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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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MONROVIA (Reuters) - The United Nations must resist pressure to cut back its mission in Liberia too soon, or risk instability before elections next year, its top official in the country told Reuters.

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MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police were on high alert on Sunday on reports fresh protests over soaring bread prices might erupt in the capital following demonstrations last week that left ten dead and hundreds injured.

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reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage.

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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - A web page casting doubt on the religious credentials of the family of Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei has become the latest focus of an online battle for votes.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Unions representing South African state workers are expected to announce on Monday whether they will accept a government wage offer they previously rejected and end a strike by 1.3 million employees.

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reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday its members at Northam Platinum had started a wage strike following a dispute with management, the latest work stoppage in the country.

20100904
New Times

Kigali — Rwanda's national football team, Amavubi Stars, may not be one of the continent football powerhouses, but over time they have proven more than capable against some of the continent's top teams like Nigeria and Ghana, especially when they play in front of their fans at Amahoro National Stadium.

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africanews

Ghana received a massive boost on Friday when duo Asamoah Gyan and Richard Kingson joined the Black Stars ahead of their 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland.

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africanews

Maputo — Despite the Mozambican government's drive to increase wheat production, the country still only produces enough wheat to meet five per cent of its annual consumption, according to Agriculture Minister Soares Nhaca.

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Daily News

Dar es Salaam — TAIFA Stars' promising performance in Algeria has led to a sudden surge of hopes that the country could end a 30-year wait to compete in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.

20100903
Zimbabwe Independent

Harare — A MINING joint-venture deal which turned sour has exposed how the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been involved in the extraction and processing of diamonds and gold in the Midlands, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week walkout by about 1.3 million.

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africanews

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators on Friday as rioting flared in the capital following two days of protests over high bread prices in which ten people were killed and hundreds wounded.

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africanews

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola announced on Friday an $18 billion plan to overhaul its dams and power grids and end all power cuts by 2016.

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africanews

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday.

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africanews

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men killed dozens of people in attacks on a busy market and surrounding villages in rebel-held territory in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, rebels said.

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africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President Hosni Mubarak's son as the next leader.

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africanews

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant as he tried to cross the border into Israel on Friday, a security source said, bringing the migrant death toll at the sensitive frontier to at least 31 this year.

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africanews

Ivory Coast's electoral commission said it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in five years might go ahead. "The list is finalised. We are respecting the schedule," electoral commission spokesman Nicolas Coulibaly said.