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Sunday, 20th May, 2012 - 08:45
[SW Radio]
Chinese nationals who own businesses in Zimbabwe have been strongly criticized by the MDC-T for abusing local workers and flouting the country's labour regulations, with the party demanding that the abuses be stopped immediately.
Sunday, 20th May, 2012 - 08:16
[Leadership]
In the run-up to the just-concluded South-South Summit held in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, the state commissioner of economic planning, Mr. Ken Opara, announced that the state government would be committing a whopping N7.5 billion to demolishing a hill near the Asaba airport.
Sunday, 20th May, 2012 - 07:48
[Vanguard]
Abuja -
Prof. Ita Ewa, the Minister of Science and Technology said on Thursday that Nigeria would launch three satellites and send astronauts to space by 2015.
Sunday, 20th May, 2012 - 07:29
[Financial Gazette]
PLANS to mobilise a coalition against President Robert Mugabe in the forthcoming polls appear dead in the water due to divisions among the country's political parties opposed to ZANU-PF's continued rule, The Financial Gazette can reveal.
Sunday, 20th May, 2012 - 00:00
[allAfrica.com]
With an equalizer near full time, followed by the winning goal in a penalty shoot-out, Cote d'Ivoire's Didier Drogba powered Chelsea to victory in this year's UEFA Champions League final against the heavily favoured Bayern Munich on Saturday night.
Saturday, 19th May, 2012 - 22:29
[Swazi Media]
The Weekend Observer in Swaziland censored itself in its reporting of King Mswati III's attendance at Windsor Castle to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.
Saturday, 19th May, 2012 - 22:28
[U.S. House]
Washington, DC -
Friday the G-8 leaders will begin a summit at Camp David, MD, with discussions focusing on the global economic recovery and food security in the developing world, with President Obama having invited the leaders of Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania to discuss food security, but the presence of Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is causing growing concern because of the land grab issue in his country and unaddressed human rights abuses there.
Saturday, 19th May, 2012 - 22:24
[Shabelle]
Mogadishu -
At least seven people, most of them soldiers were killed on Saturday in series of bomb blasts in the Somali capital,Mogadishu, witnesses said.
Saturday, 19th May, 2012 - 22:23
[Sudan Tribune]
Khartoum -
More than 200 citizens in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have suffered from suffocation as a result of a leakage of gas cylinder.
Saturday, 19th May, 2012 - 22:22
[This Day]
The Federal Government has revealed that an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily or approximately $7 billion yearly was lost to oil theft.
