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15/07/2011

African press review 15 July 2011

The worsening famine and refugee crisis in the Horn of Africa dominates the news in Africa.

14/07/2011

African press review 14 July 2011

In Zimbabwe, The Herald reports that the ruling Zanu-PF party has challenged negotiators to the inter-party dialogue to revise some of the timelines they agreed on the election roadmap, ...

02/07/2011 - Tanzania - Uganda - Kenya

Tanzania allows Kenyan Kampala bomb suspect extradition

A Tanzanian court has given the go-ahead for the extradition of a Kenyan man to Uganda, where he is to stand trial over

01/07/2011 - Interview - Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Omaar

Al-Shebab a spent force, says Somalia's Deputy PM

Somalia's Shebab rebels are "a spent force", Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Omaar has told RFI in an interview at the 17th African Union (AU) summit in Malabo.

23/06/2011

African press review 23 June 2011

The death of ANC veteran Kader Asmal, love and marriage in Kenya and new information on the killing of East African al-Qaeda leader Abdullah Fazul claim the headlines in Thursday's newspapers.

19/06/2011 - Somalia

Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigns

Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has resigned reversing a statement he made last week saying he would not step down from the position.

11/06/2011 - Somalia

Presumed head of al-Qaeda in east Africa killed in Mogadishu

Kenyan police have confirmed the death on Tuesday of the presumed head of al-Qaeda in east Africa, Fazul Abdullah Muhammad.

11/06/2011 - Somalia

Somali interior minister killed in suicide attack

Somalia’s Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan died in a suicide attack at his home on Friday allegedly carried out by his niece.

03/06/2011 - South Africa - Mozambique - report

South Africa, Mozambique combine to fight Somali pirates

Mozambique and South Africa have agreed to cooperate in fighting piracy, which is spreading south from Somalia.

02/06/2011 - South Africa - report

Johannesburg residents protect Somali shopkeepers

Residents of a South African squatter camp have turned on local businessmen who have been threatening Somali shopkeepers.

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