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http://news.yahoo.com/africa/ Get the latest Africa news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Africa news, including analysis and opinion on top Africa stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:10:40 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/africa/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hrw-rebels-congo-commit-widespread-war-crimes-174544908.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lZbSaoAGcyFQcmCg9AujJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b2b2f7a2a9fde2191a0f6a7067000848.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, an M23 rebel walks the streets of the North Kivu town of Rubare near Rutshuru, 75 km (48 miles) North of Goma, Congo. According to a report published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 by Human Rights Watch, the newly-formed rebel group is responsible for widespread war crimes in eastern Congo, including summary executions and rape. It says that the M23 has forcibly conscripted at least 137 youth and killed at least 33 young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels&#039; ranks. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, an M23 rebel walks the streets of the North Kivu town of Rubare near Rutshuru, 75 km (48 miles) North of Goma, Congo. According to a report published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 by Human Rights Watch, the newly-formed rebel group is responsible for widespread war crimes in eastern Congo, including summary executions and rape. It says that the M23 has forcibly conscripted at least 137 youth and killed at least 33 young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels&#039; ranks. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)" border="0" /></a>The 25-year-old lay on a hospital bed in the Congolese city of Goma, his leg wrapped in a bandage tinted by the blood still seeping from his bullet wound.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hrw-rebels-congo-commit-widespread-war-crimes-174544908.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:10:40 -0400Associated Presshrw-rebels-congo-commit-widespread-war-crimes-174544908<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hrw-rebels-congo-commit-widespread-war-crimes-174544908.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lZbSaoAGcyFQcmCg9AujJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b2b2f7a2a9fde2191a0f6a7067000848.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, an M23 rebel walks the streets of the North Kivu town of Rubare near Rutshuru, 75 km (48 miles) North of Goma, Congo. According to a report published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 by Human Rights Watch, the newly-formed rebel group is responsible for widespread war crimes in eastern Congo, including summary executions and rape. It says that the M23 has forcibly conscripted at least 137 youth and killed at least 33 young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels&#039; ranks. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, an M23 rebel walks the streets of the North Kivu town of Rubare near Rutshuru, 75 km (48 miles) North of Goma, Congo. According to a report published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 by Human Rights Watch, the newly-formed rebel group is responsible for widespread war crimes in eastern Congo, including summary executions and rape. It says that the M23 has forcibly conscripted at least 137 youth and killed at least 33 young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels&#039; ranks. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)" border="0" /></a>The 25-year-old lay on a hospital bed in the Congolese city of Goma, his leg wrapped in a bandage tinted by the blood still seeping from his bullet wound.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-done-somalia-presidents-vote-162631063.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZqrMa4F34h7dEuadf_v2cQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a966ed42a87fdb191a0f6a7067007ad8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Somalis wearing T-shirts with a picture of Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud march through the streets to show their support, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The election of new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Monday has been received as the start of a fresh chapter in the country&#039;s history by residents of the capital Mogadishu as well as members of the international community. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" align="left" title="Somalis wearing T-shirts with a picture of Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud march through the streets to show their support, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The election of new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Monday has been received as the start of a fresh chapter in the country&#039;s history by residents of the capital Mogadishu as well as members of the international community. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" border="0" /></a>The international community on Tuesday supported the election of a new president for Somalia, saying it&#039;s a step toward moving the country out of its failed-state status but that much more remains to be done in a country bloodied by two decades of war.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-done-somalia-presidents-vote-162631063.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:26:31 -0400Associated Pressmore-done-somalia-presidents-vote-162631063<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-done-somalia-presidents-vote-162631063.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZqrMa4F34h7dEuadf_v2cQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a966ed42a87fdb191a0f6a7067007ad8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Somalis wearing T-shirts with a picture of Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud march through the streets to show their support, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The election of new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Monday has been received as the start of a fresh chapter in the country&#039;s history by residents of the capital Mogadishu as well as members of the international community. