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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government offered no new deal in talks on Friday to end a strike by about 1 million civil servants that now looks set to stretch into next week, a union spokesman said.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a new electoral act on Friday that prepares the way for staggered parliamentary, presidential and state governorship polls to be held next year.

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More than half of Benin's MPs have called for a full session of parliament to propose possible impeachment proceedings against the president. They have signed a letter accusing President Boni Yayi of involvement in a financial scandal that broke in July.

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Almost 20,000 failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the United Kingdom could be deported before the end of the year as a result of the relative economic and political stability in the southern African country following the formation of a unity government.

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Soldiers have arrested at least two suspects in the killings of three Indian United Nations peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a military spokesperson said. It is reported that, the arrests came the morning after the three Indian peacekeepers died during a raid of the UN base in Kirumba.

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Zimbabwe's opposition has been warned to wary of contributions by President Mugabe's Zanu PF in the ongoing constitutional revision exercise. If taken serious, then Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T should trade carefully and possibly not rush into elections.
ZIMBABWE- PM Tsvangirai sacks four MDC ministers

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Human rights activists accused Kenya of secretly extraditing four terrorism suspects to Uganda for the July 11 twin bomb attacks on Kampala.

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Close to five hundred Kenyan women held a peaceful procession to the nation's Parliament, urging Members of Parliament to increase budgetary allocations to the health sector to 15% of the national budget, in accordance with commitments made in Abuja in 2001 and at the recently concluded African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda.

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South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds blocking roads and healthcare workers prevented patients from entering hospitals as a strike by more than one million civil servants grew on Thursday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Internet-savvy youths are more likely to bring liberal political reform in Egypt than the current contenders for power ahead of 2011 presidential elections, veteran activist Nawal al-Saadawi said.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two Jordanian police officers serving with the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur were freed on Tuesday after three days in captivity, a Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - ANC youth leader Julius Malema has been cleared of accusations that he exploited his political connections to secure lucrative government contracts, according to the ANC Youth League.

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PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa will impose a six-month halt on new mining prospecting bids pending to allow the overhaul of the minerals law after damaging disputes with two firms over rights, a minister said on Tuesday.

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Five of Uganda's opposition parties picked four candidates on Tuesday to vie for a single ticket in next year's presidential election, in a process aimed at showing unity.

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LAGOS (Reuters) - Corruption in the Nigerian police force, from armed officers extorting money at checkpoints to top officials embezzling public funds, has led to the beating and even killing of innocent civilians, a rights group said.

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LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's opposition criticised on Tuesday a court's refusal to allow the government to recover funds from ex-president Frederick Chiluba, describing the decision as a step back in its fight against corruption.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African public sector unions on Tuesday rejected a revised government pay offer and said they planned a mass strike from Wednesday that will bring public services to a halt in Africa's largest economy.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to commit to whether or not he will contest elections due next January, his office said on Tuesday, after a presidency source said he was considering not standing.

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - East Africa needs to raise up to $25 billion, or nearly two-thirds of Kenya's annual output, over the next decade to upgrade its railways to boost trade, a senior regional official said on Tuesday.

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Malawi established more than 8,500 centres across the country to carry out measles vaccination. The country was hit by a measles outbreak that killed hundreds. Minister of Health, Professor David Mphande said this year's mass immunisation campaign aims at vaccinating children missed out at birth. The campaign is taking place a year earlier due to an early outbreak.