Posts Tagged ‘ africa news ’

VIDEO: Somalia militant base Baidoa captured

February 22, 2012
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Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

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Somalia militants lose key town

February 22, 2012
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Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

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Life under Somalia’s al-Shabab militants

February 22, 2012
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Teacher tells of harsh life under Somali Islamist rule

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Ahly return to training in Cairo

February 22, 2012
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Egyptian giants return to training for the first time since the deaths of 74 spectators in violence after a league match in Port Said.

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VIDEO: PM on hopes for Somalia conference

February 22, 2012
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Prime Minister David Cameron tells the BBC what he hopes will be achieved at the international conference on Somalia in London.

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Land grab or development opportunity?

February 22, 2012
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Could leasing land to foreign firms help reduce African poverty?

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Libya ethnic clashes kill scores

February 21, 2012
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Scores are killed and injured in clashes between two rival ethnic groups in Libya's remote south-eastern desert, according to local reports.

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Ghana FA mulls Stevanovic future

February 21, 2012
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Ghana's Football Association begins a two-day meeting focussing on the future of Black Stars coach Goran Stevanovic.

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Nigeria seek answers from Fifa

February 21, 2012
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Nigeria's National Sport Commission hopes a March trip to Fifa will address the football administration crisis.

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Mugabe jokes about ‘resurrection’

February 21, 2012
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President Robert Mugabe denies reports he has cancer, joking that he has died and been resurrected more times than Jesus Christ.

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