It seems that every few years rich countries and their development institutions find a new "favourite friend" in Africa.
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/ 17 October 2011
Kenyan troops have pushed deep into Somalia to hunt al-Qaeda-linked fighters, in an unprecedented move that raises fears of a regional escalation.
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/ 17 October 2011
Foreign investors are on edge as they anxiously await news of Zambian President Michael Sata’s stricter policy plans.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will deliver his views on the cricket and soccer governing bodies when he speaks to Parliament on Tuesday.
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/ 17 October 2011
Louis Oosthuizen and Trevor Immelman, the only South Africans in the field, both shone at the McGladrey Classic in the United States at the weekend.
Testimony in the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial has for the first time linked the teenager accused of killing the right-wing leader to the crime.
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/ 17 October 2011
IndyCar drivers stunned by the death of Dan Wheldon are struggling to understand the circumstances that led to the massive crash that killed him.
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/ 17 October 2011
Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry, will offer free premium apps to customers as compensation for last week’s internet outage.
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/ 17 October 2011
The campaign to unseat members of the Murdoch family from their positions has spread to the US, with a recommendation from an influential adviser.
A plot to assassinate Jacob Zuma when he was deputy president is "water under the bridge" and he doesn’t want to talk about it, his spokesperson says.