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africanews

A senior Egyptian official Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha, has rubbished claims on Tuesday that the rockets that struck the Jordanian port of Aqaba and the vicinity of the neighbouring Israeli city of Eilat the previous day were fired from the Sinai Peninsula.

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africanews

Cameroon named their squad for next week's friendly against Poland and left out eight players involved in the 2010 World Cup.

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africanews

Kenyans are preparing feverishly to participate in the first ever referendum after the post election violence that hit the Eastern African nation. Reports indicate that all is set for Wednesday's referendum. Kenya's electoral body has dispatched ballot boxes and papers to all the centres for the vote.

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africanews

South Africa's former police boss and ex-president of Interpol Jackie Selebi has been handed a 15-year jail sentence for graft. He is one of the high profile officials in the country to face justice for corruption. Selebi was convicted for receiving bribes from a drug lord last month.

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africanews

South Africa's former police boss and ex-president of Interpol Jackie Selebi has been handed a 15-year jail sentence for graft. He is one of the high profile officials in the country to face justice for corruption. Selebi was convicted for receiving bribes from a drug lord last month.

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reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress is considering whether the country should impose tax on short-run capital inflows to arrest the strength of the local currency and make it more competitive.

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Nation

Nairobi — Eighty per cent of the constituencies will convey their results using the new Electronic Voter Tallying system.

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IPS

In a tiny village near Kisumu city in Kenya, scientific researcher Mary Anyango Oyunga spends most of her time educating women about something they have always done - grow sweet potatoes.

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IRIN

Dakar — The 2010 rainy season in West Africa has opened with hail storms in Guinea and the heaviest rain in 50 years in northern Chad. Floods have killed at least 80 people and destroyed homes, bridges, septic tanks, livestock, crops and food stocks; dams have broken, and wells and latrines and have been submerged.

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RFI

The European Union said on Monday it was ending a military reform mission to Guinea-Bissau, in protest against the appointment of the leader of a military coup as the west African country's new army chief.

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SW Radio

Western diplomats who came to pay their respects at the funeral of Robert Mugabe's sister over the weekend were reportedly left 'baffled' after Mugabe used his tribute speech to once again lambast the West.

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Analyst

The standard-bearer emeritus of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), George Weah, has accepted a petition to run for president in the 2011 presidential elections.

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Nairobi Star

Nairobi — The Yes and No teams held their final landmark rallies in the city and appealed to the electorate to vote on Wednesday.

President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga exuded confidence when they told a packed Uhuru Park rally that they were assured of victory on Wednesday.

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africanews

About 18 people dead and several others injured following a fire outbreak at a retirement home in South Africa. The blaze broke out at around 2100 (1900 GMT) on Sunday, 50km (30 miles) south-east of Johannesburg. The cause of the fire, which gutted the Pieter Wessels retirement home in Nigel, is not yet known.

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africanews

Nigeria's Falconets bowed to the fire-power of their German counterparts who became the first host nation to lift the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. An 8th minute goal from Germany's Alexandra Popp and a 91st minute own goal gave the host a 2-0 win over the West Africans.

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africanews

A mobile phone found alongside an unexploded suicide vest led police in Uganda to the three Kenyans charged with 76 counts of murder over last month's bombings in Kampala, the country's deputy director of Interpol, Elly Womanya has said.

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africanews

Organizations involved in anti-tobacco campaigns in Sub Sahara Africa can get funding of up to $20 000 a year, for up to two years, in their efforts to stem the deadly effect of tobacco consumption on the continent.

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africanews

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has descended on Western powers on Sunday over sanctions imposed on his ruling ZANU-PF party. The controversial leader said the European Union and United States of America were simply bent on driving him out of power.

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reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda's North African wing said in an audio recording the group had been negotiating the release of a hostage it executed last month, contradicting French officials who had said there were no talks.

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reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea must review billions of dollars worth of mining deals signed since a coup in 2008 to make sure the West African state is getting its fair share of revenue, election front-runner Cellou Dallein Diallo said.