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» 30.06.2008 - MDR-TB rapid tests available for poor countries » 27.06.2008 - Africa alone reels with heterosexual AIDS epidemic » 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment » 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study » 23.06.2008 - Lead intoxication causes Senegal deaths » 20.06.2008 - Fresh polio outbreak in northern Nigeria » 20.06.2008 - Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks » 19.06.2008 - SA prisoners on hunger strike
» 19.06.2008 - Gay activists' arrest "shows African HIV response gaps" » 17.06.2008 - Egypt's renowned film-maker in coma
» 12.06.2008 - US$ 10 million for Lesotho's orphans » 10.06.2008 - Africa lagging behind on universal access and treatment - UN » 10.06.2008 - 2 million Malawi children targeted for vitamin 'A' supplement » 09.06.2008 - Egypt lawmakers ban FGM » 09.06.2008 - Tanzania controls HIV/AIDS » 06.06.2008 - South Africa's HIV prevalence decreases » 05.06.2008 - Ugandan gay activists arrested at HIV meeting » 04.06.2008 - Malawi successfully reducing HIV rate » 03.06.2008 - 3 million on ARV's, millions still lagging behind » 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs » 30.05.2008 - UNICEF urges adequate health for African children
» 29.05.2008 - Egypt court upholds HIV sentences » 19.05.2008 - Nigeria's "hidden" senator sent to jail » 13.05.2008 - Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda » 29.04.2008 - 'South Africa faces threat'
» 25.04.2008 - Burkina: Meningitis kills 800
» 17.04.2008 - UN Congo mission lauded
» 16.04.2008 - Fire kills 19 Ugandan girls » 09.04.2008 - Corrupt officials in the dock
» 31.03.2008 - Cholera kills 50 Nigerians
» 27.03.2008 - Somalia declared polio-free » 26.03.2008 - Egypt's vocal editor jailed » 20.03.2008 - 'Ghana mistreats refugees' » 20.03.2008 - Habitat celebrates success
» 19.03.2008 - sub-Sahara tops urban growth » 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 05.03.2008 - Egypt reports new avian flu » 19.02.2008 - US boosts Africa's malaria war » 19.02.2008 - Tortured journalist flees Gambia » 18.02.2008 - First ladies fight for peace
» 14.02.2008 - Niger measles fluctuates » 12.02.2008 - Meningitis threatens CAR
» 11.02.2008 - Uganda strike causes deaths
» 08.02.2008 - Mbeki assures 2010 World Cup » 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 06.02.2008 - Gacaca jails genocide doctor
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons » 05.02.2008 - Renewed fight against FGM » 05.02.2008 - Global warming affects Africa » 04.02.2008 - Tunisian doctors due in SA
» 04.02.2008 - Tremors strike Great Lakes » 01.02.2008 - MSF halts Somalia operations
» 31.01.2008 - Meningitis rocks West Africa
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 29.01.2008 - US leader tours Africa
» 28.01.2008 - Back pain hospitalised Moi » 25.01.2008 - Ghana: Transit point for drugs
» 24.01.2008 - SA urged to introduce PMTCT
» 23.01.2008 - Mass circumcision in Rwanda
» 04.01.2008 - Somali leader back to hospital
» 04.01.2008 - Kenya needs relief support » 03.01.2008 - WHO alerts high risk malaria » 03.01.2008 - Gambia increases salaries » 02.01.2008 - Somalia: MSF medics freed » 27.12.2007 - Cholera strikes Congo » 26.12.2007 - What's killing Gambian soldiers? » 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed » 14.12.2007 - Sudan needs $2 billion
» 13.12.2007 - Uganda probes Ebola origin » 10.12.2007 - Book exposes pregnancy risks » 10.12.2007 - Somalia war attracts disease » 06.12.2007 - Zambia leader hails Zim progress » 05.12.2007 - Ebola kills 16 in Uganda » 04.12.2007 - Somali leader hospitalised » 04.12.2007 - TB still Kenya's fast killer
» 03.12.2007 - Africa measles falls by 91% » 28.11.2007 - Zambian eyes AU post » 27.11.2007 - Salt causes Angola illness » 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace » 22.11.2007 - Malaria cripples Ghana’s health budget
