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Yahoo! News: World - Africa
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Uganda crush Angola, Tanzania hold Algeria
(AFP)
 AFP - Uganda outclassed Angola 3-0 in wet Kampala on Saturday and World Cup qualifiers Algeria were held 1-1 by Tanzania as the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying competition kicked off.
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South Sudan?s future lies in farming, not oil: WBank
(AFP)
 AFP - South Sudan must shift its massive dependence on oil and instead work to develop its agricultural sector, the World Bank's vice president for Africa said on Saturday.
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Uneasy calm returns in Mozambique after food riots
(AFP)
 AFP - Mozambique police kept a close watch over the capital Maputo on Saturday after three days of riots over food and fuel price hikes that left ten people dead.
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Egypt probes posters backing spy chief for president
(AFP)
 AFP - Egyptian police are investigating an anonymous poster campaign backing intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to take over the presidency from veteran incumbent Hosni Mubarak, an officer said on Saturday.
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Ten killed in Darfur camp clashes: rebel leader
(AFP)
 AFP - A Darfur rebel group said 10 people were killed in clashes with Sudanese police in two camps for displaced people in the war-ravaged region of western Sudan on Saturday.
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Seven killed in Darfur camp clashes: peacekeepers
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Armed men shot dead seven people and injured 20 in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, peacekeepers said, in a sign of mounting violence in and around the area's displacement centers.
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Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad
(AP)
AP - Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people.
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China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain
(AFP)
 AFP - China beat South Africa 4-1 to get off the mark at the third attempt, England drew with South Korea, and Argentina dished out a 4-0 rout to Spain at the women's field hockey World Cup on Friday.
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Mozambique police quell fresh riots
(AFP)
 AFP - Police in Mozambique fired rubber bullets and live ammunition to quell more demonstrations against rising food prices, as the death toll from the unrest climbed to 10 with more than 440 injured.
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Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
(AP)
 AP - Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.
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Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N.
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers
(AFP)
 AFP - Standard Bank Africa announced Friday a 100 million dollar scheme to reach some 750,000 small scale farmers in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda in a bid to boost output.
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AU force boosts size, positions in Mogadishu: official
(AFP)
 AFP - The African Union force in Somalia has boosted its size and set up nine new positions in Mogadishu where it is protecting the government from a fierce Islamist insurgency, an official said Friday.
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Strike causes delays at South African courthouses
(AP)
AP - A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal proceedings are delayed could end up suing the government for damages.
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Nigeria leader 'using graft agency to intimidate opponents'
(AFP)
 AFP - Politicians from northern Nigeria on Friday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of ordering corruption investigations against those opposed to his candidacy in upcoming elections.
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Guinea candidates commit to peaceful runoff vote
(AP)
AP - The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome.
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South Africa seeks value-added China investment
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - South African President Jacob Zuma ended a three-day trip to China last week with a raft of trade deals intended to shore up South Africa's status as a "gateway to China" for the natural resources that fuel the Asian giant's rapid growth.
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Darfur rebels say dozens dead in army offensive
(AFP)
 AFP - A Darfur rebel group said on Friday that Sudanese forces had launched a major offensive using air power on its territory killing 74 people, most of them civilians -- a claim denied by the army.
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AU peacekeepers establish more bases in Somalia
(AP)
 AP - African Union peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat al-Qaida-linked Islamist insurgents, an AU official said Friday.
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Beware Niger, warns South Africa star Pienaar
(AFP)
 AFP - English Premiership star Steven Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they clash Saturday in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier.
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