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The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Tuesday Nigeria could draw $1 billion loan from the bank annually for development projects.
South Africa's new polar research and supply vessel, the SA Agulhas II, is ready for polar ice trials in Finland's Bay of Bothnia in the coming weeks, it was announced on Tuesday.
World marathon record holder, Patrick Makau's purple patch continued when he welcomed twin sons to his family on January 31st.
China on Monday called for "positive and constructive role" of the international community on Syria, saying that the UN action on Syria "should comply with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter".
China on Friday refuted allegations that it has sold weapons to Syria "directly or through Iran."
With an awful lot of drugs available, Cape Town has become "the drug capital of South Africa".
A minibus collided with a car in the central South African province of Free State.
A senior Chinese diplomat said Thursday China and the US can still cooperate on the Syria issue, although they hold different stances on a recent UN Security Council draft resolution.
The 29 Chinese workers who were freed from abduction by Sudanese anti-government forces arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.
Seventeen Chinese workers, rescued by the Sudanese army after a recent rebel attack on a camp site of their company, left the Sudanese capital of Khartoum for Beijing on Wednesday.
Altogether 29 Chinese workers were freed on Tuesday, after being abducted by rebels on Jan 28 in Sudan's South Kordofan state, where clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North and the Sudanese army have been going on for months.
The Egyptian People's Assembly decided to freeze its relations with the Syrian parliament due to the escalated violence suffered by the Syrian protesters, state media reported Tuesday.