» 20.11.2007 - Unknown illness hits Angola » 16.11.2007 - Guineans get free malaria drugs » 15.11.2007 - Fever kills 96 Sudanese » 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired » 05.11.2007 - Zambian First Lady urges women to demand safe sex » 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available » 29.10.2007 - Diabetes threatens Ghanaians » 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 22.10.2007 - Mozambique ex-leader bags Africa leadership prize » 19.10.2007 - Ghana study reveals low life expectancy » 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community » 18.10.2007 - Big boost for Lesotho nutrition » 17.10.2007 - Nets aid Africa's malaria fight » 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails » 12.10.2007 - Sub-Saharan Africa off-track MDG targets » 17.09.2007 - Kenya's Muslims oppose condoms » 07.09.2007 - High attrition cripples Ethiopia's health sector » 05.09.2007 - Sick Darfur leader allowed overseas treatment » 05.09.2007 - Mystery disease ravages DRC » 03.09.2007 - Row over South African minister’s health turns sour » 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 30.08.2007 - Fact-finding humanitarian mission begins in Ogaden » 29.08.2007 - CAR crisis displaces 291,000 » 29.08.2007 - Sudan's booming town lacks AIDS education » 29.08.2007 - Chad: 40,000 anti-malaria nets for refugees » 24.08.2007 - Illegal Liberians’ deportation contested » 24.08.2007 - ‘Nutrition no substitute for ARV’ » 23.08.2007 - Angola: Luanda's residents drink suspect water » 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers » 17.08.2007 - 350,000 Burundian refugees return home » 14.08.2007 - Methanol, the alcohol that kills » 14.08.2007 - Global Fund lifts Chad’s grant suspension
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$20.6 million grant for Senegal’s anti-malaria campaign » 09.08.2007 - UGANDA:‘No more Marburg cases’ » 07.08.2007 - South Africa suspends UK meat over mad cow fears » 02.08.2007 - Africa: Falling HIV rates tell complex story » 02.08.2007 - DRC: 27 polio cases reported » 01.08.2007 - Ebola-like fever hits Uganda » 01.08.2007 - Kenya Minister clashes with police » 01.08.2007 - South Africa: Clamp down on botched circumcisions » 31.07.2007 - Row over SA's "negligent baby death" » 30.07.2007 - Brain drain continues to rob Africa » 24.07.2007 - Libya: Bulgarian medics at home » 18.07.2007 - Bulgaria requests convicted medics from Libya » 17.07.2007 - Critical lack of health workers in Brazzaville » 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi » 12.07.2007 - Lesotho churches bolster HIV/AIDS fight » 11.07.2007 - Court confirms medics' death penalty » 04.07.2007 -
Liberia: Uncontrolled trash threatens public health
» 27.06.2007 - Swazi journalists barred from hospitals » 26.06.2007 - Salt in Nigeria now iodised » 26.06.2007 - Laura Bush emphasises nutrition for HIV/AIDS patients » 25.06.2007 -
US First Lady tours Africa » 13.06.2007 - South Africa fires striking health workers » 09.06.2007 - Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa » 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure » 07.06.2007 - 2 million Zimbabwe children get polio vaccine » 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe » 29.05.2007 - Malawi mourns 1st Lady » 25.05.2007 - Ex-Zambian leader hospitalised » 24.05.2007 - New health risk for Nigerian flu
» 24.05.2007 - 5,000 Africans trained on blood safety » 11.05.2007 - Rift valley fever kills over 100 in Tanzania » 11.05.2007 - Togo bans Ghana chickens » 08.05.2007 - Why Ghana’s health workers strike » 27.04.2007 - Gambia: Scientist Disputes 'Aids Cure' evidence » 25.04.2007 - East Africa unveils tougher malaria fight » 24.04.2007 - Uganda AIDS patients’ difficult access to treatment » 24.04.2007 - Zimbabwe downs malaria » 23.04.2007 - New diarrhoea kills 4 Ethiopians » 20.04.2007 - Ghanaian Healers can correct MDGs deficiencies » 18.04.2007 - Sex work thrives in Zimbabwe » 11.04.2007 - Mali finds no good way to boost health services » 05.04.2007 - Eritrea criminalises FGM » 04.04.2007 - Demolition worries Cameroonians » 02.04.2007 - Mosquitoes with 'selfish genes' may help fight malaria » 02.04.2007 - More aid for Lesotho's numerous orphans » 28.03.2007 - AIDS killed 193 Tanzanian teachers » 21.03.2007 - Over 500 succumb to meningitis in Burkina Faso » 20.03.2007 - Cholera kills one in Senegal » 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa » 16.03.2007 - "Alarming" HIV rise in young South African women » 14.03.2007 - South Africa set to arrest HIV » 09.03.2007 - Uganda decries lack of research on sleeping sickness » 08.03.2007 - Mali govt to "beat malaria this year" » 05.03.2007 - Homophobia in Africa "accelerates AIDS spread" » 01.03.2007 - New, cheap malaria cure hits African market » 28.02.2007 - Ivorian poultry producers lose millions over avian flu » 26.02.2007 - FGM, circumcision "likely to spread HIV" » 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills » 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment" » 01.02.2007 - Nigeria confirms first human bird flu death » 26.01.2007 - Main malaria carriers identified in Cameroon » 22.01.2007 - 15 million diabetics in Africa by 2025 » 17.01.2007 - Gambian President "cures" patients » 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS » 15.01.2007 - More African nations use DDT to cut malaria death toll » 08.01.2007 - Kenya Rift Valley Fever outbreak prompts research » 04.01.2007 - 55% of Swazi women are overweight » 20.12.2006 - 400 new doctors to lose jobs in Kenya » 19.12.2006 - Libya court sentences medics to death » 14.12.2006 - Deadly infection hits Zambezi fish » 08.12.2006 - Ebola outbreak killed 5000 gorillas » 08.12.2006 - Nigeria boosts research into traditional medicine » 08.12.2006 - China exports more anti-malaria drugs to Africa » 08.12.2006 - African Muslim clerics divided on condom use » 07.12.2006 - Health continue to hinder Africa's progress » 29.11.2006 - Bird flu now Africa's problem » 24.11.2006 - Drug-resistant typhoid makes leap from Asia to Africa » 21.11.2006 - Meningitis kills 16 in Sudan » 17.11.2006 - Scientists predict next Ebola outbreak » 09.11.2006 - West Africa still world's least developed region » 08.11.2006 - Nigeria govt warns against bird flu vaccinating » 08.11.2006 - Cholera reappears with rains in Angola » 07.11.2006 - Gambian women cannot negotiate safe sex » 02.11.2006 - Ethiopian women reject genital cutting (FGM) » 30.10.2006 - Sierra Leone only starting to battle AIDS » 27.10.2006 - African ambassadors bolster malaria fight » 20.10.2006 - Zambia's Kabwe: world's most polluted place » 19.10.2006 - Senegalese AIDS community cries in silence » 19.10.2006 - "Global Fund not for 1st ladies" » 17.10.2006 - Polio returns to Kenya after 22 years » 16.10.2006 - Africans discuss safe blood transfusions » 11.10.2006 - Tanzania secures US$ 59 million to battle maternal mortality » 10.10.2006 - Comoros volcano polluted island water source » 02.10.2006 - 91% of young Cape Verdean males have high-risk sex » 12.09.2006 - Mauritania's Prussian past revealed: A desert pharmacy » 08.09.2006 - Mass polio vaccination in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia » 08.09.2006 - SA finds new, worryingly virulent strain of TB » 07.09.2006 - Mortality for middle-aged South Africans doubled » 07.09.2006 - Ivorian govt resigns over toxic fumes scandal » 06.09.2006 - "Sack SA Health Minister" - world's AIDS experts » 07.06.2006 - Lesotho intensifies efforts to help rape survivors » 06.06.2006 - Namibia "mystery disease" was polio outbreak » 05.06.2006 - Tourist arrivals up in Mauritius; disaster in Réunion » 02.06.2006 - "Female genital mutilation increases babies' mortality" » 02.06.2006 - Kenya announces free AIDS, malaria drugs » 01.06.2006 - Tanzanian church still opposes condoms, sex education » 24.05.2006 - Mutated Chikungunya virus caused Indian Ocean epidemic » 22.05.2006 - Bird flu continues to spread in Burkina Faso » 07.04.2006 - Zimbabwean women now have world's shortest lifespan » 06.04.2006 - Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus » 04.04.2006 - Three bird flu cases confirmed in Burkina Faso » 04.04.2006 - Health workers turn back on Nigeria » 03.04.2006 - Niger battles malaria » 03.04.2006 - Researchers study Cape Verdeans' genetic structure » 28.03.2006 - Another woman dies from bird flu in Egypt » 27.03.2006 - Polio again spreading in Somalia » 24.03.2006 - Namibia considers legalising prostitution » 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy » 07.03.2006 - Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads » 06.03.2006 - "Threat from wild birds unlikely in West Africa" » 03.03.2006 - Bird flu fears in Mauritania, Cape Verde » 02.03.2006 - Egypt govt maintains bird flu is under control » 27.02.2006 - Bird flu confirmed in Niger » 27.02.2006 - Climate forecasts help predict African malaria epidemics » 22.02.2006 - Nigeria considers vaccinating poultry » 20.02.2006 - New mass campaign against polio in Sudan » 14.02.2006 - Bird flu possible in eight Nigerian states » 09.02.2006 - Criticism as more Nigerian states report bird flu » 09.02.2006 - West African nations to ward off bird flu » 08.02.2006 - Avian flu outbreak confirmed in Nigeria » 08.02.2006 - Chikungunya epidemic spreads in Indian Ocean » 03.02.2006 - "Dog food" offer for hungry children insults Kenya » 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger » 02.12.2005 - Thousands displaced by volcano in Comoros » 02.12.2005 - São Tomé asks for help to stop cholera epidemic » 30.11.2005 - Botswana meets national AIDS treatment targets » 25.11.2005 - Comoros volcano eruption causes health concerns » 10.11.2005 - New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented » 09.11.2005 - Regional AIDS policy meeting held in Lesotho » 08.11.2005 - Dead birds reported at Somaliland coast » 02.11.2005 - Measles death strongly declining in Africa » 31.10.2005 - Growing prostitution observed under Zambia food crisis » 09.09.2005 - Cholera causes concern among Guinea-Bissau's neighbours » 08.09.2005 - Human development report shocks South Africa » 01.08.2005 - Malawi rural men: "Having AIDS is macho" » 16.06.2005 - Polio at Somalia, Somaliland doorstep » 15.06.2005 - Migrant workers targeted in Lesotho AIDS campaign » 10.05.2005 - São Tomé cholera outbreak spreads rapidly » 05.05.2005 - Nigerian polio now reaches Indonesia » 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda » 22.04.2005 - Angola's Marburg cases still not isolated » 20.04.2005 - Polio on return, also in Nigeria » 05.04.2005 - Angola govt downplays Marburg outbreak » 01.04.2005 - Regional alert as Angola Marburg outbreak spreads » 30.03.2005 - Cholera at pilgrimage event in Senegal » 29.03.2005 - Marburg epidemic spreading in Angola » 22.03.2005 - Angola govt denies Ebola outbreak » 18.03.2005 - Child mortality up by 50% in Zimbabwe » 17.03.2005 - Possible Ebola outbreak in north Angola » 14.03.2005 - African malaria comes to town » 09.03.2005 - Polio crosses into Ethiopia from Sudan » 04.03.2005 - Equatorial Guinea cholera epidemic spreads » 01.03.2005 - Nigerian women get free fistula operation » 25.02.2005 - Cholera epidemic confirmed in Equatorial Guinea » 23.02.2005 - Scientists link Ebola to animal carcasses » 25.01.2005 - South Africa enraged by Catholic ban on condoms » 24.01.2005 - Illegal abortions with alarming consequences in Malawi » 21.01.2005 - Senegal's gay community confronts social taboos » 17.01.2005 - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful" » 13.01.2005 - New African pledge to eradicate polio » 12.01.2005 - Senegal's gays fight for AIDS campaign funds » 12.01.2005 - Community health project in Somalia "successful" » 06.01.2005 - Mandela says eldest son died of AIDS » 05.01.2005 - "HIV-rate at 50% on Botswana-Namibia border" » 04.01.2005 - Darfur war may halt worldwide polio vaccination » 20.12.2004 - Botswana HIV rate at 17, not 40 percent » 16.12.2004 - Fidel Castro's "promise to Botswana fulfilled" » 14.12.2004 - Large child health campaign under way in Togo » 06.12.2004 - South Africa ends race rating of blood donors » 01.12.2004 - War in Uganda threatens AIDS successes » 01.12.2004 - Impact of AIDS on South Africa's elderly underrated » 01.12.2004 - Women's vulnerability focused on Botswana AIDS Day » 17.11.2004 - Nigeria polio immunisation finally successful » 09.11.2004 - Lutherans urge African women to speak about sex » 27.10.2004 - New, free AIDS clinics in Lesotho, Swaziland » 15.10.2004 - Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique » 15.10.2004 - 7.3 million vaccinated against measles in Madagascar » 13.10.2004 - Côte d'Ivoire finds 12 new cases of polio » 12.10.2004 - Protests against AIDS drug price hike in South Africa » 06.10.2004 - Fast food causing obesity and diabetes in Swaziland » 05.10.2004 - African polio campaign started in Nigeria » 23.09.2004 - "IMF policies undermine fight against AIDS" » 16.09.2004 - Lesotho, Uganda praised for AIDS fight dedication » 14.09.2004 - Uganda, Nigeria to regulate traditional healers » 09.09.2004 - Traditional healers recognised by South African lawmakers » 04.09.2004 - Nigeria reaffirms commitment to polio eradication » 26.08.2004 - Ghanaian King fronts work for disabled » 24.08.2004 - HIV/AIDS campaign in Benin strengthened » 19.08.2004 - Ghana's gays organise to fight British criminal law » 18.08.2004 - Cholera outbreak in Guinea "under control" » 16.08.2004 - Bushmeat warning after new Cameroon virus » 06.07.2004 - Church leaders alarmed by Swaziland crisis » 02.07.2004 - Niger polio situation "still a concern" » 02.07.2004 - Little