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Namibian

Windhoek — THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year has been sent back to the High Court.

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africanews

Five years before the deadline set by world leaders in 2000 to achieve 8 major development goals, Africa is making progress. But more efforts are needed to reach the targets. Africa Renewal's André-Michel Essoungou reveals the trends.

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africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors arrested a director at Cairo's housing department on Tuesday, saying he illegally amassed property and $1.75 million, as part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption in Egypt's real estate sector.

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africanews

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Junta-ruled Niger said on Tuesday it had secured $41 million in aid from international donors to stage elections, raising prospects for a peaceful return to civilian rule in the uranium-producing state.

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africanews

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has hit back at his international critics saying Africa needed no lessons from the wider world.

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africanews

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom aims to issue bonds in the United States and Europe this year as part of a plan to raise up to $6.9 billion over the next three years, a top executive said on Tuesday.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of South African state workers returned to their jobs on Tuesday after suspending a three-week strike which hit schools and hospitals.

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LAGOS (Reuters) - Tech-savvy young Nigerians are gearing up to use BlackBerries, mobile phones and social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook to monitor polls in January, in an effort to stamp out electoral fraud.

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africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, faces a higher bill for bread subsidies in the next year but has adequate financial resources and stocks to avoid any rerun of the violent protests of 2008.

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africanews

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 230 civilians have been killed in a worsening of fighting in Mogadishu over the past two weeks that has increasingly trapped residents in the Somali capital, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.

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africanews

Seven Somali pirates have been sentenced five years in jail in the east Africa nation of Kenya. Mombasa court jailed the pirates on charges for attempting to hijack a a German ship march in this year. The men were trying to seize a German Ship, MV Spessart upon the high seas and further causing fear among the crew of the ship.

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africanews

SA trade unions suspend public sector strike South African trade unions have suspended a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for the past 20 days. Trade union leaders said the move would allow members to consider the latest government offer. Some 1.3 million civil servants went on strike demanding an 8.5% pay rise, while the government has offered 7.5%.

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africanews

Police in Swaziland have arrested about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say.

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africanews

Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have concluded a sales and purchase agreement under which two million barrels of Zafiro blend crude oil will be lifted annually from Equatorial Guinea to Ghana.

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africanews

Ghana's coach Milovan Rajevac has come under immense pressure to sign a new contract extension with the four-time African champions within seven days or would lose his job. The Serbian has been offered a four-year contract but a contractual issue with his manager is stalling the process.

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africanews

Four former Nigeria football officials are behind lock and key for a missing $8m (£5m) during the World Cup finals in South Africa. The four, who include former football federation head Sani Lulu Abdullahi, are due to appear in court in the capital Abuja, according to an anti-corruption official.

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africanews

Authorities in Mozambique have arrested at least 150 people over last week's riots in which 10 people were killed, the country's state-run radio reported.

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Namibian

Windhoek — THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's national elections late last year has been sent back to the High Court.

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Garowe Online

The president of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Sheikh Sharif Ahmed fired the country's top military chief Monday due to allegations that he 'sold weapons' illegally, Radio Garowe reports.

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CharlesTaylorTrial.org

As his cross-examination moved into a second week, Charles Taylor's 20th defense witness today disagreed with prosecutors that Mr. Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel group had a Small Boys Unit (SBU) during Liberia's civil conflict.