Tag: africa

Historic day ahead after decades of war

Several million people will decide in the next week or so whether to give birth to the world’s newest nation. They will cast ballots on whether to declare independence at polling stations sprinkled across the vast, flat plains of Southern... 
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Want to sound like a World Cup expert?

While the World Cup in South Africa is manna from heaven for soccer fans, spare a thought for those who regard “the beautiful game” as a confusing sport with complicated rules and impenetrable jargon. For those of you who fall... 
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Mugabe is a ‘modern-day Hitler’

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe should be seen as a “21st Century Hitler”, a senior South African Anglican bishop has said. Robert Mugabe said the West was plotting to use cholera to invade Bishop of Pretoria Joe Seoka... 
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