Senegal star Youssou N'dour launches TV channel
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 Fri 03 Sep, 2010.
Senegalese pop star Youssou N'dour has officially launched his own television station in Senegal after a two-year struggle with the authorities. Read more...
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South Africa to resume deporting Zimbabweans
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 Fri 03 Sep, 2010.
South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status. Read more...
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Mozambique food price rises 'irreversible'
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 Fri 03 Sep, 2010.
The government of Mozambique says price rises which have led to riots in the capital Maputo are "irreversible". Read more...
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South Africa's public sector strike set to continue
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 Thu 02 Sep, 2010.
South Africa's public sector strike is set to continue after the main trade union federation rejected an improved wage offer from the government. Read more...
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France 'drops charges' over killing of Ali Mecili
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 Wed 01 Sep, 2010.
A French judge has dropped charges against an Algerian official over the killing of a leading Algerian opposition figure, a lawyer says. Read more...
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South Africa wage offer increased in bid to stop strike
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 Wed 01 Sep, 2010.
The South African government has increased its wage offer to more than a million striking public sector workers. Read more...
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Gaddafi wants EU cash to stop African migrants
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 Wed 01 Sep, 2010.
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a "black Europe". Read more...
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Kenya defends tribal census figures
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 Wed 01 Sep, 2010.
The head of Kenya's census has defended the release of national census figures that include tribal affiliations. Read more...
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African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia
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 Tue 31 Aug, 2010.
Four African Union peacekeepers were killed when a mortar hit Somalia's presidential palace, officials say. Read more...
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Talks begin after Zuma tells ministers to end SA strike
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 Tue 31 Aug, 2010.
Talks have resumed between the South African government and trade unions to end a bitter public sector strike. Read more...
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South Sudan to end use of child soldiers
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 Tue 31 Aug, 2010.
The army in Southern Sudan has pledged to demobilise all child soldiers by the end of the year. Read more...
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'Dozens of children die' in Nigerian lead poisoning
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 Mon 30 Aug, 2010.
As many as 30 children have died of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria over the past week, authorities believe. Read more...
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