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Zimbabwe

Zim general's death inquest wraps up

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.
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Zimbabwe

Doubts raised about Mujuru's cause of death

Suspicion that General Solomon Mujuru was murdered by political rivals had been raised after testimony before an inquest into his death ended.
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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe cracks down on SA, UK newspapers

Several top SA papers, including the Sunday Times may be banned from Zimbabwe, along with the UK's The Zimbabwean.
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Africa

Angola’s top officials reap the cream

Lobby groups want multinational companies to stand against a government that bends the rules.
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Africa

AU stymies Mugabe's bid for elections without reforms

President Robert Mugabe has found no support among his old allies in the AU for his bid to hold elections this year without carrying out key reforms.
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Egypt

Egypt football violence leaves dozens dead

Riots after a football match in Egypt's Port Said have left at least 73 people dead and hundreds injured.
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Zimbabwe

Mugabe slates AU's recognition of Libya's NTC

Zimbabwean state media is reporting that President Robert Mugabe has condemned the continent-wide AU for recognising Libya's NTC at a recent summit.
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Zimbabwe

Zim border plagued by monkey business

Troops of bag-snatching, truck-looting baboons are causing chaos at a border post between Zimbabwe and Zambia in daily raids for food.
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Zimbabwe

Mujuru blaze remains a mystery

Investigators could not find out what caused the fire that killed former Zimbabwean army chief Solomon Mujuru last year, a forensic expert has said.
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Zimbabwe

Mugabe's ailing health spurring election push, says Tsvangirai

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe's health is the cause of Zanu-PF's push for early elections in Zimbabwe.
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Africa

Land grabs move to Harare

A number of Zanu-PF supporters have invaded one of Harare's wealthiest suburbs, building illegal makeshift homes.
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Africa

Army up his sleeve: Mugabe’s military strongmen likely to stay

President Robert Mugabe's plans to keep loyal and long-serving security force chiefs on is fanning new disputes within Zimbabwe's unity government.
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Zimbabwe

Mujuru's death not caused by electrical fault

Zimbabwe's national power company has told a court that no electrical fault was found in its investigation into the fire that killed Solomon Mujuru.
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Madagascar

SADC puts its foot down on Rav's murder amnesty

Marc Ravalomanana's failed bid to return to Madagascar has lit a fire beneath SADC negotiators, who want his amnesty finalised by the end of February.
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Mozambique

Mozambicans forcefully evacuated as flood fears mount

Mozambican authorities are forcefully moving people from the Limpopo Valley to prevent drowning in floods caused by discharges from the Massingir dam.
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Malawi

Cyclone Funso causes floods in Malawi, 5 000 displaced

Villagers in south Malawi have fled their flooded homes as the Shire and Ruo rivers burst their banks due to Mozambique's deadly cyclone.
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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe suspends state workers' strike

Union leaders say they have suspended a civil servants strike in Zimbabwe which shuttered the country's schools in demand of doubled wages.
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Zimbabwe

Spate of typhoid infections hit Zimbabwe

About 90 people have been admitted to hospital and over 600 had to attended to after a typhoid outbreak in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
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Mozambique

Maputo cut off by flood waters

Flood waters from the Incomati River have swept Mozambique's main north-south highway, cutting off Maputo from the north and centre of the country.
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Mozambique

Deadly tropical cyclone hits Mozambique

After torrential rains in southern Mozambique last week, the country has been hit by a tropical cyclone in the north, killing at least 12 people.
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