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August 2008

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» 29.08.2008 - World class uranium deposits discovered in Namibia
» 29.08.2008 - Malawi's budget finally approved
» 29.08.2008 - Surgeons successfully rejoin Ugandan's cut off penis
» 29.08.2008 - Senegal's anti-press minister fired
» 29.08.2008 - Zambia’s inflation surges again
» 29.08.2008 - SADC and DBSA sign development pact
» 29.08.2008 - Nigeria, Iran to share nuclear technology
» 29.08.2008 - Tanzanian leader visits US
» 29.08.2008 - Over 400,000 Angolan refugees return home
» 29.08.2008 - FAO intervenes in Madagascar food shortage
» 29.08.2008 - Congolese army clashes with rebels
» 29.08.2008 - Major boost for Liberia palm oil farmers
» 29.08.2008 - Zim talks resume in SA over the weekend
» 29.08.2008 - UK firm accused of funding DR Congo conflict
» 29.08.2008 - Vodacom expands investment in Africa
» 29.08.2008 - US imposes sanctions on Uganda rebel leader
» 28.08.2008 - Africans back anti-racism law
» 28.08.2008 - Aid predictability a challenge to effectiveness, IMF
» 28.08.2008 - Francophonie isolates Mauritania
» 28.08.2008 - Climate change threatens Africa
» 28.08.2008 - Botswana faces imported TB calamity
» 28.08.2008 - Hijacked passengers arrive safely in Sudan
» 28.08.2008 - Police arrest 21 Egypt's opposition members
» 28.08.2008 - Ethiopia may withdraw troops from Somalia
» 28.08.2008 - Warlord reveals his part in Burkina Faso coup
» 28.08.2008 - NPP will accept December election results
» 27.08.2008 - Cameroon oil discovery impressive
» 27.08.2008 - Politicians snub Mauritania junta over electoral ambitions
» 27.08.2008 - War veterans seal Sudan-Kenya border
» 27.08.2008 - Zim to resume Equatorial Guinea oil imports
» 27.08.2008 - SA shelved land reform bill
» 27.08.2008 - Kenyan firms in row over land
» 27.08.2008 - Angola ready for weekend polls
» 27.08.2008 - Mugabe to leave MDC out of government
» 27.08.2008 - Hijacked Sudanese plane lands in Libya
» 27.08.2008 - Chinese to set up forestry unit in Congo
» 27.08.2008 - Somali leaders sign cooperation agreement
» 26.08.2008 - Botswana private sector to shape foreign policy
» 26.08.2008 - Ecobank launches $2.5 billion share offer
» 26.08.2008 - Energy shortages cost South Africa R50 billion
» 26.08.2008 - Kenya to import crude oil from Sudan
» 26.08.2008 - Nigeria's graft fight too risky
» 26.08.2008 - Millions of Africans may face water deficit
» 26.08.2008 - UNESCO Condemns assassination of Nigerian Journalist
» 26.08.2008 - Uganda probe ministers' alleged corrupt ties
» 26.08.2008 - Nigeria oil industry needs a face-lift
» 26.08.2008 - AIDS deaths drop by 75 percent in Malawi
» 26.08.2008 - One dies aboard seized Malaysian tanker
» 26.08.2008 - 11 Nigerian officials dismissed over fraud
» 26.08.2008 - Mugabe to open assembly despite contests
» 26.08.2008 - Zambians angered by Mwanawasa's widow
» 26.08.2008 - Liberia begins anti-graft war
» 25.08.2008 - AU officials settling Mauritania's coup crisis
» 25.08.2008 - Zim opposition wins speaker post
» 25.08.2008 - Nigeria set for racism combat
» 25.08.2008 - Opposition MPs arrested in parliament
» 25.08.2008 - Ex-president condemns Malawian government
» 25.08.2008 - Over a million risk child labour in Senegal
» 25.08.2008 - Blast blackens Niger’s peace deal
» 25.08.2008 - Zambia prepares to fill Mwanawasa's shoes
» 25.08.2008 - SADC satisfied with Angola's preparations
» 25.08.2008 - Odinga rejects media reports on indictment of al-Bashir
» 25.08.2008 - Tourist paedophile nabbed in Gambia
» 25.08.2008 - "Kenya's entire justice system is weak"
» 25.08.2008 - South Sudan accuses Ugandan troops of civilian attacks
» 25.08.2008 - Wedding reception turns into a slaughter-house
