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  • Foodies drive gourmet market boom in S. Africa

    2012-02-29 08:09

    The former Cape Town biscuit factory, reworked into a shabby-chic urban setting, is just one of the gourmet markets that have popped up in South Africa.

  • Helicopter crashes in Sudan

    2012-02-28 10:44

    A helicopter crash is seen in Al-Faw, an area of Sudan's Gedaref state, February 27, 2012.

  • UN reports tensions in Libyan town

    2012-02-28 10:37

    The situation remains tense in the southeastern Libyan town of Kufra, where the death toll from recent inter-ethnic clashes is at least 100 and half the population has fled.

  • Sall expects presidential run-off in Senegal

    2012-02-28 10:25

    Macky Sall, ex-prime minister and one of the main competitors in Senegal's presidential election, on Monday expected a second round of the vote.

  • Piracy 'gaining ground' in Gulf of Guinea

    2012-02-28 10:16

    Pascoe said here Monday that despite the best efforts of governments and organizations, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is becoming an even greater threat.

  • Angolan president meets with UN chief

    2012-02-28 10:10

    Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos welcomed visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon who is on a two-day official visit to the African country.

  • Sudan signals possibility of military options

    2012-02-28 10:04

    Sudan on Monday indicated a possibility of using military options against South Sudan in response to what Khartoum terms as "repeated aggressions" by the south on Sudan's territories.

  • Saleh hands over power to new president

    2012-02-27 19:43

    Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday formally handed over power to new President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, marking the end of his 33-year rule in the Arab country.

  • Mandela discharged from hospital

    2012-02-27 05:15

    South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela was discharged on Sunday from hospital after doctors declared nothing "seriously wrong" with his health.

  • Mandela admitted to hospital in South Africa

    2012-02-25 17:21

    Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital for treatment for a "long-standing abdominal complaint", the government said.

  • 'Friends of Syria' recognize opposition

    2012-02-25 06:50

    Participants gathering at the Friends of Syria Conference in Tunis endorsed the Syrian National Council (SNC) as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrian people.

  • 'Friends of Syria' mull UN cease fire resolution

    2012-02-25 04:58

    Delegates at the Friends of Syria Conference on Friday in Tunis are mulling a United Nations cease fire resolution to guarantee access of humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians.

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