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" align="left" title="Somalis wearing T-shirts with a picture of Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud march through the streets to show their support, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The election of new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Monday has been received as the start of a fresh chapter in the country&#039;s history by residents of the capital Mogadishu as well as members of the international community. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" border="0" /></a>The international community on Tuesday supported the election of a new president for Somalia, saying it&#039;s a step toward moving the country out of its failed-state status but that much more remains to be done in a country bloodied by two decades of war.</p><br clear="all"/>An official says armed raiders killed four people in Kenya's southeast despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew to prevent further clashes between two tribes that have left more than 100 people dead.http://news.yahoo.com/cattle-herders-kill-4-farmers-kenya-clashes-163007613.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:30:07 -0400Associated Presscattle-herders-kill-4-farmers-kenya-clashes-163007613The International community has supported the election of Somalia's new president saying it's a step toward moving the country out of its failed state status but still much more needs to be done to achieve that goal.http://news.yahoo.com/more-done-somalia-presidential-poll-155233710.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:52:33 -0400Associated Pressmore-done-somalia-presidential-poll-155233710<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/firebrand-pol-calls-total-safrica-mine-strike-100411506.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iaZaxFcpx4PEAmeOYdEiCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/36a0f321a91fde191a0f6a7067000270.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa?s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa?s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa&#039;s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/firebrand-pol-calls-total-safrica-mine-strike-100411506.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 10:30:11 -0400Associated Pressfirebrand-pol-calls-total-safrica-mine-strike-100411506<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/firebrand-pol-calls-total-safrica-mine-strike-100411506.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iaZaxFcpx4PEAmeOYdEiCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/36a0f321a91fde191a0f6a7067000270.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa?s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa?s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa&#039;s mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines.</p><br clear="all"/>A New York-based rights group says that a new rebel group in Congo is responsible for widespread war crimes. Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday that M23 has committed summary executions, including of 33 young men and boys, who tried to escape the rebels' ranks. At least 137 youths have been forcibly conscripted, and there have been at least 46 rapes, including of a 7-year-old girl.http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-congo-committed-war-crimes-report-142418738.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 10:24:18 -0400Associated Pressrebels-congo-committed-war-crimes-report-142418738<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-elects-president-193321376.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f33u8FOgi6enOi0Sen0G3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/00be18cf90aecc191a0f6a7067007f3a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a political newcomer, speaks at a ceremony after being elected by the Parliament over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who conceded defeat, in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" align="left" title="Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a political newcomer, speaks at a ceremony after being elected by the Parliament over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who conceded defeat, in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" border="0" /></a>Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-elects-president-193321376.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 16:54:27 -0400Associated Presssomalia-elects-president-193321376<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-elects-president-193321376.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f33u8FOgi6enOi0Sen0G3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/00be18cf90aecc191a0f6a7067007f3a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a political newcomer, speaks at a ceremony after being elected by the Parliament over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who conceded defeat, in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" align="left" title="Somalia&#039;s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a political newcomer, speaks at a ceremony after being elected by the Parliament over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who conceded defeat, in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" border="0" /></a>Somalia&#039;s Parliament elected a new president of the country&#039;s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation&#039;s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-labor-unrest-spreads-36-000-miners-strike-190802568--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n7sTkR7BXRgKxYOBdiCUsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/db58f4608febc8191a0f6a706700b776.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mine workers sing and dance as they march to Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in an attempt to stop operations. Union rivalry is at the root of violent illegal strikes that have been troubling the mining industry that is the engine driving Africa&#039;s largest economy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="Mine workers sing and dance as they march to Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in an attempt to stop operations. Union rivalry is at the root of violent illegal strikes that have been troubling the mining industry that is the engine driving Africa&#039;s largest economy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>Chanting miners wielding machetes, clubs and spears marched from shaft to shaft of South Africa&#039;s beleaguered Lonmin platinum mine Monday, trying to intimidate the few workers who reported for duty in the fourth week of a crippling strike whose impact has already included dozens of miners killed by police.