» 25.08.2008 - SA relief workers detained in Uganda
» 25.08.2008 - 10 Islamist rebels killed in security operation
» 22.08.2008 - Turkey denies searching for Africa's raw materials
» 22.08.2008 - Nigeria accounts 10% of global maternal deaths
» 22.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son unveils free trade accord with Europe
» 22.08.2008 - Former Mauritanian prime minister arrested again
» 22.08.2008 - Niger extends state of alert
» 22.08.2008 - Ethiopian exports under AGOA excel
» 22.08.2008 - The truth about Avian Influenza
» 22.08.2008 - Somalia calls for UN backing to fight pirates
» 22.08.2008 - Botswana denies condemning MDC leader
» 22.08.2008 - Southern Somalia death toll hits 55
» 22.08.2008 - War veterans blame Tsvangirai for stalling talks
» 22.08.2008 - Biya to protect Nigerians in Bakassi peninsula
» 22.08.2008 - Al-Qaeda claims Algeria blasts
» 21.08.2008 - Burundi census invites row
» 21.08.2008 - Bissau cholera out of control
» 21.08.2008 - SA lion killer enjoys parole
» 21.08.2008 - Sudan's constitutional court dismisses anti-terror appeal
» 21.08.2008 - MDC opposes convening of parliament
» 21.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son quits politics
» 21.08.2008 - Ex Tanzanian PM says no to corruption
» 21.08.2008 - MPLA officials dismiss intimidation claims
» 21.08.2008 - Genocide suspects plead not guilty
» 21.08.2008 - Niger rebels deny ceasefire
» 21.08.2008 - Accra meeting hopes to strike climate negotiations deal
» 21.08.2008 - Two more vessels hijacked off Somalia coast
» 21.08.2008 - Banda takes over as Zambian president
» 21.08.2008 - Nigeria/Britain collaborate on energy issues
» 20.08.2008 - Mauritanian speaker confronts junta
» 20.08.2008 - Genocide survivor set ablazed
» 20.08.2008 - Burundi crisis may jeopardise future stability
» 20.08.2008 - Zim lawmakers to be sworn in next week
» 20.08.2008 - UN condemns Algeria blast
» 20.08.2008 - SA records 4.9 percent growth in GDP recovery
» 20.08.2008 - Exiled former anti-corruption chief returns home
» 20.08.2008 - Namibia sanctions ivory trade
» 20.08.2008 - New suicide attacks in Algeria
» 20.08.2008 - Egypt probes parliament blaze
» 20.08.2008 - Ethiopia emergency appeal revised upwards
» 20.08.2008 - Nine prisoners killed in a fire in Cameroon
» 20.08.2008 - MDC leader in Botswana for talks
» 20.08.2008 - Malaysian tanker seized off Somali coast
» 19.08.2008 - Ethiopia, Yemeni agreed on oil and gas exploration
» 19.08.2008 - EAC states told to "shed off" national interests
» 19.08.2008 - Zimbabwe inflation gets out of control
» 19.08.2008 - Côte d'Ivoire extends identification process
» 19.08.2008 - Somalia and rebel group sign peace deal
» 19.08.2008 - 43 die in Algerian suicide bomb attack
» 19.08.2008 - Zambian leader dies in Paris
» 19.08.2008 - Ex-coup leader's party bows to junta's principles
» 19.08.2008 - Great Lakes countries have until 30 December to brand arms
» 19.08.2008 - LRA chief ready for talks
» 19.08.2008 - Zambia's leader health worsens
» 19.08.2008 - Gambian journalist found guilty of sedition
» 19.08.2008 - Amnesty slams Sudan's anti-terror trials
» 19.08.2008 - Niger rebels to lay down arms
» 18.08.2008 - Sudan’s president risks Turkey arrest
» 18.08.2008 - Mauritania junta assures quick presidential poll
» 18.08.2008 - SADC declares free trade zone
» 18.08.2008 - 'Habré cannot be tried twice'
» 18.08.2008 - 5 Ivorian ministers to face coca trial
» 18.08.2008 - Joint probe on Ghanaian massacre
» 18.08.2008 - Newspapers ransacked in Senegal
» 18.08.2008 - Nigeria dismisses deal with airliner
» 18.08.2008 - Malawi kicks-off voter registration
» 18.08.2008 - UN fund Guinea Bissau to fight cholera epidemic
» 18.08.2008 - Aid worker killed in Somalia
