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• Zimbabwe to hold one-candidate presidential runoff on Friday
  2008-06-27 00:50:58 - (SomaliNet) With President Robert Mugabe expected to scheme a mass turnout of voters in a show of strength designed to emphasize his hold on power, Zimbabwe is set to hold its one-candidate presidenti
  
• Cameroon: Govt raises minimum salary by 20 percent
  2008-06-26 01:17:07 - (SomaliNet) As part of efforts to cushion the impact of soaring food prices in central Africa\'s biggest economy, Cameroon\'s government raised the minimum guaranteed salary in the private sector by 20
  
• Algeria: ‘Illegal’ promoters of Christian faith go on trial
  2008-06-26 01:12:10 - (SomaliNet) Two converts accused of illegally promoting the Christian faith in Algeria have gone on trial in the largely Muslim and secular North African country. The defendants\' lawyer says they
  
• Zimbabwe: Opposition leader Tsvangirai calls for diplomatic solution
  2008-06-26 01:05:55 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is seeking a diplomatic solution to the situation in the African country, saying it will allow Zimbabwe to \"heal\". Tsvangirai added that h
  
• Zimbabwe: Peacekeeping force needed in Zimbabwe- opposition leader Tsvangirai
  2008-06-26 01:01:34 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged the United Nations on Wednesday to isolate President Robert Mugabe and said a peacekeeping force w
  
• Niger: Tuareg rebels free four French uranium company hostages
  2008-06-26 00:57:17 - (SomaliNet) After three days in captivity, Tuareg-led rebels in Niger handed over four French hostages to the Red Cross on Wednesday. The Red Cross said it hoped to transfer them to Niger authori
  
• Zimbabwe: President Mugabe \"declared war\" not election - opposition leader Tsvangirai
  2008-06-25 07:35:01 - (SomaliNet) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday from inside the Dutch embassy in the capital Harare that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has \"declared war\" not an election in Zimb
  
• Niger: Parliament votes to try ex-Premier on corruption charges
  2008-06-25 07:30:08 - (SomaliNet) A move that could bar former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from running in the impoverished country\'s 2009 presidential poll, Niger\'s parliament has voted to try him on corruption charges, la
  
• South Africa: Governing ANC party expresses dismay over Zimbabwe democratic crisis
  2008-06-25 07:26:49 - (SomaliNet) The BBC reported on Tuesday that South Africa\'s governing ANC party expressed dismay over the Zimbabwean government\'s \"flagrant violation\" of democracy. The BBC said the strong state
  
• Senegal: Children die of lead poisoning in Senegal- WHO
  2008-06-25 07:23:21 - (SomaliNet) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Senegal to decontaminate a poor area of Dakar where it found, after 18 children died, that nearly 1 000 residents remain exposed to high conce
  

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