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South African military flexes muscles ahead of Congo mission
By Ed Cropley ROODEWAAL ARTILLERY RANGE, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa's air force showed off its military might on Thursday with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented “peace enforcing” deployment to eastern Congo. Two months after 13 troops were killed by rebels in Central African Republic in South Africa's heaviest military losses since the end of apartheid, Pretoria is gearing up to send 1,000 soldiers to Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda Continue reading
Nelson Mandela spends Easter in the hospital
The former South African president is improving after treatment for pneumonia. Continue reading
China steps up to support Africa’s development
One week into his tenure as China’s president, Xi Jinping is already stressing his country’s ties to the African continent and the interconnected future of the world’s developing economies, in what may be an effort to highlight China’s growing economic clout. Continue reading
Sierra Leone charges state employees in graft probes
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s anti-graft commission has indicted 29 state employees – including the country’s top doctor – for corruption, most of it linked to the misuse of funds from a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-backed vaccine provider, officials said on Friday. The GAVI Alliance put on hold some $6 million in grants late last year after an internal audit found more than $1 million already disbursed for the impoverished West African nation’s health sector had gone missing. … Continue reading
Guinea says investigating shootings as protest death toll mounts
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least one person was killed by gunfire and three others injured in ongoing street clashes in Guinea on Saturday, and the government said it was investigating whether security forces used live rounds against civilians. Two civilians and one police officer have been killed and hundreds of people injured since tensions over upcoming legislative polls triggered unrest in the West African nation's capital Conakry last week. .. Continue reading
Oscar Pistorius — A Free Man Again … Released on Bail
Oscar Pistorius is free … the Olympic sprinter accused of murdering his girlfriend was just released from a South African prison after posting bail.Pistorius — who’s charged with murdering GF Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day — was granted bail… Continue reading
Nurse sues after hospital grants dad’s racial request
Father asked supervisor not to allow any African-American nurses to care for his newborn. Continue reading
British Worker Feared Kidnapped In Nigeria
The Foreign Office investigates reports that a Briton is among foreign workers seized by gunmen in the African country. Continue reading
De Beers Invests in New South African Mine
Diamond producer De Beers said Friday it would invest $2 billion in a new South African diamond mine that will begin production in 2021. Continue reading
France plays down report of ransom paid for Niger hostages
PARIS (Reuters) – France brushed off an allegation by a former U.S. diplomat that it paid a $17 million ransom, in vain, for the release of four hostages abducted in 2010 from Niger, a charge that contradicts the government’s stated no-negotiation policy Continue reading
