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Rushinga — Jairos Mukotosi, 50, is avoiding a team of consultants, sent as part of a parliamentary outreach programme to the Rushinga area of rural Mashonaland Central Province in northeastern Zimbabwe, to find out what people would like included in a proposed new constitution.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) today issued a second arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, adding genocide to the list of charges for crimes he has allegedly committed in the war-ravaged Darfur region.

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Barring last minute hitches, the new leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation will announce the appointment of a new coach for the senior national team, the Super Eagles and the lucky man is no other person than the former U-23 chief coach, Samson Siasia.

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Accra — Either Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Ghana's former first lady is being mischievous or she simply wanted to take their problems to radio stations. Whatever it is, the situation is looking like a national shame as the former first lady claimed on an Accra radio station that former President Jerry Rawlings and his family have become homeless following the gutting down of their home on February 14.

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Johannesburg — South African security forces moved into townships in the Cape Town area today after attacks and threats against foreign migrant workers.

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Somali militant group al-Shabaab, on Monday claimed responsibility for Sunday's twin- bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital on Sunday night and slaughtered people watching the World Cup final at a restaurant and a sports club, authorities said.

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Researchers have discovered a protein that can protect against a wide range of HIV, and said they may now be able to finally design a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus.

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A series of bomb attacks has killed at least 64 people in Uganda's capital Kampala. Several others have been left severely injured. The attacks appeared to target those who were watching world cup finals last night. Two bombs went off at Ethiopian village restaurant in Kabalagala and two others at Logogo Rugby Club during the second half of the match.

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Monrovia — In the latest of several major investment deals, the Liberian government has signed an estimated U.S.$3 billion agreement with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton.

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The US President Barack Obama is calling the deadly bomb blasts that killed 64 persons including foreigners in Uganda last night "deplorable and cowardly," a spokesman said. "The president is deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks.

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A man, Etienne Ngwa, suspected to have murdered a British gorilla expert, Dr. Warren Ymke has been arrested and incarcerated in the South West of Cameroon. According to police sources, the 30-year-old, is helping with investigations while in detention.

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In a rare tone directed at the seemingly untouchable military, Guinea Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha has called for the restoration of discipline in "in all military and police units."

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At least 10 Eritreans and an American died in last night's bomb attacks that killed at least 64 people in Uganda's capital Kampala. Six other Americans are among those severely injured.

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Uganda is to host the 66th Heads of States Summit of the African Union for the first time in 35 years. It last hosted under the fiat of dictator Idi Amin.

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Heartbroken – that’s how you must have felt at the end of your epic match against Uruguay last Friday. There is no other word for it. Hundreds of millions of us felt the same way.

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has welcomed the G-20's recent commitment to ensure a robust replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the Group.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's government and rebels must stop blocking missions by aid workers and peacekeepers in Darfur or risk breaking international law, the head of the territory's peacekeeping mission said on Tuesday

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that five workers were killed at Aquarius Platinum Marikana mine in South Africa after a fall of ground.

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Africa offers among the world's best investment prospects as emerging markets grow ever more important, although its economies risk being destabilized by the slew of capital they stand to attract in coming years.

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Energy-producing continental giant Nigeria was identified as a top pick by some of the most influential figures in emerging markets finance who spoke to the Reuters Emerging Markets Summit in Sao Paulo last week.