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-labor-unrest-spreads-36-000-miners-strike-190802568--finance.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 15:08:14 -0400Associated Presssafrica-labor-unrest-spreads-36-000-miners-strike-190802568--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-labor-unrest-spreads-36-000-miners-strike-190802568--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n7sTkR7BXRgKxYOBdiCUsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/db58f4608febc8191a0f6a706700b776.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mine workers sing and dance as they march to Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in an attempt to stop operations. Union rivalry is at the root of violent illegal strikes that have been troubling the mining industry that is the engine driving Africa&#039;s largest economy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="Mine workers sing and dance as they march to Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in an attempt to stop operations. Union rivalry is at the root of violent illegal strikes that have been troubling the mining industry that is the engine driving Africa&#039;s largest economy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>Chanting miners wielding machetes, clubs and spears marched from shaft to shaft of South Africa&#039;s beleaguered Lonmin platinum mine Monday, trying to intimidate the few workers who reported for duty in the fourth week of a crippling strike whose impact has already included dozens of miners killed by police.</p><br clear="all"/>Somalia's Parliament has elected a new president of the country's fledgling government.http://news.yahoo.com/professor-wins-somalias-presidential-election-185105810.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 14:51:05 -0400Associated Pressprofessor-wins-somalias-presidential-election-185105810Islamic police said they used a stage in a public square to amputate the right hand and left foot of five accused thieves in a city of Mali on Monday, in the latest application of Sharia law in the country's north.http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-conduct-amputations-mali-175854236.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 13:58:54 -0400Associated Pressislamists-conduct-amputations-mali-175854236Clashes between farmers and herders in southeastern Kenya escalated Monday with 38 people killed, including nine police officers, and a government official and the Kenya Red Cross suggested the military should be deployed to the area.http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-red-cross-38-people-killed-kenya-clashes-104754538.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 13:33:31 -0400Associated Presskenya-red-cross-38-people-killed-kenya-clashes-104754538Islamists in the West African country of Mali say they have cut off the right hand and left foot of five suspected thieves, in the latest application of Shariah law in a northern region that was overrun by al-Qaida-linked rebels five months ago.http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-punish-alleged-bandits-amputations-165404363.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 12:54:04 -0400Associated Pressislamists-punish-alleged-bandits-amputations-165404363Labor unrest spread in South Africa on Monday with a wildcat strike by more than 10,000 workers halting operations at a gold mine while few workers reported for duty in the fourth week of a violent stoppage over poor pay at the world's third largest platinum mine.http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-labor-unrest-spreads-41-200-miners-strike-101057710--finance.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 12:20:51 -0400Associated Presssafrica-labor-unrest-spreads-41-200-miners-strike-101057710--financeTwo Swedish journalists who have been imprisoned in Ethiopia for more than a year have been pardoned and are set to be freed, Ethiopia's justice minister announced Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/ethiopia-pardons-swedish-journalists-154528178.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 11:45:28 -0400Associated Pressethiopia-pardons-swedish-journalists-154528178Namibia's government says it will stop issuing licenses for companies to explore for oil and gas toward the end of this year.http://news.yahoo.com/namibia-no-more-oil-gas-exploration-licenses-153018209--finance.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 11:29:35 -0400Associated Pressnamibia-no-more-oil-gas-exploration-licenses-153018209--financeNigeria's state-run oil company says suspected oil thieves have killed three of its employees near Nigeria's commercial capital.http://news.yahoo.com/3-nigeria-oil-firm-staffers-killed-fixing-pipeline-151422626.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 11:14:22 -0400Associated Press3-nigeria-oil-firm-staffers-killed-fixing-pipeline-151422626Relatives of some of the 16 preachers from a moderate Muslim sect who were allegedly killed by Malian soldiers in a "barbaric massacre" went to the presidential palace in Mauritania's capital Monday to find out why the men were gunned down.http://news.yahoo.com/kin-muslim-preachers-slain-mali-seek-answers-145957203.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 10:59:57 -0400Associated Presskin-muslim-preachers-slain-mali-seek-answers-145957203Relatives of some of the 16 preachers from a moderate Muslim sect who were allegedly killed by Malian soldiers in a "barbaric massacre" went to the presidential palace in Mauritania's capital Monday to find out why the umen were gunned down.http://news.yahoo.com/mauritania-calls-killing-mali-odious-act-113242275.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 10:45:40 -0400Associated Pressmauritania-calls-killing-mali-odious-act-113242275Two Swedish journalists who have been imprisoned in Ethiopia for more than a year have been pardoned and are set to be freed at an upcoming mass amnesty ceremony, a top government official said Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/official-ethiopia-pardons-swedish-journalists-102047221.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 10:10:28 -0400Associated Pressofficial-ethiopia-pardons-swedish-journalists-102047221Somalia's new parliament is due to vote for a new president of the country's fledgling government, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the country's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.http://news.yahoo.com/somalias-parliament-elect-president-090327773.