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Friday, May 9th, 2014
ANC Promises Economic Reforms Oyewale Oyelola South Africa President, Jacob Zuma of African National Congress (ANC) has been declared the winner of Wednesday Presidential election in South Africa by South Africa Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Pansy Tlakula. IEC Chairperson Pansy Tlakula declared Zuma winner on Friday night after completion of votes counting from all […]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
South Africans will on Wednesday go to the polling station to President that would lead the nation for next five years. Opinion polls in South Africa’s Sunday Times over the last two months have put ANC support at around 65%, only a shade lower than the 65.9% it won in the 2009 election that brought […]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2014
A new prime minister has been appointed in Mali to succeed Oumar Tatam Ly, who has resigned from office – along with his entire government. Mr Ly was elected last year after a French-led military intervention ended an Islamist takeover. His successor is a former presidential hopeful, Moussa Mara, who had also served as minister […]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2014
(Reuters) – Three people were killed when the small plane they were travelling in crashed near a landing strip in the South African province of KwaZulu Natal on Saturday, police and emergency services said. “The plane is apparently burnt beyond recognition,” Santi Steinmann, media liaison officer for private ambulance service Netcare 911, told Reuters. She […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that he and his cabinet will take a pay cut to help bring down the government’s wage bill. President Kenyatta said that he and his deputy William Ruto would take a 20% cut while other ministers would have their pay reduced by 10%. Foreign trips, he said, would be […]
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Saturday, January 11th, 2014
Former Isreali Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, 85, is dead. Ariel Sharon’s century as a military and political leader in Israel was marked with victories and controversies. He died Saturday after eight years in a coma. The Israeli statesman was a national war hero to many Israelis for his leadership, both in uniform or as a […]
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Wednesday, December 25th, 2013
The military-backed interim Egyptian government has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after blaming it for a deadly attack on a police HQ earlier this week. The group, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential poll last year before being deposed by the military, had already been outlawed. Thousands of its supporters have been […]
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Friday, December 20th, 2013
(Reuters) – African mediators said they held “productive” talks on Friday with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, trying to prevent an almost week-long conflict plunging the world’s newest nation into an ethnic civil war. In a sign of the nervousness among South Sudan’s neighbors, Ugandan soldiers flew in to help evacuate their citizens. Two anonymous […]
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Friday, December 13th, 2013
The sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, who sparked outrage when it was revealed his signing was fake, was also accused of murder in 2003, according to a new local news report. Citing court documents, the Johannesburg-based news station eNCA reports that Thamsanqa Jantjie was charged with murder, attempted murder and kidnapping in 2003. […]
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
More than 70 heads of state and government are expected in South Africa this week to attend funeral events for former president Nelson Mandela, with most due to attend a huge memorial service in Johannesburg on Tuesday, officials said. “The whole world is coming to South Africa,” foreign ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela said. After what […]
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Friday, December 6th, 2013
The African Examiner As the world mourns the death of the former South African President and statesman Dr Nelson Mandela, the World Leaders have continued to pay tribute to the great freedom fighter of our time. African Examiner compiles the reactions of the world leaders and here is how they reacted to the news of […]
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Saturday, November 9th, 2013
By Eric Ojo A renowned erudite scholar and African activist, Prof. Yaa Lenge Ngemi has reiterated the need for all descendants of the African continent to support the propagation of the vision and ideals of Pan Africanism. Prof. Ngemi said generations of Africans everywhere in the world are failing because they have been denied the […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Agency Report Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in the town of Kidal, French and Malian officials said. The French government confirmed that 58-year old Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, 51, both journalists at RFI radio, had been found dead. “The French president … […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2013
By Eric Ojo The European Union (EU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA have resolved to resume negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as soon as possible. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a scheme to create a free trade area (FTA) between […]
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Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Agency Report Prominent South African businessman and anti-apartheid stalwart Tokyo Sexwale was arrested in New York after his name was on a list of people banned from entering the United States, national broadcaster SABC said on Sunday, citing his lawyer. South African businessman and anti-apartheid stalwart Tokyo Sexwale Sexwale, a rival of President Jacob Zuma […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2013
Agency Report Police in Somalia have stormed the Mogadishu headquarters of the independent radio station, Shabelle, forcing it off the air. The authorities said they were taking back possession of the building, which belonged to the government. The radio station is well known for being critical of senior officials. The move is the latest in […]
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Saturday, October 19th, 2013
The Malian authorities say 72 people are now known to have died when a boat capsized a week ago on the River Niger. Rescuers found the bodies of dozens more passengers after the boat was refloated, Mali’s Security Minister Sada Samake said. He said 210 people survived the accident, in which the vessel broke up […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Cameroon’s ruling party has won a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections, a move that extends President Paul Biya’s three decade hold on power. The Supreme Court Thursday published official results from the September 30 polling, with results showing the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement won 148 of the 180 seats in the national assembly. The country’s […]
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Malawi President Joyce Banda named a former African Union economic commissioner as finance minister on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle triggered by a graft scandal that started with the shooting of the national budget director. Paul Mphwiyo survived last month’s shooting but the incident sparked an investigation by the landlocked southern African nation’s Anti-Corruption Bureau […]
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
The Libyan man who was seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has been transferred to the US to face charges in New York. Officials said Abu Anas al-Liby, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, had been questioned on board a navy ship while travelling to the US. He is accused […]
