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Black women gain from South Africa's affirmative action
BBC News  –  5 hours, 44 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
Gunmen kidnap two oil engineers in Nigeria: sources
Reuters - More than a dozen gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers, one from the Philippines and one Nigerian, in the main oil industry city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said.
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Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
Namibia reach quarter-final of the Cosafa Senior Challenge after beating Malawi 1-0 on Thursday.
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Photo from Yahoo! Sudan bombed Darfur during Bashir tour: rebels
Reuters - A Darfur rebel faction that has a pact with Sudan's government accused the army on Friday of bombing a village this week even while President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was in the region making a call for peace.
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Cameroon kills Bakassi attackers
Troops kill 10 gunmen who attacked them in the Bakassi peninsula, Cameroon says.
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Photo from Yahoo! SAfrica-EU summit opens in France
AFP - South Africa and the European Union on Friday began their first-ever summit in the French city of Bordeaux with Pretoria set to defend its role as mediator in the Zimbabwean political crisis.
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US hails SA judge as rights chief
The US welcomes the nomination of a South African judge as the new UN human rights head.
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Yaya Toure on target in Barca win
Manager Mixu Paatelainen insists Hibs' confidence has not been dented by the 6-0 thrashing from Barcelona.
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Photo from Yahoo! Zambia ex-president travels to SAfrica for medical treatment
AFP - Ex-Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, on trial for corruption, has been allowed to return to South Africa for medical treatment following the rise in his blood pressure, his spokesman said Friday.
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Photo from Yahoo! South Africa lawyer nominated as UN rights chief
AP - One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending apartheid opponents was nominated Thursday to serve as the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
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