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Zimbabwe: Moderate Zanu-PF Lawmaker Dies in Car Accident

Moderate Zanu-PF lawmaker for Guruve South, Edward Chindori-Chininga, has died in a car accident while driving in his constituency. The former mines minister was the chairman of the parliamentary portfolio ...

Source: VOA

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Zimbabwe) 48 minutes

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Rebel Group Threatens Mozambique Railway

Mozambique is bracing itself for attacks by the former rebel group, Renamo, which is threatening an offensive on a scale not seen since the end of the civil war 20 ...

Source: VOA

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Mozambique) 53 minutes

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Somali Islamist rebels attack U.N. base, 22 dead

Islamist militants carried out a deadly assault on the main U.N. compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow ...

Source: Reuters

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Somalia) 1 hour

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Somali UN compound attacked in Mogadishu

A gun-battle has lasted for more than an hour inside a UN office in the Somali capital, witnesses say. A cameraman outside the UN Development Programme office told the BBC ...

Source: BBC

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Somalia) 18 hours, 56 minutes

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Insecurity in Bangui increases food prices, lay-offs

A security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) - which began on 10 December 2012, when the rebel Seleka Alliance attacked the capital, Bangui, and continued after Seleka ousted ...

Source: IRIN

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Central African Republic) 23 hours, 42 minutes

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Smuggling devours Ivorian cashew revenue

About a third of Côte d'Ivoire's cashew nuts are smuggled abroad every year, robbing the country of a valuable income stream. "More than 100 000 tonnes of cashew nuts are ...

Source: Mail & Guardian

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (Côte d'Ivoire) 23 hours, 49 minutes

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South Sudan president suspends two ministers for corruption probe

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has suspended two federal ministers from their duties and lifted their immunities to be investigated for a corruption related case. In a republican order ...

Source: Sudan Tribune

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (South Sudan) 23 hours, 54 minutes

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West Africa piracy overtakes Somali ship attacks

Piracy off the coast of West Africa has now overtaken Somali piracy, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and other seafarers' groups says. It records a total of ...

Source: BBC

Drummed by Davetta in Drum News 1 day, 20 hours

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Nelson Mandela 'recovering well' - grandson

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "recovering well" in hospital, his grandson says. Mr Mandela is spending his eighth day in hospital to receive treatment for a recurring lung ...

Source: BBC

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (South Africa) 4 days, 17 hours

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Mandela responding better to treatment: South Africa's Zuma

Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital on Wednesday morning after a "difficult last few days", South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said. Mandela, South Africa's first ...

Source: Reuters

Drummed by Rachel in Drum News (South Africa) 6 days, 21 hours

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