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  • China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain (AFP)

    China's Gao Lihua (L) battles for the ball with South Africa's Lisa-Marie Deetlefs during their field hockey Group B match at the Women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. China beat South Africa 4-1.(AFP/Daniel Garcia)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)

    A Mozambiquean police woman works on a street of Maputo on September 2. 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.(AFP/File/Arthur Frayer)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)

    A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)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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    • China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain (AFP)

      China's Gao Lihua (L) battles for the ball with South Africa's Lisa-Marie Deetlefs during their field hockey Group B match at the Women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. China beat South Africa 4-1.(AFP/Daniel Garcia)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)

      A Mozambiquean police woman works on a street of Maputo on September 2. 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.(AFP/File/Arthur Frayer)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)

      A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)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.More

    • Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers (AFP)

      A man carries a bag of produce on his bike from a farm in Kapchorwa district, Uganda. 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.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)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)

      An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldier aims at a building where a suspected Shebab sniper hides at the junction K4, a strategic roundabout in Mogadishu in January 2010. 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.(AFP/File/Yasuyoshi Chiba)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.More

      • China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain (AFP)

        China's Gao Lihua (L) battles for the ball with South Africa's Lisa-Marie Deetlefs during their field hockey Group B match at the Women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. China beat South Africa 4-1.(AFP/Daniel Garcia)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)

        A Mozambiquean police woman works on a street of Maputo on September 2. 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.(AFP/File/Arthur Frayer)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)

        A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)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.More

      • Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers (AFP)

        A man carries a bag of produce on his bike from a farm in Kapchorwa district, Uganda. 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.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)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)

        An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldier aims at a building where a suspected Shebab sniper hides at the junction K4, a strategic roundabout in Mogadishu in January 2010. 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.(AFP/File/Yasuyoshi Chiba)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.More

      • Nigeria leader 'using graft agency to intimidate opponents' (AFP)

        Politicians from northern Nigeria on Friday accused President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in May 2010, of ordering corruption investigations against those opposed to his candidacy in upcoming elections.(AFP/POOL/File/Eric Gaillard)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.More

      • Darfur rebels say dozens dead in army offensive (AFP)

        UNAMID soldiers guard a high-level meeting with Chinese, European, United Nations and African Union officials in Darfur, July 2010. A Darfur rebel group said that the Sudanese army had launched a major offensive against territory under its control killing 74 people, most of them civilians.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)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)

        A person is treated at Medina hospital in Mogadishu Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.  Medical officials and witnesses say a roadside bomb in Somalia has killed and wounded scores of people who were riding on a bus in the capital.   Ahmed Adma, the driver of the bus, said blood and body parts were scattered everywhere after the blast. The driver lost consciousness after the explosion but was not seriously hurt. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)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)

        South African midfielder Steven Pienaar at a training session during the World Cup. Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they clash on September 3 in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)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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      • Rebels say dozens killed in raid in Sudan's Darfur (Reuters)

        Women carry straw on their heads in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, in July 2010. US President Barack Obama is facing calls by activists to get tougher with the Sudanese government to bring peace to Darfur and ensure a peaceful referendum on southern independence in January.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)Reuters - Armed men killed dozens of people in attacks on a busy market and surrounding villages in rebel-held territory in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, rebels said.


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      • Nigeria police name suspects in ex-militant killing (AFP)

        Arms and ammunition surrendered by one of Nigeria's key militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta are displayed by Nigerian authorities in 2009 in Port Harcourt. Nigerian police have named three rival gang members as suspects in the murder of a notorious ex-militant, whose killing has sparked fears of fresh violence in the country's oil-producing region.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian police on Friday named three rival gang members as suspects in the murder of a notorious ex-militant, whose killing has sparked fears of fresh violence in the country's oil-producing region.


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      • S.African union leaders meet as strike continues (AFP)

        Health workers and nurses gesture as they protest outside the King Edward hospital in Durban. Striking civil servants' unions held a second day of meetings in South Africa as an impasse between government and workers dragged out a crippling 17-day strike.(AFP/File/Rajesh Jantilal)AFP - Striking civil servants' unions held a second day of meetings in South Africa on Friday as an impasse between government and workers dragged out a crippling 17-day strike.


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      • Calm returns to Mozambique after food riots (AFP)

        A Mozambiquean police woman works on a street of Maputo on September 2. 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.(AFP/File/Arthur Frayer)AFP - Calm returned to the capital of Mozambique Friday following two days of protests over food and fuel prices that left seven people dead and hundreds injured. officials said.


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      • Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief (AFP)

        Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.


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      • Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war (AP)

        In this photo of Saturday, Aug.14, 2010, Residents of Agok in the contested border zone of Abyei gather under a tree for a session of traditional court, which occurs three times a week in this town, which is largely populated by the Ngok Dinka people. Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote. The central Sudan region of Abyei is the subject of a tug-of-war between leaders in Sudan's north and south. The border zone is home to some of Sudan's richest oil fields, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.(AP Photo/Maggie Fick)AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote.


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      • Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock (Reuters)
        Reuters - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.More

      • Strikes in South Africa could have long-term economic consequences (The Christian Science Monitor)
        The Christian Science Monitor - South Africa’s civil servants continue to flex their muscles, rejecting the latest government offer of wage increases in a nationwide strike that has reached its 16th day.More

 
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