News - Africa
Friday, July 4th, 2008
By Peter Heinlein
Addis Ababa
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The African Union's reputation suffered a setback during the past week when its leaders faltered in the face of Robert Mugabe's blunt challenge to democratic norms ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Reuters - Raila Odinga, Kenya's New democratically elected PM, urged the African Union (AU) on Monday to suspend Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe from the body.
"The African Union should not accept or entertain Mr. Mugabe," Odinga told reporters in Nairobi. "He should be suspended until he allows the African Union ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
African Union (AU) leaders have begun a summit in Egypt that looks set to be overshadowed by the crisis in Zimbabwe. The two-day AU meeting was declared open by the current chairman, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, who introduced host President Hosni Mubarak for the first speech.
President Robert Mugabe entered the ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
(Picture - Nelson Mandela, left, waves from the stage, as U.S. actor Will Smith smiles from behind, at the 46664 charity concert in honour of Mandela's 90th birthday in London, Friday, June 27, 2008. The former South African president Mandela's 90th birthday falls on July 18.AP Photo)
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LONDON (AFP) — Nelson ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Some African Leaders Call For Free Elections in Zimbabwe, But Not In Their Countries. Leaders Criticize President Mugabe But Face Similar Allegations of Voter Fraud and Intimidation at Home.
In the AU, several powerhouse countries have leaders who critics say benefited from rigged elections. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Uganda are all ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
UN fears the deported could face long term detention and torture
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Reuters
Egypt is continuing large-scale secret deportations of Eritrean asylum seekers despite objections by the U.N. refugee agency, which fears for their safety, Egyptian security sources said on Wednesday.
They said a number of Eritreans were taken to Cairo airport in interior ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
"Our Arab League is located in Cairo and the African Union is located in Addis Ababa. If they want cooperation they have to go through Cairo and Addis Ababa" - Muammar Gaddafi
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TRIPOLI, June 10 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday a EU proposal for an economic and ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The Standard
Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe - Africa
Even with the grand coalition Cabinet in office here in Kenya, we will not be the same again. Suspicion still abounds, as do counsels of despair in the prospects of African democracy. Travel through the country and you will sense something tangible of disunity ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The existing Inga Dam is located
250km south west of Kinshasa.
BBC - A plan to build the largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the world is being discussed in London.
Financiers and African politicians will look at how to finance the $80bn (£40bn) cost of the Grand Inga project.
The plant ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Experts warn India to avoid china's approach.
(Prime Minister Meles Zenewi meeting with
President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil of India, New Delhi on April 08, 2008)
The first India-Africa summit concluded on Wednesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying India wanted to be a partner in Africa's 'resurgence.' The summit, adopted the ...
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