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 09:31:55 -0400Associated Presssomalias-parliament-elect-president-090327773<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles-140816435--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jG3mM8X6nwDBjPf7Te_.mQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/31e61c9c420e7e191a0f6a706700a49f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Air Nigeria staff protest after they were fired in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. More than 60 workers from Air Nigeria protested Friday at Lagos? Murtala Muhammed International Airport?s domestic terminal, demanding four-months-worth of unpaid salaries from the company. The airline?s owner, business tycoon Jimoh Ibrahim, fired nearly all of the company?s 800 employees for ?disloyalty? earlier this month. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" align="left" title="Former Air Nigeria staff protest after they were fired in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. More than 60 workers from Air Nigeria protested Friday at Lagos? Murtala Muhammed International Airport?s domestic terminal, demanding four-months-worth of unpaid salaries from the company. The airline?s owner, business tycoon Jimoh Ibrahim, fired nearly all of the company?s 800 employees for ?disloyalty? earlier this month. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" border="0" /></a>Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, this West African nation&#039;s second-largest airline, and its staff hadn&#039;t received a paycheck in four months when its top executive summarily fired nearly all of its employees for &quot;dishonesty.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles-140816435--finance.htmlFri, 07 Sep 2012 17:46:27 -0400Associated Pressnigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles-140816435--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-airline-collapses-industry-struggles-140816435--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jG3mM8X6nwDBjPf7Te_.mQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/31e61c9c420e7e191a0f6a706700a49f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Air Nigeria staff protest after they were fired in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. More than 60 workers from Air Nigeria protested Friday at Lagos? Murtala Muhammed International Airport?s domestic terminal, demanding four-months-worth of unpaid salaries from the company. The airline?s owner, business tycoon Jimoh Ibrahim, fired nearly all of the company?s 800 employees for ?disloyalty? earlier this month. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" align="left" title="Former Air Nigeria staff protest after they were fired in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. More than 60 workers from Air Nigeria protested Friday at Lagos? Murtala Muhammed International Airport?s domestic terminal, demanding four-months-worth of unpaid salaries from the company. The airline?s owner, business tycoon Jimoh Ibrahim, fired nearly all of the company?s 800 employees for ?disloyalty? earlier this month. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" border="0" /></a>Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, this West African nation&#039;s second-largest airline, and its staff hadn&#039;t received a paycheck in four months when its top executive summarily fired nearly all of its employees for &quot;dishonesty.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>A strike at the world's third-largest platinum mine enters its fourth week with empty buses searching in vain for workers though wage negotiations may start.http://news.yahoo.com/no-workers-seen-troubled-safrican-platinum-mine-085142308.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 04:52:45 -0400Associated Pressno-workers-seen-troubled-safrican-platinum-mine-085142308Gold Fields Ltd says a wildcat strike by 15,000 miners has stopped work in the west section of its KDC mine in the West Rand, the latest in a string of labor disputes in South Africa's mines.http://news.yahoo.com/15-000-gold-fields-miners-strike-south-africa-082522257.htmlMon, 10 Sep 2012 04:27:44 -0400Associated Press15-000-gold-fields-miners-strike-south-africa-082522257A spokesman for a radical Islamic group in northern Mali has confirmed that a leader of al-Qaida's North African branch was killed in a car crash.http://news.yahoo.com/leader-al-qaida-n-african-branch-dies-car-234512247.htmlSun, 09 Sep 2012 19:45:12 -0400Associated Pressleader-al-qaida-n-african-branch-dies-car-234512247<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-vows-structural-reforms-meets-us-executives-220121343.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.kDcf9JoG509EtvanPuh3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ac820cc941ea7d191a0f6a706700dc0a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, waves to worshippers ash he arrives for Friday prayers at Sayyeda Zainab mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)" align="left" title="Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, waves to worshippers ash he arrives for Friday prayers at Sayyeda Zainab mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)" border="0" /></a>Egypt&#039;s Islamist leader vowed to carry out tough structural reforms to overhaul his country&#039;s ailing economy and create a better environment for business and investment, participants in a meeting between corporate executives and the president said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-vows-structural-reforms-meets-us-executives-220121343.htmlSun, 09 Sep 2012 18:04:57 -0400Associated Pressegypt-vows-structural-reforms-meets-us-executives-220121343<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-vows-structural-reforms-meets-us-executives-220121343.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.kDcf9JoG509EtvanPuh3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ac820cc941ea7d191a0f6a706700dc0a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, waves to worshippers ash he arrives for Friday prayers at Sayyeda Zainab mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)" align="left" title="Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, waves to worshippers ash he arrives for Friday prayers at Sayyeda Zainab mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)" border="0" /></a>Egypt&#039;s Islamist leader vowed to carry out tough structural reforms to overhaul his country&#039;s ailing economy and create a better environment for business and investment, participants in a meeting between corporate executives and the president said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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