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Africa | World
Economy - Development | Politics
China to cement new role in Africa
afrol News, 6 November - Chinese and African leader are meeting in Egypt this weekend to further cement their booming economic and political ties. China's engagement in Africa is controversial, but the billions of dollars involved cannot longer be overlooked.
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Zimbabwe
Politics | Society
Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now
afrol News, 6 November - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has pledged his party's return to the unity government with President Robert Mugabe after a successful mediation by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Mozambique last night.
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Uganda
Health | Society | Gay - Lesbian | Human rights
"Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
afrol News, 6 November - Over 50 Ugandan and international organisations are warning government that the "repressive" HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, soon to be voted on in the Kampala parliament, could destroy Uganda's earlier successes in fighting back the pandemic.
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Ethiopia
Science - Education | Environment - Nature
It's confirmed: New ocean to split Ethiopia
afrol News, 5 November - Since a gigantic rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia in 2005, scientists have speculated the rift was the first step in a process that will split eastern Ethiopia and Somalia from the African continent by a new ocean. Now, they have found proof it indeed will.
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South Africa
Health | Science - Education | Society
South African mortality crisis overcome
afrol News, 5 November - Mortality rates, which have been increasing in South Africa since the 1990s, are on their way back down, reflecting a downturn of the AIDS epidemic and signalling longer lifespans for South Africans, statistics published today reveal.
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Central African Republic
Society | Politics | Human rights
"Send Central African leaders to ICC"
afrol News, 5 November - Only days after the former President of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned home after a 6-year exile, human rights groups demand he be sent directly to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. Also the current President is accused of grave war crimes.
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Cape Verde
Health | Travel - Leisure
Dengue epidemic paralyses Cape Verde
afrol News, 5 November - A first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde, already causing four deaths and infecting 9,000 persons, has caused panic on the archipelago. Tomorrow, everybody is urged to kill mosquitoes instead of going to work, and both the police and army are sent out to root out the disease.
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Algeria
Economy - Development | Labour
Algeria "not affected by global crisis"
afrol News, 5 November - Algeria stands out as one of the countries least affected by the global financial crisis, a new analysis shows. The non-oil sectors of economy are growing by around 9 percent this year, and only low oil prices contribute to a GDP retraction.
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Somalia | Somaliland
Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Somalia's main export market reopened
afrol News, 5 November - Saudi Arabia officials have announced that the 9-year ban on import of livestock from Somalia, including Somaliland, is lifted. Thus, Somalia's main export trade may be resumed, promising much needed revenues for Somali farmers.
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Tunisia
Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Tunisia to double air space control
afrol News, 5 November - Tunisia is improving its air traffic surveillance network by doubling its current capacity. Also, the airport on the Island of Djerba, a major tourism destination, is to get a technological upgrading, allowing all-weather landings.
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Rwanda
Human rights | Society
Rwandan tea baron jailed over genocide
afrol News, 5 November - The former head of the government office that controlled the Rwandan tea industry was today sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty by a UN tribunal over his role in the country's 1994 genocide. He is to have assisted slaughtering more than 1,000 Tutsis.
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Zimbabwe
Politics
Call for African troops in Zimbabwe
afrol News, 4 November - A new regional report calls for the deployment of observers and military personnel from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Zimbabwe to secure the future of the power-sharing agreement, to fight political violence until a new constitution is in place and to assure civil war does not break out.
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» 03.11.2009 - Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists
» 03.11.2009 - Africa plays it tough at climate talks
» 03.11.2009 - Maize research splendid investment for Africa
» 03.11.2009 - "Strip Gambia off AU human rights body"
» 03.11.2009 - Namibia urges SA to improve cross-border traffic
» 03.11.2009 - Ghana fit to double cocoa production
» 03.11.2009 - Togo gets first direct EU grant
» 03.11.2009 - Lesotho student clashes being investigated
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