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South Africa: Desmond Tutu Pays Tribute to Nelson Mandela
allAfrica, 5 December 2013
Nelson Mandela is mourned by South Africans, Africans and the international community today as the leader of our generation who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries… Read more »
Most-Read News Stories of 2013
President Obama's peace prize, a warming of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the passing of Nelson Mandela featured among the most read stories of 2013.
People of KwaZulu-Natal arrive at the Moses Mabhida Stadium for the provincial memorial service for the late former President Nelson Mandela.
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Ethiopia: Saudi Arabia Repatriates 2,540 Ethiopians
Premium Times, 18 November 2013
The Ethiopian Government said on Monday that it received some 2,540 of its citizens from Saudi Arabia, recently declared illegal immigrants by the authorities. Read more »
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Tanzania: Harsher Penalty Awaits Poachers
Daily News, 5 October 2013
STERNER punishment awaits poachers following government's finalisation of a Bill to check rising wave of poaching incidents in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: PDP Crisis - Obasanjo Asks Jonathan to Forget 2015
Daily Trust, 15 September 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders committee headed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve his 2015 ambition as one of the… Read more »
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East Africa: How Could a Lasting Peace Between Ethiopia and Eritrea Be Achieved?
ThinkAfricaPress, 10 April 2013
After more than a decade of low-level hostilities and sour relations, there are signs Eritrea and Ethiopia could be ready to talk again. Read more »
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Africa: Mrs Thatcher and the Continent
African Arguments, 8 April 2013
Mrs Thatcher played a pivotal role in the ending of Apartheid in spite of herself. She once declared the African National Congress to be a "typical terrorist organisation... Anyone… Read more »
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Africa: The Growing Campaign to Revoke Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
SACSIS, 5 April 2013
The Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama received 40 months ago has emerged as the most appalling Orwellian award of this century. No, war is not peace. Read more »
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South Africa: Anene Booysen's Rape and Murder Becomes a Tipping Point
Gender Links, 13 February 2013
Anene Booysen's rape and brutal murder became a tipping point in South Africa, a society where the rape of women and children continues unabated on a daily basis rendering this… Read more »
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Africa: Will Nigeria Overtake South Africa as Regional Powerhouse?
ThinkAfricaPress, 4 February 2013
Projections that Nigeria's economy will be more important than South Africa's by 2020 underplay serious instabilities in Nigeria's economy, political systems and surrounding… Read more »
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Eritrea: What Really Happened During Asmara 'Uprising'?
RSF, 24 January 2013
The Eritrean capital, Asmara, saw an uprising on 21 January that was both unexpected and short-lived. Around 100 soldiers staged a mutiny and stormed the information ministry. The… Read more »
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Nigeria: Countries Rank High on World's Saddest Nation List
Leadership, 10 January 2013
The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for harbouring one of the world's saddest people, saying the country's leadership must move… Read more »
