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Ethiopia, Somali troops seize rebel bastion of Baidoa
Truckloads of Ethiopian and Somali troops on Wednesday captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa...22/02/2012 21:02 GMT -
Collingwood flops again as Cobras go top
Former England one-day international skipper Paul Collingwood flopped with the bat again as...22/02/2012 20:46 GMT -
Libya facing challenges but making progress: McCain
Top Republican US Senator John McCain said on Wednesday that war-ravaged Libya faced several...22/02/2012 19:20 GMT -
Sudan newspaper suspended after 'spy' report
Sudan's intelligence agency has suspended publication of a newspaper which tried to report...22/02/2012 18:10 GMT -
Dawn explosions, gunshots rock Nigeria's Kano city
Suspected Islamists threw explosives and fired at a Nigerian military checkpoint on Wednesday,...22/02/2012 17:27 GMT -
Lassa fever 'kills 40 in Nigeria'
An outbreak of Lassa fever has killed 40 people and infected dozens of others in a third of...22/02/2012 16:43 GMT -
Tunisia court throws out porn websites ban
Tunisia's court of cassation on Wednesday threw out a ruling banning pornographic websites, a...22/02/2012 12:51 GMT -
Libya court 'incompetent' in Kadhafi backers case
A Libyan military court on Wednesday declared itself incompetent in the first trial of alleged...22/02/2012 12:00 GMT -
South Africa clinch NZ T20 series in thriller
South Africa battled to a thrilling three-run win over New Zealand to claim the Twenty20 series 2-1...22/02/2012 11:21 GMT -
Somalia's fearsome pirates: unbeaten but under pressure
Foreign navies and armed guards on boats have badly dented the cutthroat capabilities of marauding...22/02/2012 10:40 GMT -
New Zealand win toss, bowl against South Africa
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat in the third and...22/02/2012 07:20 GMT -
Jihad stops Arab Spring in Somalia says British PM
Somalia should be enjoying an Arab Spring of its own but its Al-Shebab insurgents are fomenting...22/02/2012 07:09 GMT
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African telecoms ready for another growth spurt if world economy doesn’t tank
Africa’s annual gabba-gabba fest AfricaCom took place this week with the organisers claiming that...14/11/2011 14:31 GMT
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U.S. Government Hosts Meeting with International Partners to Coordinate Counternarcotics and Anti-Crime Assistance in West Africa
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the...22/02/2012 22:18 GMT
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Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions
A fruitless visit to Iran by UN nuclear inspectors raised tensions on Wednesday, with Russia...22/02/2012 21:19 GMT
