanta Resources , Glencore International AG and Metorex of South Africa. Both KCM and Glencore said they would cooperate with the government, but declined to comment further. Copper accounts for three-quarters of Zambia’s export earnings, but the mining industry contributes only about 10 percent of its tax revenue.

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Ahly return to training in Cairo

JubileeLeitzke348 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:40:40 +0000

Egyptian giants return to training for the first time since the deaths of 74 spectators in violence after a league match in Port Said.