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PIETERMARITZBURG. — Matric drama pupils, sitting for their final exam on Monday, were asked in a compulsory question to describe the symbolic rape of a baby using a loaf of bread and a broomstick. The question related to Lara Foot’s play Tshepang and asked pupils to
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ADDIS ABABA – A two day high level meeting on Harnessing Innovation for African Agriculture and Food Systems is being held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Meeting the challenges and designing for the 21st century”. The main
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ADIS ABABA – A four-day consultative workshop to review the African Union (AU) Security Sector Reform (SSR) Operational Guidance Notes (OGNs) is being held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
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LUANDA. — Angola’s government yesterday denied it had banned Islam and closed mosques in the country, after speculation that sparked outrage among Muslims worldwide. “There is no war in Angola against Islam or any other religion,” said Manuel Fernando,
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Sexism and violence against women bring “shame” to the Brazilian society, President Dilma Rousseff said Monday. Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, said via Twitter that
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ADDIS ABABA. — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma arrived in Brussels, Belgium yesterday to attend the Annual Summit of Women in Parliament Global Forum (WIP). Hosted by the European Parliament, the summit is being held
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ABUJA. — At least 40 people were killed in fresh attacks by gunmen in Nigeria’s middle-belt state of Plateau, where ethno-religious crises have claimed hundreds of lives in the past, local sources said yesterday. Local police spokesperson Felicia Anselm confirmed the attacks
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ATHENS. — A recent World Health Organisation report shows grim health implications from Europe’s economic crisis, including a trend in Greece in which citizens infect themselves with HIV to access the meagre range of government benefits available. The World Health
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BEKAA. — Lebanese marijuana grower Abu Sami is practically rubbing his hands together with glee: the Syrian conflict has paralysed authorities at home and left the nearby border virtually uncontrolled. “This year, the harvest was abundant, and the authorities have
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KAMPALA. – Uganda is making frantic efforts to resuscitate the peace negotiations between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the defeated M23 rebels, a senior government official said yesterday. Okello Oryem, minister of state for international affairs,
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UNITED NATIONS. — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday announced that the Geneva II conference on Syria will be held on January 22, 2014. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban made the announcement and expressed deep appreciation to the initiating
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JOHANNESBURG. – The South African government has arrested more than 280 poachers as it steps up the protection of the endangered rhino this year, authorities announced yesterday. The arrests were part of the crackdown by park rangers, armed forces, police and other
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PARIS. — The European Union could lift some sanctions on Iran next month, France said yesterday, as world powers geared up to implement a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran while trying to placate a furious Israel. Iran and the major powers have hailed Sunday’s
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TRIPOLI. – At least nine people were killed and 51 others wounded in heavy clashes that erupted yesterday in the Libyan port city of Benghazi between the Libyan army and the Salafi militia Ansar Al Sharia, according to the latest toll of the Libyan Ministry of Health.
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CAPE TOWN. – All illegal fishing activities by strong coalition of both local and foreign fishers are equated to “an act of terrorism,” the South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said yesterday. The announcement came after