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10 South African Miners Shot With Rubber Bullets

Striking miners chant slogans outside a South African mine in Rustenburg

Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labor strife swells in mines and factories ahead of mid-year pay negotiations. Auto maker Mercedes-Benz said a two-day wildcat stoppage at its East London plant had ended but the National...

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120 Members of the Boko Haram Group Has Been Arrested

The Special Forces in the ongoing military action in the North-east said they have arrested about 120 Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, Borno state. A...

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Congo to Create City Of Lumumbaville in Honor of Liberation Symbol Patrice Lumumba

The Congolese Government is naming a community after Patrice Lumumba; The Republic’s first prime minister whose assassination that occurred about...

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Nigeria President Jonathan Declares State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

President Jonathan in his Emergency Broadcast apparently declared a state of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. No matter what it takes, this...

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800,000 People Needs Food Aid In Niger – UN

About 800,000 people will require food assistance in Niger in the coming months regardless of an excellent harvest in 2012 due to complications supplying...

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President Barack Obama To Visit Nigeria May 28

Finally the President of the United States, Barack Obama, is visiting Nigeria on 28 May, 2013, as part of a three-nation tour of Africa, ending speculation...

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Anti-Gadhafi Gunmen Lift Siege Of Ministries

Gunmen demanding the expulsion of Gaddafi Era Officials from Libya’s New Government appear to have lifted their siege of both ministries in Tripoli. Justice...

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REVEALED: Illegal Baby Making Factory In Imo State, Nigeria

Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies have been rescued from a house in Nigeria’s south-Eastern Imo state, police said. They claim they...

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Hunger Projects On A Stand Still in Guinea-Bissau

The World Food Programme (WFP) is yet to receive the cash it needs to run fundamental nutrition and food security schemes in Guinea-Bissau, leaving projects...

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Nigerian President Aborts Namibia Trip to Address Violence

On Thursday, President Goodluck Jonathan cut short his ongoing foreign trip to attend to the various security challenges in the country with the recent...