» 18.08.2008 - EC helps restore Burundian refugees
» 18.08.2008 - Vodafone seals 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom
» 18.08.2008 - Sudan condemn 8 to death
» 15.08.2008 - Zim negotiators in South Africa before SADC summit
» 15.08.2008 - $5 million for reintegration projects in Côte d’Ivoire
» 15.08.2008 - Botswana shuns SADC summit over Mugabe
» 15.08.2008 - Gates Foundation donates millions to feed hungry
» 15.08.2008 - SA extends deadline for closure of camps
» 15.08.2008 - Ex-Chadian dictator sentenced to death
» 15.08.2008 - Hepatitis kills 106 in Uganda
» 15.08.2008 - Parliament approves Ghana's Telecom handover
» 15.08.2008 - Somali top leaders in peace talks
» 15.08.2008 - Kidnapped Germans freed in Nigeria
» 14.08.2008 - Mauritania junta risks international isolation
» 14.08.2008 - 'Zim first needs justice'
» 14.08.2008 - ECOWAS mission to study Bissau crisis
» 14.08.2008 - ICC updates Wade on activities
» 14.08.2008 - Son charged with killing Cameroonian diplomat
» 14.08.2008 - Libya and US sign compensation deal
» 14.08.2008 - Doha Round should not collapse - Lamy
» 14.08.2008 - ICRC doubles humanitarian efforts in Congo
» 14.08.2008 - More vessels fall victim of Somali waters pirates
» 14.08.2008 - Nigeria hands over Bakassi peninsula
» 14.08.2008 - Mbeki confident of Zimbabwe deal
» 14.08.2008 - Ghana calls for urgent meeting to control avian flu
» 13.08.2008 - Guinea army seeks forgiveness
» 13.08.2008 - Mauritania coup leader given executive powers
» 13.08.2008 - South Africa to close refugee shelters
» 13.08.2008 - Ethiopian Airliner to increase its flight fleet
» 13.08.2008 - Somalia plane crash kills 3
» 13.08.2008 - Sudanese troops attack Darfur rebels
» 13.08.2008 - AU warns Burundi to speed up ceasefire deal
» 13.08.2008 - Mbeki denies Zimbabwe signed deal
» 13.08.2008 - Uganda launches mass campaign to fight AIDS infection
» 13.08.2008 - Angola's fair vote under threat
» 13.08.2008 - Bissau coup leader re-arrested
» 13.08.2008 - India probes Congo sexual abuse
» 13.08.2008 - Ghana needs $1.4 billion to fight climate change
» 12.08.2008 - New roll-out to mitigate effects of global price hikes
» 12.08.2008 - Mauritania's junta frees PM
» 12.08.2008 - Avian flu strain detected in Nigeria
» 12.08.2008 - Conservation to set up standard language
» 12.08.2008 - Nigeria finally to handover Bakassi to Cameroon
» 12.08.2008 - Peddlers ordered off Egyptian pyramids sites
» 12.08.2008 - Ethiopia's general recalled
» 12.08.2008 - SADC urged to end Zim violence
» 12.08.2008 - Angola collects issued arms from soldier's home
» 11.08.2008 - Mauritania junta leader may run for election
» 11.08.2008 - Malawi holed up in another budget crisis
» 11.08.2008 - Mudslide kills 31 illegal miners
» 11.08.2008 - SA wins a bid to host the 35th IGC in 2016
» 11.08.2008 - Nigeria militia repeats attack warning
» 11.08.2008 - 4 million litres of diesel offloaded in Zambia
» 11.08.2008 - Telkom South Africa, unions settle dispute
» 11.08.2008 - Sudan forces not fully withdrawn from Abyei
» 11.08.2008 - Cameroon diplomat killed in UK
» 11.08.2008 - Suicide bomb kills 8 in Algeria
» 11.08.2008 - More observers deployed for Angola elections
» 08.08.2008 - Mauritania police teargas anti-coup protesters
» 08.08.2008 - Zim talks 'progressing well'
» 08.08.2008 - Cutting edge science technique to save Africa's crop production
» 08.08.2008 - SA worried by Zuma threats
» 08.08.2008 - Swaziland needs tighter spending discipline - IMF
» 08.08.2008 - Mauritania loses US aid after coup
» 08.08.2008 - Somali insurgents seize town without resistance
» 08.08.2008 - Ugandans at risk of starvation
» 08.08.2008 - Somali refugees lose hope of returning home
» 08.08.2008 - Togo's floods plea gets IMF sympathy
