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A Kenyan court has sentenced seven Somali pirates to take five years in jail on Thursday. The East Africa nation jailed the pirates on charges for attempting to seize a Spanish ship last year.

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The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has nominated Moroccan-born Hicham El Amrani as the interim Secretary General of the African football governing body. This was the gist of the CAF Executive Committee meeting, chaired by its President, Issa Hayatou, at the institution's headquarter in Cairo, Egypt.

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VIENNA (Reuters) - Egypt hit out at Israel on Wednesday for questioning its commitment to regional nuclear non-proliferation, underlining tension between the Jewish state and Arab countries at a meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog.

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew charges against six health workers, four of them from the United States, accused of dispensing AIDS drugs without a licence, their lawyer said.

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PARIS (Reuters) - Three French men working for marine services supplier Bourbon were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria, the company said on Wednesday, just a week after the abduction of five French nationals in Niger.

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The national women soccer team of Tanzania, Twiga Stars, has been drawn in a tough group in the Africa Women Championship finals to be hosted by Ekurhuleni Municipality in South Africa from October 31 to November 14. The players will miss voting during the general election on October 31 as they play against host Banyana Banyana.

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ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana signed nearly $13 billion worth of loan deals with Chinese investors, the government said on Wednesday, announcing one of China's largest financial commitments in Africa to date.

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DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress pressed on Wednesday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous news reporting that has been heavily criticised as a plan to muzzle the media.

20100922
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By Marius Bosch and Peroshni Govender

JOHANNESBURG/DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC elects a new leader in 2012 but positioning for the country's top job has already begun with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe seen as favourite.

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday said violence and intimidation by the military were hindering attempts to write a new constitution and that he intends to discuss the problem with the president.

20100922
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All the major political parties in oil-rich Nigeria have agreed to shift the upcoming general elections from January to April 2011. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) proposed for an extended time in order to conduct credible and a 'Grade A' polls that would satisfy all stakeholders and observers.

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African leaders said they could do more to meet U.N. goals to slash extreme poverty and urged stronger leadership among developing countries to tackle hunger and disease and attract investment. A special session of the U.N. General Assembly is reviewing progress in meeting the U.N. Millennium Goals agreed in 2000 and urged intensified efforts to achieve them.

20100922
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Four Ghanaians including 20 other nationals being held hostage by Somali Pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the Coast of Somalia since March 2010 could be killed by Wednesday September 22, if their captors are not paid a ransom between one and ten million dollars.

20100922
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In his recent appearance before the 11-member Committee set up by the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare on the cases of abuse, neglect and deaths which he recently uncovered in the Osu Children's Home, The New Crusading GUIDE's ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas brought forth new revelations which were not captured in his 90-minute investigative television documentary that was aired publicly.

20100922
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Guinea runs the risk of another army takeover if its presidential run-off is further delayed, U.N. Secretary-General's special representative for West Africa warned. A decisive second-round vote in the world's top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite was due to be held last Sunday but authorities postponed it at the last minute citing a lack of technical preparation.

20100922
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Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh has been appointed as the acting Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, a day after Omar Abdirashid Ali sharmake resigned from the post, according to Alshahid.

20100922
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Hundreds of Egyptians gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday, amid tight security, to protest against the rumours that the North African nation President, Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal will succeed him. The protesters gathered near the president's official residence shouting the names of Mubarak's two sons.

20100921
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Nairobi — Doctors in most parts of the country will not be required to give pregnant women preventive malaria medicines.

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Nairobi — A lawyer has petitioned the United States government over investigations into the July twin bombings in Uganda.

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Abuja/Lagos — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition political parties yesterday described the push by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for more time for both the registration of voters and 2011 general election as a welcome development.