enthusiasm for generic AIDS drug plans in South Africa » 01.07.2004 - Polio campaign in north Nigeria starts next week » 23.06.2004 - Polio eradication fails as Nigerian virus hits Darfur » 14.06.2004 - "Funky, punchy condoms" for South Africa » 11.06.2004 - IMF urged to ease requirements on Zambia » 01.06.2004 - New AIDS drug to begin distribution in Nigeria » 28.05.2004 - Brain drain: "Europe poaching African healthcare workers" » 24.05.2004 - Ebola outbreak confirmed in southern Sudan » 18.05.2004 - Egypt soon polio-free; Niger, Nigeria later on » 12.05.2004 - Polio vaccines now accepted all over Nigeria » 04.05.2004 - Church decries Swaziland's "tragedy beyond comprehension" » 04.05.2004 - Namibia aid appeal "ignored" » 14.04.2004 - Nigerian polio strikes in Botswana » 06.04.2004 - Rwandan women surviving genocide now face AIDS » 06.04.2004 - New uses for West Africa's miracle yohimbe tree » 23.03.2004 - New virus infections from bushmeat found in Central Africa » 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens » 08.03.2004 - African AIDS widows left without inheritance » 05.03.2004 - More than 2,000 cholera cases in Mali » 04.03.2004 - "South African govt undermining own AIDS programme" » 03.03.2004 - Wireless healthcare project in Uganda wins award » 01.03.2004 - More than 650 cholera cases in Togo » 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable" » 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire » 25.02.2004 - Strong efforts against AIDS in Malawi » 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination » 20.02.2004 - Swaziland declares national disaster » 20.02.2004 - Climate extremes steer malaria outbreaks in African Highlands » 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa » 18.02.2004 - "HIV infection rate declines" in South Africa » 06.02.2004 - Humanitarian crisis in Lesotho grows » 03.02.2004 - Frustration over South African AIDS budget cuts » 29.01.2004 - Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff? » 29.01.2004 - Public health law approved in Cape Verde » 28.01.2004 - Cholera outbreak in Mozambique, Zambia spreads » 23.01.2004 - Efforts against Guinea worm in Togo, Mali, Ghana » 16.01.2004 - Ebola also causes epidemics in ape populations » 15.01.2004 - Harare water quality rescued by foreign aid » 14.01.2004 - Experimental Mozambican mass cholera vaccination begins » 09.01.2004 - New polio cases in Benin, Cameroon » 08.01.2004 - Hope for those with HIV in Rwanda » 05.01.2004 - Nigerians confirm polio vaccine is safe » 23.12.2003 - European satellite to assist solving the Ebola enigma » 19.12.2003 - AIDS reduces life expectancy by over 20 years » 02.12.2003 - South African AIDS activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize » 01.12.2003 - Now 40% of Botswana's pregnant women have HIV » 01.12.2003 - Gender violence fuels African AIDS crisis » 26.11.2003 - Now more than 10 million AIDS orphans » 20.11.2003 - Cholera outbreak continues in Benin » 19.11.2003 - South African govt approves AIDS drug treatment » 19.11.2003 - Cholera epidemic puts 500,000 Malians at risk » 18.11.2003 - Human testing of Ebola vaccine has begun » 17.11.2003 - Eleven Congolese Ebola deaths officially confirmed » 11.11.2003 - African security to relatively improve in 2004 » 11.11.2003 - Conservative action on AIDS by Nigerian church » 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea » 03.11.2003 - Senegalese artists, business unite against AIDS » 23.10.2003 - Polio outbreak in Nigeria spreads across West Africa » 09.09.2003 - New HIV test approved by Ugandan authorities » 30.07.2003 - South African Nevirapine farce continues » 29.07.2003 - Senegalese singer to raise AIDS awareness » 23.07.2003 - Rwandan HIV/AIDS control plan financed » 26.06.2003 - Equatoguinean malaria project sponsored by oil industry » 20.06.2003 - Unsafe water kills 55 Mozambicans, daily » 30.05.2003 - Djibouti to control AIDS, malaria and TB » 23.05.2003 - Soweto to get new hospital » 20.05.2003 - AIDS: "Women live with exhaustion, grief and depression" » 19.05.2003 - South Africa's DJ Khabzela in AIDS polemics » 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated » 02.05.2003 - Efforts to stop SARS from entering Africa » 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report » 30.04.2003 - South African minister "freaks out" in aircraft
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