February 2012
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Mugabe attacks gays, foreigners at birthday... →
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe marked his 88th birthday with a trademark attack on gays and foreigners at a mass rally of his supporters on Saturday to celebrate the occasion. He told British Prime Minister David Cameron “to hell with you” over his calls to respect gay rights and accused non-governmental organisations of trying to destabilise the country, at a birthday rally...
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'Welcome to Namibia, please fetch your own bags... →
Visitors flying into Namibia may in the near future be asked to retrieve their luggage from the aircraft themselves after the Namibia Airports Company told its staff that they would all be retrenched in a move to avoid drowning in a sea of red ink.
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The good news: 'Madiba's fine' →
FORMER president Nelson Mandela’s wife, Graça Machel, was at his hospital bedside yesterday after he underwent “a small procedure”.
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Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will seek a new term with former state oil company head Manuel Vicente as his vice- president in the September polls, a source in the ruling MPLA said.
This announcement follows Friday’s meeting of the ruling party’s Central Committee Fourth Ordinary Session, which was attended by 286 members.
The southern African oil giant is ...
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WatchGroove’s of my soul
Comprometido e Excepcional
Durante alguns anos Emidio Josine (1982) assume que a pintura será o seu meio. No entanto, sente-se cada vez mais limitado nas suas possibilidades de expressão. O tópico escolhido para a tese na Escola Nacional de Artes Visuais, em Maputo, acabará por ser algo completamente diferente: “Kuxa Kanema, Nascimento do Cinema Moçambicano”.
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The Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Malawi? →
In 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin started developing Google as part of a Stanford University research project. Two 23-year-old Malawian students have recently launched a local search engine called cfinder, which they hope will one day also achieve global success. How we made it in Africa interviews Kondwani Chimatiro and Daniel Chiwinga, founders of cfinder.
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Angola's Savimbi still haunts 10 years on →
Jonas Savimbi, the vicious, charismatic rebel who fought Angola’s socialist government in a 27-year civil war, died 10 years ago Wednesday, leaving behind a haunting legacy of violence.
Savimbi was killed in a firefight with government forces on February 22, 2002, the denouement of a brutal conflict that grew out of Angola’s messy independence from Portugal in 1975 and lasted until the...
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Portuguese find the good life in Mozambique →
ropical beaches. Grilled prawns. Fine coffee. And an economy growing by almost 8% a year.
Who wouldn’t be tempted by Mozambique?
“Here we can have a new life - a good life,” says 32-year-old Marcio Charata. And he is not talking about a few weeks’ holiday in the sun.
In his grey suit and tie, Mr Charata is one of a growing stream of unemployed Portuguese, fleeing the...
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Mugabe at 88: Is it time leave? →
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 88th birthday on February 21st. The M&G ask Zimbabwean nationals living in Johannesburg whether he’s been a good ruler for the country over the past 24 years and whether they think it is time for him to step down.
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Brazil & Zimbabwe →
Are the other emerging powers following the Chinese embrace of Africa? The Zimbabwe Herald (which is seen in Zim as the govt’s mouthpiece) reported in late October, 2011, that Brazil had provided a $300 million loan to Zimbabwe for agricultural support. If true, it shows how great emerging powers think alike. In March 2011, China Development Bank extended a $342 million loan to...
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Congolese community seeks action over Kabila →
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The Congolese community in Cape Town marched to Parliament yesterday condemning the outcome of the outcome of the recent presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
THE CONGOLESE community in Cape Town took to the streets yesterday in protest over President Jacob Zuma’s stance in supporting Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila, and to call on the...
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Zambia: Neighbors Help Celebrate AFCON 2012... →
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