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| Zimbabwe is seeking 3.25 billion rand in an overdraft and credit facility from South Africa, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse the effects of a decade-long political and economic crisis. A power-sharing government set up last year by bitter rivals President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has stabilised an economy ravaged by hyperinflation, which peaked at 500 billion percent in December 2008. But the government says it needs at least $10 billion for reconstruction.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 September 2010 09:41 ) |
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Written by Alvrez Okonkwo
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:21 |
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| 800 Inmates Escape From A Jail In Nigeria
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| A police commissioner says about 800 inmates escaped a prison holding Muslim extremists in northern Nigeria during an assault by gunmen. Bauchi state police commissioner Danlami Yar'Adua says four people died during the sunset attack Tuesday by gunmen suspected to be a part of the radical Boko Haram sect. Yar'Adua says six others remain in critical condition at local hospitals.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 September 2010 14:44 ) |
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Written by Solo Mpupuri
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 11:37 |
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| A Satirical Look At Mugabe's Stubbornness To Change
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| Robert Mugabe has never been known for his sense of humour. So you wouldn't want to be the apparatchik at Zimbabwe's State House explaining to the president how a music video that lampoons him as a chicken is threatening to go viral. A latex puppet of Mugabe, redolent of 80s TV satire Spitting Image, is the star of a slick video by multinational African group Freshlyground, best known for their collaboration with Shakira on the official World Cup song Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). The song, Chicken to Change, has a bouncy and upbeat feel that belies its serious political message. The video depicts an aloof Mugabe riding in the back of a chauffeur-driven presidential car and reading a newspaper, "Bob's Times", with the front page headline: "Glorious victory for Zanu-PF". It cuts to Freshlyground singing in a shebeen, dancing like chickens and challenging Africa's oldest leader to relinquish his 30-year grip on power.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 September 2010 11:47 ) |
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Written by Eliza Banda
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:17 |
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| Mozambique Reverses Bread Price Increases
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After an emergency cabinet meeting, planning minister Aiuba Cuereneia said the government would restore some subsidies to keep prices down while unveiling austerity measures for top officials. An overnight increase in bread prices of up to 33 per cent, coupled with a 13 per cent jump in electricity tariffs and an increase in water costs sparked the protests last Wednesday in the Mozambique capital Maputo.
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A prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist and eight others are suing the government for US$22 million after terror charges against them were dropped because they had been beaten and tortured, their lawyer said Thursday. Harrison Nkomo, a lawyer for activist Jestina Mukoko, said the national police commissioner, intelligence minister and several police officers were among those being sued for the abduction, wrongful arrest and torture of Mukoko and the others.
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