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Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 3:30pm
AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 2:02pm
AP - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.
Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 12:50pm
AFP - Christian villagers in Nigeria fled their homes fearing new attacks Tuesday even as a senior official accused the country's military chiefs of ignoring warnings about last weekend's massacre.
U.S. apologizes to Libya for dismissive comments
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 12:23pm
Reuters - The U.S. State Department apologized on Tuesday for dismissive comments its spokesman made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for "jihad," often translated as "armed struggle," against Switzerland.
Pienaar gets drunk-driving ban
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 10:56am
AFP - South Africa star Steven Pienaar was banned from driving for 12 months by a British court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a drunk-driving offence.
Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 10:28am
Reuters - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said.
Sudan polls a sideshow to referendum: southern leader
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 7:20am
AFP - Self-determination is south Sudan's absolute priority and no delay in national elections should affect the January 2011 referendum on southern independence, the south's top leader said Tuesday.
Zimbabwe court blocks ouster of Parliament speaker
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 6:24am
AP - A Zimbabwean court has rejected an attempt to oust the Parliament speaker, who is a top aide to the prime minister.
South Sudan defends independence referendum
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 5:55am
AP - Southern Sudan's leader said Tuesday that a 2011 referendum on his oil-rich region's independence is more important to his people than Sudan's upcoming national election.
Ethiopian Jews in plea to Israel
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 5:18am
AFP - Ethiopia's dwindling Jewish community, known as the Falash Mura, on Tuesday said their living conditions at home were desperate and appealed on Israel to keep its pledge to welcome them.
Court upholds Tsvangirai ally as Zimbabwe speaker
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 4:48am
AFP - Zimbabwe's high court on Tuesday threw out a bid by an ally of President Robert Mugabe to nullify the election of the speaker of parliament from rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.
Sudan army says it now controls strategic Darfur plateau
(AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 12:53pm
AFP - Sudan said on Monday its army had taken control of the strategic Jebel Marra plateau in the war-torn western region of Darfur after fresh fighting between government forces and rebels.
Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice: Clinton
(AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 12:34pm
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Monday on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.
No case against Zimbabwe's Roy Bennett: lawyer
(AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 10:45am
AFP - Lawyers for a top aide to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday told his treason trial he had no case to answer.
Zimbabwe's Bennett wants terrorism charges dropped
(Reuters)
8 Mar 2010 at 10:32am
Reuters - Lawyers for Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett asked the High Court Monday to drop terrorism charges against him in a trial which has raised tensions in Harare's fragile unity government.
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