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• Zimbabwe: Britain calls for international sanctions against Mugabe
  2008-07-07 01:59:58 - (SomaliNet) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged South Africa and the rest of the international community yesterday to \"unite behind a tough, strong, clear UN Security Council resolution\" ca
  
• Zimbabwe: US presses fellow UN council members to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe
  2008-07-03 00:50:21 - (SomaliNet) Amid fears of worsening political violence, the US pressed fellow UN Security Council members to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, where leaders cannot agree whether to even talk about how to
  
• Egypt: Zimbabwean veteran Mugabe storms out of summit
  2008-07-02 01:33:52 - (SomaliNet) With the aid of a special envoy, Zimbabwean Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe stormed out of the Red Sea summit in Egypt before it came to a close as The African Union (AU) called him and oppo
  
• Nigeria: Ex-ministers arrested in aviation graft probe
  2008-07-02 01:25:44 - (SomaliNet) Two former ministers were arrested amidst a probe into massive graft in Nigeria\'s aviation industry, an official said. \"Former aviation ministers Babalola Borishade and Femi Fani-Kayo
  
• Gabon: Boat sinks killing 12 would-be illegal immigrants to Gabon
  2008-07-02 01:15:28 - (SomaliNet) A small boat sank off the Gabon capital overnight on Monday killing at least 12 would-be illegal immigrants to Gabon an AFP journalist said on a Libreville beach on Tuesday where their bod
  
• South Africa: President Mbeki rejects EU call that Tsvangirai leads Zimbabwe
  2008-07-02 01:11:34 - (SomaliNet) South African President Thabo Mbeki has rejected European Union (EU) demands that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai must lead a future government in Zimbabwe, the SABC reporte
  
• Zimbabwe: Armed groups allegedly assault three farmers
  2008-07-02 01:07:10 - (SomaliNet) The Zimbabwe\'s Commercial Farmers\' Union (CFU) said armed groups have allegedly attacked and seriously injured three white farmers in Zimbabwe, one of them a woman. CFU said the farm
  
• Zimbabwe: UN chief pledges to work to mediate the political crisis in Zimbabwe
  2008-07-01 04:44:54 - (SomaliNet) Saying the internationally-condemned election had implications for all of Africa; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged Tuesday to work to mediate the political crisis in Zimbabwe.
  
• Nigeria: Two unidentified gunmen, two civilians killed in Nigeria\'s oil-rich Bonny Island
  2008-07-01 04:36:11 - (SomaliNet) A military spokesperson said on Monday that two unidentified gunmen and two civilians were killed, one of them beheaded, in two separate attacks on Saturday in southern Nigeria\'s oil-rich
  
• Nigeria: Teachers begin indefinite strike over pay
  2008-07-01 04:26:33 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to push the Nigerian government to honour a pay deal, Nigerian teachers began an indefinite strike on Monday, union officials said. \"The strike is in progress nationwide
  

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