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				<title><![CDATA[Guinea minister charged over 2009 massacre]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-09-guinea-minister-charged-over-2009-massacre/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Colonel Moussa Tiegboro Camara of Guinea has been charged for his role in a 2009 massacre of protesters against the former junta he was part of.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Wade hits campaign trail in Senegal despite protests]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-09-wade-hits-campaign-trail-in-senegal-despite-protests/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Abdoulaye Wade has rallied voters in Senegal's city of Thies despite a storm of criticism over his third-term presidential bid.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Anti-gay Bill resurfaces in Ugandan Parliament]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-09-antigay-bill-resurfaces-in-ugandan-parliament/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ugandan politicians are debating reintroduced anti-homosexuality proposals for prison sentences but references to the death penalty have been dropped.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Chinese arms used in Darfur violence]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-09-chinese-arms-used-in-darfur-violence/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan's Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Nigerian army bases targeted in bomb blasts]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-08-nigerian-army-bases-targeted-in-bomb-blasts/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bombs have exploded at two military bases in a central Nigerian city at the heart of ethnic and religious unrest in Africa's most populous nation.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Egypt aid on a knife's edge over US activists' trial]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-08-egypt-aid-on-a-knifes-edge-over-us-activists-trial/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[US senators have warned Egypt that the risk of a rupture in ties is growing amid an escalating row over the trial of US pro-democracy activists.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir tells Sudan refugees to go home]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-08-omar-albashir-tells-sudan-refugees-to-go-home/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudan's president has told nearly two million people displaced by conflict in Dafur to leave the refugee camps and return to their villages.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Zim general's death inquest wraps up]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-07-zim-generals-death-inquest-wraps-up/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's death has ended, leaving the last hours of Solomon Mujuru's life shrouded in suspicion.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kidnapped Chinese workers in South Sudan freed]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-07-kidnapped-chinese-workers-in-south-sudan-freed/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of Chinese workers kidnapped in South Sudan 11 days ago by rebels have been freed and flown to Kenya.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cairo battles to suppress violent clashes	]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-06-cairo-battles-to-suppress-violent-clashes/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Protesters and police have clashed outside Cairo's security headquarters in the wake of deadly football violence and calls for civil disobedience.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Over 1 500 Malians flee Tuareg conflict]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-06-over-1-500-malians-flee-tuareg-conflict/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials from Burkina Faso have confirmed that more than 1 500 people have fled a Tuareg rebellion and reprisal attacks in Mali.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Doubts raised about Mujuru's cause of death]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-06-zim-generals-death-shrouded-in-suspicion/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Suspicion that General Solomon Mujuru was murdered by political rivals had been raised after testimony before an inquest into his death ended.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Algerian war still divides French after 50 years]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-06-algerian-war-still-divides-french-after-50-years/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After 50 years, France remains divided over the Algerian war, a conflict which ended 132 years of colonial rule and almost tore French society apart.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Clashes over Egypt soccer violence continue]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-05-clashes-over-egypt-soccer-violence-continue/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Protesters and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day after Egypt's deadly soccer riot.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Militants claim attack on Nigeria oil pipeline]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-05-militants-claim-attack-on-nigeria-oil-pipeline/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipaton of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Opposition unites against third term for Wade]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-05-opposition-unites-against-third-term-for-wade/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from running.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[UN ambassador outraged over Sudan bible school attack]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-04-un-ambassador-outraged-over-sudan-bible-school-attack/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Egypt death toll mounts on third day of clashes]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-04-egypt-death-toll-mounts-on-third-day-of-clashes/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Somali famine declared over, but UN urges caution]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-04-somali-famine-declared-over-but-un-urges-caution/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The UN says that Somalia's famine is over, but warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe cracks down on SA, UK newspapers]]></title>
				<link>http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-03-zimbabwe-cracks-down-on-sa-uk-newspapers/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Several top SA papers, including the <i>Sunday Times</i> may be banned from Zimbabwe, along with the UK's The <i>Zimbabwean</i>.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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