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A Dutch national, who was on his way to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup has drowned in the fresh waters of Lake Malawi in the Northern region.
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africanews

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced that the mission is set to train 500 Somali police officers as parts of its peacemaking efforts in Somalia, where the government is battling with Islamist insurgents.

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africanews

A 12-year-old Ghanaian student Kwabena Asumadu has been crowned the national winner of the Doodle 4 Google 'Love Football' competition. The competition was for students to design a Google Doodle - the interpretation of the Google logo, around the theme 'Love Football'.

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Reuters

Activists concerned about the situation in Darfur detracted attention and aid from other African conflicts, a U.S.-based foundation said on Wednesday.

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Reuters

The United States, wary of politicised investigations into the use of force by countries, said that allowing the International Criminal Court to prosecute crimes of state aggression poses a risk to the court itself.

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Reuters

Rival factions of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) voiced optimism on Wednesday that their divisions could be overcome ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections due by next April.

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SABC

Political analysts believe that the reported fallout between the tripartite alliance may be linked to the ANC 2012 succession battle. The fallout in the alliance was sparked by the comment made last week, by Congress of South African Trade Unions' (Cosatu) Zwelinzima Vavi, who publicly spoke out against government’s failure to take action against, what he calls, corrupt ministers and has also been a supporter of lifestyle audits for politicians.

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Reuters

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it would back a drive by former U.N. atomic watchdog head Mohammed ElBaradei to reform Egyptian politics after the group secured no seats in a vote to parliament's upper house.

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Reuters

An increasing number of Kenyan companies plan to start generating their own electricity to help lower power costs, improve reliability of supply and add new sources of revenue.

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SABC

The government has strongly rebuked the Creative Workers Union of South Africa (CWUSA) over its call for the people to boycott next week's World Cup kick-off celebration concert at Orlando Stadium. CWUSA made the call in Johannesburg yesterday, saying the concert has a eurocentric artistic ideology that does not suit Africa.

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SABC

President Jacob Zuma will be meeting top ranked politicians in India as his official state visit in that country gains momentum. Zuma will be in the Indian capital New Delhi tomorrow where he will hold discussions with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil.

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SABC

Cape Town radio journalist, Gadija Davids, is on her way to Turkey. Davids was part of a team of 600 people on board a flotilla ship that was taking aid to Gaza, when Israeli forces raided it.

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SABC

Eskom says there could be more power disruptions between 2011 and 2012, because of an expected increase in demand. The utility today announced that it's on the path to financial recovery and has made a profit of R3.6 billion, after a loss of just over R9 billion last year.

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Africa News

The Kenya Government has condemned Israel's attack on aid ships to Gaza and called for an investigation into the incident.

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Africa News

Prisoners in South Africa's maximum security prisons will get to watch the 2010 World Cup after Swedish firm Ericsson donated big screen televisions to a Johannesburg jail this week.

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Africa News

The Uganda army has killed 16 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the past few days. Ugandan army spokesman lieutenant colonel Felix Kulayigye said that the country's army killed five LRA men on May 29th while another 11 were killed on the 30th.

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Africa News

Burundi's upcoming presidential elections suffered a major blow with the withdrawal of five opposition candidates. The poll is scheduled to place on June 28.

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Africa Good News

Sam Rogers, from South Africa, has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards Ceremony.

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Africa Good News

Kenya should encourage the use of bamboo in building affordable shelters, especially for 60 percent of the population who live in poorly constructed dwellings in rural areas, says a specialist.

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Africa Good News

The World Bank has said it is committing over $200 million towards the implementation of renewable energy projects in Nigeria towards enhancing access and rural electrification as part of its commitment to the nation's power sector.