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August 01
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Africa: African Press Review 1 August 2013
South Sudan still has no vice-president, despite a cabinet reshuffle. Inflation hits Ugandans and Kenyans. Uganda hospital patients have a rude awakening. A British national is... Read more »
July 31
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Zimbabwe: Big Turnout in Zimbabwe Presidential Election
Voters turned out in force for Zimbabwe's presidential election on Wednesday with current President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai the favourites. Lines snaked... Read more »
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Africa: African Press Review 31 July 2013
Mugabe promises to go quietly ... if he loses today's presidential poll. Kenyan soldiers get a pay cut. Two Kenyan officials are freed after two years as prisoners of Al-Shebab.... Read more »
July 30
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Egypt: France Calls for Morsi's Release
France on Tuesday called for the release of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius described the situation on the country as "very critical". Read more »
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Mali: French Leaders Claim Peaceful Mali Vote Justifies Military Intervention
France's embattled Socialist government rushed to welcome a peaceful vote in Mali's presidential election Sunday, claiming it justified the French-led military intervention against... Read more »
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Africa: African Press Review 30 July 2013
The African press is mostly interested in the election results in Mali and on the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe. But there are other stories making the headlines today, including... Read more »
July 29
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Mali: France Hails Mali Elections 'A Great Success'
People across Mali cast ballots yesterday in the country's first presidential vote after more than a year of turmoil under a provisional, unelected government. Some observers and... Read more »
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Africa: African Press Review 29 July 2013
The Malian elections, the protests in Tunisia and the Boko Haram attack in Nigeria, headline the African press today. Read more »
July 28
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Mali: Mali Votes in Crucial Presidential Poll
The eyes of the world were on Mali Sunday as the west African country held its first presidential election since a military officers toppled a civilian government in March 2012,... Read more »
July 25
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Africa: African Press Review 25 July 2013
There's a missing name on some Kenyan ballot papers. Gay rights and other campaigners storm Uganda's Constiutional Court. South Sudan loses its government. And what do SA's "spy... Read more »
July 24
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Kenya: African Press Review 24 July 2013
There's political sparring in Kenya following a deadly school bus crash. Will the Marikana massacre victims receive justice? Ugandan teachers strike for back pay. And a... Read more »
July 23
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Africa: African Press Review 23 July 2013
Two official leaders of the Kenya National Union of Teachers where heavily fined yesterday, report both Kenyan dailies The Standard and The Daily Nation. Read more »
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Mali: France Presses Mali to Hold Election Date
France is eager to see Malians head to the polls later this month, despite difficulties in organising the vote as they await a military handover to the United Nations. Scheduled... Read more »
July 22
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Africa: African Press Review 22 July 2013
All eyes are on Zimbabwe this week, as the country continues to prepare for its presidential elections in less than two weeks. Tensions are pretty high in the region, where... Read more »
July 20
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Zimbabwe: Still Hope for Zimbabwe Elections, U.S Ambassador
There is still hope that elections in Zimbabwe will be free and fair, Washington's ambassador to the country, Bruce Wharton, told RFI on Friday. A number of countries, including... Read more »
July 19
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Africa: African Press Review 19 July 2013
Nelson Mandela's smile on his 95th birthday - despite the fact that he remains critical ill in hospital - cheers the newspapers and lifts millions of hearts in the rainbow nation... Read more »
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Mali: French Hostage Was Murdered Al Qaeda-Style, Autopsy Shows
French hostage Philippe Verdon was murdered by a bullet in the back of the head, the autopsy on his body has revealed. His family and friends believe he may have been killed... Read more »
July 18
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Africa: African Press Review 18 July 2013
The end of the teachers strike in Kenya, Mandela's birthday and a potential trade war between South Africa and the European Union. Read more »
July 17
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Africa: African Press Review 17 July 2013
Kenya's government may lock out striking teachers. Miners and victims' widows pull out of SA's Marikana inquiry. Nigeria's north pitches for the presidency. Uganda charges junior... Read more »
July 16
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Algeria: Bouteflika Leaves Paris Hospital for Algeria, Reports
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika headed home from France on Tuesday, according to an airport source, after a lengthy stint in a Paris hospital which caused concern back... Read more »
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Africa: African Press Review 16 July 2013
Kenya's teachers strike, international criminal court trials and mining in South Africa are among today's stories..... Read more »
July 15
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Mali: Body Found in Mali Thought to Be French Hostage
Francois Hollande said Monday there is a "very strong" chance that a body found in northern Mali is that of a French hostage and vowed the killing would not go unpunished. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: African Press Review 15 July 2013 [press release]
Election preparations in Zimbabwe, bribery in Tanzania and tea and coffee prices are among the stories in today's African papers.... Read more »
July 12
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Mali: Troops to Lead France's Bastille Day Parade
Troops from Mali and 12 other African countries will lead France's annual Bastille Day parade in Paris, as François Hollande highlights his biggest policy success. Read more »
July 11
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Africa: African Theatre Hits Avignon
The African presence at the Avignon Festival is exceptional this year. Starting with a four-hour play from DRC that took 11 years to write, bringing Alsatians on stage in a South... Read more »
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