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24/05/2012

African press review 24 May 2012

How the troubled euro is working to the rand's advantage, the row over South African PresidentZuma's genitals and the effects of a new disease hitting kenyas maize crop are the top stories in ...

23/05/2012

African press review 23 May 2012

The papers in Egypt are, understandably, dominated by election-related news. Voters go to the polls in the first round of the process to elect a new president today and tomorrow.

22/05/2012

African press review 22 May 2012

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta's political career hits a sticky patch, criticism of the Ugandan government for its response to the outbreak of nodding disease in the north of the ...

21/05/2012

African press review 21 May 2012

Rumours that Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe may be about to retire, the possibility of a political comeback for South Africa's Julius Malema and who are Africa's most unpopular leaders are the stories ...

17/05/2012

African press review 17 May 2012

Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals?

16/05/2012

African press review 16 May 2012

Is the ICC trial over Kenya's 2007 post-poll violence going to start before the end of the year? Is al-Shebab getting strict in central Somalia? What are SA bosses ready to sacrifice?

15/05/2012

African press review 15 May 2012

South Africa's Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is once again pitching got the AU's top job.

South Africa under pressure to cut Iranian oil imports
15/05/2012 - African news explained

South Africa under pressure to cut Iranian oil imports

South Africa is one of several countries under pressure from the United States to either cut imports of Iranian oil before a 28 June deadline or face sanctions.

14/05/2012

African press review 14 May 2012

Growth in Africa under threat from lack of equality on the continent, Kenya's prime minister and president clash over political appointments and an attack on US President Barack Obama by a ...

Hacking on the rise in South Africa
12/05/2012 - African Media

Hacking on the rise in South Africa

RFI talked to Professor Basie von Solms - Director of South Africa's Center for Cyber Security at Johannesburg University - as he warns Pretoria about the vulnerability of critical government and ...

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