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ANALYSIS-Africa defence force never more needed but still a paper tiger
Reuters* At 50, pan-African body still striving for own peace force * French Mali intervention was painful dent in African pride * Rest of world foots bill for most of Africa's peacekeeping * Somalia mission a possible model, but human cost high By Pascal...Tags: France, Wars and Interventions, Mogadishu (Somalia), International Organizations, Ghana
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Analysis: Africa defense force never more needed but still a paper tiger
ReutersJOHANNESBURG/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A website created for Africa's proposed continental defense force proclaims a lofty mission "to support and keep peace for Africa's prosperity and a better life for all in the world". But click on current operations...Tags: Wars and Interventions, France, International Organizations, Mogadishu (Somalia), Ghana
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Zuma implicated in South Africa wedding plane scandal
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission. The presidency and...Tags: Government, National Government, Weddings, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Man accused of murder and rape that shocked S.Africa is released
ReutersCAPE TOWN, May 21 (Reuters) - South African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of...Tags: Prosecution, Africa, Sex Crimes, Rape, Murder
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South African wage demands send rand to four year low
Reuters* Main mining union NUM seeks wage hikes of up to 60 pct * Gold companies' shares drop, rand also under pressure * Threat of mines unrest is headache for ruling ANC * NUM rival AMCU now dominates tense platinum sector By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, May...Tags: Government, Metal and Mineral, National Government, Gold Fields Limited, Work Relations
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S.Africa finds collusion, manipulation in Gupta scandal
ReutersBy Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for a plane chartered by a rich family close to President...Tags: Johannesburg (South Africa), Government, National Government, Weddings, Crime, Law and Justice
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2200 GMT, May 17
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The outgoing head of the Internal Revenue Service provided little help on Friday to lawmakers investigating who at the tax-collection agency was responsible for targeting conservative groups for...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Moscow (Russia), Islam, Iran, Religion and Belief
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UPDATE 3-Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to "standstill"
Reuters* Mineworkers union leader demands meeting with Zuma * ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on * Rand slides to four-year low against dollar By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 17 (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's...Tags: Johannesburg (South Africa), Metal and Mineral, Labor Disputes, Work Relations, Entertainment
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, May 17
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- BAGHDAD - At least 32 people were killed in two explosions outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police and medics said. - - - -...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Religious Conflicts, Government, Washington, DC, Amazon.com Inc.
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South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...
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South Africa's Mandela in good health, good spirits - ANC
ReutersJOHANNESBURG, April 29 (Reuters) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is in good health and good spirits, South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Monday, in the first update on his condition since he was discharged from hospital in early...Tags: Johannesburg (South Africa), Nelson Mandela, Tuberculosis, U.S. Congress, Pneumonia
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South Africa police investigate PetroSA over alleged graft
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's police anti-corruption unit said on Friday it had opened an investigation at state oil company PetroSA, which reported "deviations" in financial procedures that a newspaper said involved millions of dollars of...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Government, National Government
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