» 08.08.2008 - Caretaker government for Guinea-Bissau
» 08.08.2008 - Malawi embarks on 2009 fresh voters' registration
» 08.08.2008 - South Africa gives Zambia 500 elephants
» 08.08.2008 - Court discharges Gambia's fired newspaper manager
» 07.08.2008 - Mauritania coup condemned
» 07.08.2008 - Gambia denounces Shia faith
» 07.08.2008 - Ghana asked to slash salaries
» 07.08.2008 - Sudan busts illicit ivory trade
» 07.08.2008 - Canadian ship to escort food aid to Somalia
» 07.08.2008 - Sierra Leone commits to slam down trafficking
» 07.08.2008 - Sudan urged to review death penalties
» 07.08.2008 - Two indicted for smuggling leopards hides and skull
» 07.08.2008 - Kenya commemorates 10th anniversary of terror attacks
» 07.08.2008 - Uganda's contribution to Burundi fees of EAC questioned
» 07.08.2008 - Algeria makes new oil and gas finds
» 07.08.2008 - Bare-footed Rwandan refugees supported
» 07.08.2008 - Women on top of SADC agenda
» 07.08.2008 - Fears of downward gorilla populations erased
» 06.08.2008 - 'Mauritania coup is real'
» 06.08.2008 - Military coup in Mauritania
» 06.08.2008 - 18,000 South African seabirds killed annually
» 06.08.2008 - Egypt cancels Agrium fertilizer plant
» 06.08.2008 - Mugabe assured honourable exit
» 06.08.2008 - East Africa intensifies search for al-Qaeda suspect
» 06.08.2008 - Rwanda accuses France over genocide
» 06.08.2008 - Sudan appoints Darfur prosecutor
» 06.08.2008 - Nigeria wants to boost oil production
» 06.08.2008 - Bissau premier removed
» 06.08.2008 - Al-Qaeba claims Algeria attack
» 06.08.2008 - Ex-Nigerian anti-corruption chief demoted
» 06.08.2008 - SA trade unions stage mass strike
» 05.08.2008 - Social safety nets needed to support Africa's poor
» 05.08.2008 - Shell Nigerian affiliate seals new gas deal
» 05.08.2008 - Mali adopts cotton privatisation law
» 05.08.2008 - Botswana may boycott SADC summit
» 05.08.2008 - Tanzanians lead own mining development
» 05.08.2008 - Southern African HIV infection affects all age groups
» 05.08.2008 - Rebel groups and opposition quit talks in CAR
» 05.08.2008 - African drought linked to warmer Indian Ocean
» 05.08.2008 - Angolans promised elections every 4 years
» 05.08.2008 - Egypt activist verdict condemned
» 05.08.2008 - São Tomé invests in undersea link
» 05.08.2008 - OIC slams Sudan leader's indictment
» 05.08.2008 - 30 killed in Kenya drought clashes
» 05.08.2008 - Seven killed in market blast
» 04.08.2008 - Zuma seeking to scrap corruption charges
» 04.08.2008 - Regional body endorse global initiative to fight crime
» 04.08.2008 - Bashir vows not to cooperate with ICC
» 04.08.2008 - Kenya hunting terror suspect
» 04.08.2008 - Ethiopia attracts $8 billion investments
» 04.08.2008 - Zimbabwe suspends basic food exports
» 04.08.2008 - US senator questions Gambia's human rights
» 04.08.2008 - Guinea rescinds $10 billion iron-ore project
» 04.08.2008 - Roadside bomb kills 20 in Somalia
» 04.08.2008 - Two French oil workers abducted in Nigeria
» 04.08.2008 - Rights and opportunity critical for people living longer with HIV
» 04.08.2008 - Namibia signs $304.5 million poverty grant
» 02.08.2008 - "African elephants extinct by 2020"
» 01.08.2008 - Zim opposition fairly satisfied with negotiation
» 01.08.2008 - 22 Darfur rebels condemned to death
» 01.08.2008 - Nigeria court hinders Bakassi cession
» 01.08.2008 - Libya says oil price plunge is "temporal"
» 01.08.2008 - Bissau drug probe invites more troubles
» 01.08.2008 - Ghana sued over telecom sale
» 01.08.2008 - Coke to expand distribution centers in Africa
» 01.08.2008 - Roadside bomb kills Ugandan peacekeeper
» 01.08.2008 - Angola approves model ballot paper
» 01.08.2008 - 'Cushion poor against high power tariffs'
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