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/ 27 November 2006
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has directed his government to immediately send his corruption-tainted predecessor Frederick Chiluba for cardiac treatment in South Africa, Chiluba’s spokesperson said on Monday. Mwanawasa authorised Chiluba to travel for treatment after his doctors said his cardiac condition had deteriorated and a heart transplant is now being considered.
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/ 27 November 2006
The Democratic Alliance (DA) must transform its reputation as the voice of the white minority before it can ever hope to challenge the African National Congress’s stranglehold on power, analysts said on Monday. Tony Leon stunned observers on Sunday when he announced he would step aside at the party conference in May next year.
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/ 27 November 2006
Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi vowed on Monday that his government, backed by Ethiopia, would take Mogadishu from powerful Islamists now controlling the city, fuelling war fears. With forces loyal to his weak administration and Ethiopian soldiers reinforcing the government seat of Baidoa, Gedi said he had an obligation to act.
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/ 27 November 2006
Moroccans are currently engaged in a debate about the possibility of reducing the constitutional powers of their king — this after a collective of NGOs issued an appeal titled For a New Constitution That Works. The appeal also speaks of the need for Parliament to be able to investigate and control the executive.
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/ 27 November 2006
A prolonged drought in East Africa in the 1890s not only killed tens of thousands of the native Maasai people, it also reshaped the ecological and political landscape, according to new research published in the African Journal of Ecology. Droughts and disease outbreaks took place from 1883 to 1902.
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/ 27 November 2006
Ruthless sea pirates who plunder hundreds of ships each year off the coast of Africa are moving south, threatening South African waters, the Pretoria News reported on Monday. The United Nations Security Council has urged the Southern African Development Community to take drastic action against the gangs of heavily armed pirates.
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/ 27 November 2006
The Waterkloof Four will have to wait until next year to find out what their punishment will be. On Monday their case in the Pretoria Regional Court was postponed yet again and argument for mitigation of their sentence will now only be heard from January 15 2007.
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/ 27 November 2006
More people have fled their homes in Sudan’s Darfur region than at any time since the conflict started nearly four years ago, said the United Nations on Monday in a report on the worsening crisis. ”The number of IDPs [internally displaced people] has reached nearly two million, the highest level since the conflict started in 2003,” said a summary of the report.
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/ 27 November 2006
South Africa may have gone a long way to addressing racial injustices but there is a growing acceptance that its huge wealth gap threatens to derail the achievements of the post-apartheid era. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which shone the light on abuses committed by all sides during apartheid, is credited with playing a major role in reconciling the races of South Africa.
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/ 27 November 2006
Standard Bank on Monday floated 20% of shares in its Ugandan affiliate in the country’s largest initial public offering to private investors. Spokesperson Daniel Nsibambi said 1,02-billion shares in Stanbic Ugandan were being offered on the Uganda Securities Exchange in a move expected to raise 71-billion Ugandan shillings (R278-million).