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Iron-ore is one of the state's leading export commodities
Africa   Johannesburg   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: Sierra Leone
 Mining Weekly 
African Minerals arranges $868m to fund Tonkolili expansion
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed African Minerals has arranged $868-million in financing for the continued expansion at its Tonkolili iron-ore project in Sierra Leone. The company... (photo: Creative Commons)
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 Austin American Statesman 
South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms
JOHANNESBURG — A South African health official says they are recalling 1.35 million condoms given away at the African National Congress party's centenary celebrations amid charges some broke... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
AU extends mandate of top executive official  France24 
AU extends mandate of top executive official
AFP - The African Union on Tuesday extended the mandate of its top official Jean Ping after an election, in which he was challenged by South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, deadlocked. "We have... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Africa   Election   Photos   Pretoria   UN   Wikipedia: African Union
File:Jacob Zuma .jpg  Independent online (SA) 
Zuma: Trade key to African growth
Trade between African countries would reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth, President Jacob Zuma said in Ethiopia on Saturday. “Intra and inter-regional trade is not an option, it is an... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
Africa   Photos   Poverty   Trade   Wikipedia: New Partnership for Africa's Development
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African leaders attend the closing session of the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Independent online (SA)
African leaders hold first post-Gadaffi summit
Addis Ababa - African Union leaders meet on Sunday, January 29, 2012 for their first summit since the death of the bloc's founder Muammar Gadaffi, with intense lobbying... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Addis   Leaders   Photos   Summit   Wikipedia: African Union
A South African Airways plane is parked at the end of the runway after returning to the airport in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday June 17, 2006. A 21-year-old man was arrested after trying to force his way into the cockpit shortly after takeoff on flight SA322 from Cape Town to Johannesburg, SAA officials said. An airline captain traveling as a passenger overpowered the man with the assistance of a number of other passengers. Independent online (SA)
SAA flies non-stop to Beijing
Audrey D’Angelo The first of SAA’s new nonstop flights to Beijing is due to take off from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport on January 31, and many people... (photo: AP / Clarence Muller)
Airport   Beijing   Flights   Johannesburg   Photos   Wikipedia: South African Airways
In this Jan. 31, 2009 file picture, Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana speaks to cabinet ministers at the presidential palace in Antananarivo. Seattle Times
Madagascar's outed president rebuffed in bid to return
JOHANNESBURG - A commercial airliner carrying the ousted president of Madagascar back to that country's capital was turned around midflight, after government officials... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Johannesburg   Madagascar   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2006 Malagasy coup d'état attempt
 Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar.ula1 The New York Times
Ousted Leader Is Thwarted in a Return to Madagascar
JOHANNESBURG — A commercial airliner carrying the ousted president of Madagascar back to that country’s capital was turned around midflight, after government... (photo: European Community, 2006 )
Johannesburg   Madagascar   Photos   President   Wikipedia: 2006 Malagasy coup d'état attempt
 Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma  (rks2) Business Day
SA minister a strong candidate, says Russia
RUSSIA said yesterday Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was a "strong candidate for the highly contested post of African Union (AU) Commission chief, although... (photo: AP)
Africa   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
A person is seen using Google search webpage in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Independent online (SA)
Google launches project for SA businesses
Getting more small companies wired will help their businesses grow, and help their country fight unemployment, officials said Thursday as Google launched a project that... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Google   Internet   Photos   S. Africa   Wikipedia: Google
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