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Asaba — THERE appeared to be no end in sight to the mounting woes of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, yesterday, as the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, threw out his application for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights, for lack of merit.

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ohannesburg — PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has reiterated SA's long-held view and called for international financial institutions to be overhauled to give developing economies a greater say.

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A recently concluded geological assessment in Tanzania's Southern offshore deep oil exploration project has shown prospective resource potentials of over a billion barrels of oil and gas.

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Federal Government's efforts to boost power generation and enhance electricity supply to Nigerians will soon get a lift, as it is set to sign another Gas Supply Purchase Agreement, GPSA, with Addax Petroleum Development Corporation, Vanguard has gathered.

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Zambian President Rupiah Banda is under fire after his denunciation of international donors claiming that nobody asked them for help and that they should not blackmail Zambians.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended Guinea for the successful staging of presidential elections, widely regarded as the first democratic polls in the West African country since independence more than 50 years ago.

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Kampala — The East African Community (EAC) Common Market, a customs union in which all factors of production move freely with the right of establishment and residence, will commence on Thursday July 1, 2010.

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Kampala — The Netherlands government has introduced two instruments through which small, micro and medium firms in the East African Community (EAC) among others can get grants.

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Sudanese MPs have agreed a long-awaited commission to oversee a January referendum on independence of the country's oil-rich south. The body will be headed by former foreign minister, Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil. Although the commission clears a path for the vote, many logistical problems remain.

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Johannesburg — AN INDICTMENT issued against a former Rwandan general who was shot in Johannesburg earlier this month, holding him accountable for murders that were part of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, puts his refugee status under question, a human rights lawyer said yesterday.

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There has been a shocked and outraged reaction to claims by Mines Minister Obert Mpofu that two leading international diamond rights groups had tried to bribe him, by offering their support in exchange for diamond profits.

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Harare — Zimbabwe and the European Union will this week begin talks aimed at normalising their strained relations a month after Harare blasted the block for stalling the dialogue.

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Some 3.5 million Burundians go to the polls Monday to elect their president for the next five years, casting their ballots in favour or against the ruling CNDD-FDD candidate Pierre Nkurunziza.

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A South African Airways flight attendant Elphia Dlamini, has been arrested whiles trying to smuggle 3 kilos of cocaine into Britain through London's Heathrow airport on Monday.

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In the sandy streets of Namuskekende village in remote western Zambia, hundreds of people gathered around a giant projection screen to see television for the first time in their lives. The 10-foot screen, powered by a generator and receiving broadcasts by satellite, flickered on with commercials before the Ghana-US match.

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Rwanda police have arrested two people over the shooting of a reporter last week and stated that it was a revenge attack.

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Ghana will appeal against the decision to suspend influential midfielder Andre Dede Ayew from their crucial quarter-finals game against Uruguay following his accumulation of another yellow card during Saturday's 2-1 win over the United States at the World Cup, media reports say.

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The United Nations Development Programme is making available US$1 million funds towards Malawi's Local Government Elections slated for August.

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The first ever FIFA World Cup on African soil has lived up to expectations but with surprises and conundrum. Already, the mighty have fallen - USA, England, France and Italy. All the African teams including host South Africa have been axed but one - Ghana. We share the thoughts of our reporters across the continent.

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The African Union chairperson, Bingu wa Mutharika, has called on African countries to be accountable and transparent with donor funding when he took centre stage at the just ended G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada.