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ANC’s Rumble in the Jungle II: Same rules, same mistakes

June 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results,” said American writer Frank Herbert. When it comes to the ANC succession battle, it’s not so much insanity as it is desperation that makes President Jacob Zuma do to his … read more »

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South Africa’s Malema asks to stay in ANC: paper

March 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Julius Malema has asked to stay on as a member of the ruling African National Congress despite being expelled from the party earlier this week, a South African newspaper reported on Sunday. Speaking at a gathering of the ANC’s women’s … read more »

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ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema expelled from the ANC

February 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been expelled from the ANC. This comes after the party’s prosecutors argued successfully for his five-year suspension to be aggravated, while Malema pleaded for mitigation. This brings Malema’s eventful political career … read more »

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Malema ‘is not sorry’

February 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – The prosecution in ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema’s mitigation hearing have argued that he should be expelled from the party, reported the Sunday Times. The prosecution was reported to have stated on Thursday that Malema should … read more »

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S.Africa: Malema mitigation hearing over

February 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – The mitigation hearing for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and two other league members has ended, an ANC spokesperson said on Friday. “The hearing finished around midnight last night [Thursday],” spokesperson Keith Khoza said. “All arguments were … read more »

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Final countdown for Julius Malema

February 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Pretoria – Julius Malema’s opening address to the league’s three-day lekgotla will be used against him when his mitigation process with the ANC national disciplinary committee starts on Monday. Malema will face the disciplinary committee in a bid to have … read more »

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Zuma will speak for me: Malema

January 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Friday he was unperturbed by not being given a chance to speak at the ruling party’s centenary celebrations in Bloemfontein at the weekend. “I am not here to speak… President Zuma … read more »

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S.Africa ANC must rule for eternity: Motshekga

December 21, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Polokwane – The ANC has a responsibility to rule Limpopo and the whole country “until Jesus pays another visit”, ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga said on Tuesday. Speaking on the last day of the Limpopo ANC’s elective conference in Polokwane, … read more »

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Female ‘Ritual Rapists’ on Trial in Zimbabwe

November 28, 2011 by benim

A nationwide syndicate of suspected witches is operating in Zimbabwe, kidnapping men and raping them to use their semen in magic rituals—or at least that’s what the Zimbabwe police apparently believe, reports the BBC. After a year-long investigation, three women … read more »

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The truth about sex addiction

November 28, 2011 by benim

Valerie realized that sex was wrecking her life right around the time her second marriage disintegrated. At 30, and employed as a human-resources administrator in Phoenix, she had serially cheated on both her husbands—often with their subordinates and co-workers—logging anonymous … read more »

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Moroccan opposition warns of silent majority

November 28, 2011 by benim

Morocco’s parliamentary election shows most people are not interested in King Mohammed’s reforms, the main opposition group said, vowing to push ahead with protests to press for a constitutional monarchy and an end to corruption. Final results from Friday’s vote, … read more »

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More Ethiopian troops seen in central Somalia: residents

November 28, 2011 by benim

New convoys of heavily-armed Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia and are heading for central areas, residents said on Sunday, days after Addis Ababa said it planned to send troops to help Somali and Kenya forces fighting Islamist insurgents. Ethiopia, … read more »

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Islamists win most seats in Moroccan vote

November 28, 2011 by benim

Morocco’s PJD party will be the biggest party in parliament based on the final results of Friday’s election, the interior ministry said on Sunday, paving the way for the moderate Islamist party to lead a coalition government. Results for the … read more »

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DRC heads to polls after clashes

November 28, 2011 by benim

Kinshasa – Tensions are high as the Democratic Republic of Congo holds presidential and parliamentary elections Monday after a campaign marred by violence, including clashes in which at least two people died. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila, 40, in power since … read more »

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Togo soccer players die in bus crash

November 28, 2011 by benim

Lome – Togo’s government says at least six top flight soccer players have been killed and another 28 people are critically injured after a bus carrying them plunged into a ravine and caught fire. In a statement read on national … read more »

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Explosion rocks Mogadishu hospital

November 28, 2011 by benim

Mogadishu – Three people were wounded in a suspected bomb blast inside the main hospital in the war-torn Somali capital, officials and witnesses said on Monday. The explosion occurred late on Sunday inside a room near one of the main … read more »

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Egypt gas line blown up as voting begins

November 28, 2011 by benim

Cairo – Saboteurs on Monday blew up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency reported, just hours before the first election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline west of … read more »

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Slow resettlement stalls S Sudanese dreams

November 28, 2011 by benim

Rumbek – South Sudan’s independence attracted thousands back home from the north, but hopes for a new and better life have eluded many still struggling to survive in transit camps. Under brick- or plastic-walled shelters in the central town of … read more »

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Egyptians queue to cast their ballots

November 28, 2011 by benim

Cairo – Egyptians queued up to vote on Monday in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master, Hosni Mubarak. In the nine months since … read more »

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Police ban Congo election rallies, at least 2 dead

November 27, 2011 by benim

Police in Congo blocked President Joseph Kabila’s main rival at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state’s capital city. Two days before … read more »

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Senegal’s N’dour to stop singing, enter politics

November 27, 2011 by benim

Senegalese world music star Youssou N’dour declared on Saturday he would cancel concert dates to enter politics from January 2 next year, a month before a tense presidential election in his West African country. The singer did not explicitly say … read more »

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Tripoli protesters block jet from taking off

November 27, 2011 by benim

e capital’s airports on Saturday, delaying its takeoff in a protest at the government. Witnesses told Reuters that about a dozen cars drove out on to the tarmac at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport and blocked a Tunisair Airbus 300-20 jet, with … read more »

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Media bias helped Gambia’s Jammeh win election: AU

November 27, 2011 by benim

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh benefited from a strong media bias and greater financial resources than his rivals to secure a new five-year term in elections, the African Union said on Saturday. Former military coup leader Jammeh scored a landslide 72 … read more »

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‘Al-Shabaab’ rebels raid Kenya police post

November 27, 2011 by benim

Garissa – Suspected Somali al-Shabaab rebel fighters raided a police post near Mandera in northern Kenya on Saturday, seizing weapons and burning a mobile phone transmission mast, security officials said. The group of fighters attacked Arabiya, a trading centre 60km … read more »

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SA waits to hear about Mali kidnapping

November 27, 2011 by benim

Bamako – South African Foreign Affairs spokesperson Clayson Monyela says the government is still trying to get more details from Mali after gunmen reportedly seized a South African and two others after killing a German in Timbuktu. The two other … read more »

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Islamists bomb police station in Nigeria

November 27, 2011 by benim

Kano – Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram have bombed a police station, a bank and a beer parlour in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state, residents say. The gunmen threw explosives into a police station and … read more »

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S. Africa: Malema admits he’s ‘finished’

November 27, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema admitted his political career was over after his suspension from the ruling party for breaking its internal rules, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. The paper said Malema, the main force behind a … read more »

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Egypt protesters clash with police, one dead

November 26, 2011 by benim

Protesters demanding an end to army rule clashed with police firing tear gas near Egypt’s parliament building on Saturday in a flare-up that cast another shadow over a parliamentary election billed as the nation’s first free vote in decades. Protesters … read more »

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Kenya seizes container with 87 elephant tusks

November 26, 2011 by benim

Kenyan authorities have seized a container loaded with 87 elephant tusks and disguised as soapstone carvings destined for Hong Kong, a customs official said. The 20-foot container was impounded at a depot in Nairobi. As it was being inspected for … read more »

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Libya leader, in Khartoum, thanks Sudan for weapons

November 26, 2011 by benim

Sudanese weapons and ammunition sent through Egypt helped Libya’s former rebels oust Muammar Gaddafi and take control of the North African country, the head of Libya’s interim ruling council said on Friday. Relations between Khartoum and Tripoli were strained during … read more »

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