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Sudan ruling party offers opposition government posts
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (2nd L) casts his ballot at a polling station in Khartoum April 11, 2010.

Sudan’s ruling party yesterday said it would invite opposition groups to join the government if it won the country’s general elections, in an apparent bid to heal a rift over accusations of vote fraud.

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Zimbabwe unity government suspends ownership law

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media in the capital Harare, December 23, 2009.Zimbabwe’s unity government has suspended and will review rules forcing foreign-owned firms in Zimbabwe to sell a majority stake to local people, a spokesman for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.

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EU to send monitors for Ethiopian poll after row

The European Union has  agreed to monitor Ethiopia’s  elections in May, nearly five years after Addis Ababa accused the EU’s chief observer in the last poll of helping to spark violence.

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Zimbabwe bus crash kills 25, injures dozens

At least 25 people were  burnt to death and two dozen others injured when a bus collided with a truck laden with fertiliser on a highway in northwestern Zimbabwe, state radio reported yesterday.

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South Africa: Bail pullout for Terreblanche case
Eugene Terreblanche wanted a separate white homeland

A 15-year-old South African boy, one of two farm workers accused of murdering white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche, has decided not to apply for bail.

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Somali radio stations comply with insurgents’ music ban
All but two of Mogadishu’s 13 radio stations used to broadcast music

Most radio stations in Somalia have stopped playing music, on the orders of Hizbul-Islam insurgents who say that songs are un-Islamic. The stations said they had to comply with the ban as if they did not, they would be putting their lives at risk. 

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Eight Red Cross staff seized in Congo
An injured man (L) stands near a Red Cross flag at the scene of a train crash in the jungle in Ndenga Mongo, Kasai Province, southern Democratic Republic of Congo August 4, 2007.

Eight Red Cross staff were seized by an armed group in eastern Congo last week, and an outbreak of fighting in the area could put the hostages at greater risk, the aid group said yesterday.

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Rights group urges Angola to act on corruption

Human Rights Watch urged the Angolan government yesterday to step up its fight against corruption and mismanagement, noting that most of the population still lived in poverty.

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S.Africa to buy cheaper AIDS drugs despite opposition

South Africa intends buying antiretroviral (ARV) drugs at the lowest prices, even from foreign companies, despite opposition from local drugmakers, the health minister said yesterday.

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