Africa

S.Africa's Zuma launches Africa's biggest free trade bloc

JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday launched Africa's biggest free trade bloc aimed at enhancing cooperation between 26 nations to boost economies in the world's poorest and underdeveloped continent.

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Mandela Hospitalized in South Africa

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized for a second straight day Thursday for what his office described as routine tests but which drew concern over the health of the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon. ...

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South Africa honeymoon a 'plotted murder'

The husband of a woman murdered on her honeymoon in South Africa plotted his wife's death, one of three men charged with her killing has told prosecutors. ...

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Nigeria independence celebrations marred by blasts

At least eight people have been killed in explosions in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, marring celebrations to mark 50 years since independence from the UK...

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Congo fuel truck victims buried in mass graves

Bodies of some of the people killed in a fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been buried in mass graves. ...

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Niger's Silent crisis - What you doing about it?

Almost 400,000 children in the West African country of Niger are at risk of dying of starvation over the summer. Save the Children is calling for urgent donations to its £7 million emergency fundraising appeal for the country. ...

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Deadly crush at Timbuktu mosque

A stampede at a historic mosque in Mali has killed at least 26 people and left more than 40 injured. ...

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Kenya Muslims, Christians Fight Gay Marriage

Muslim and Christian residents of Mtwapa, a district in the outskirts of the port city of Mombassa, recently joined hands in disrupting a planned nuptial involving two local tribesmen on the ground of being completely an alien practice in their largely conservative community. ...

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