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+0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ca06bcc-cafc-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ca06bcc-cafc-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlPresident Abdullah Gul accused the European Union of 'interfering' by asking Ankara to withdraw an invitation for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan's indicted president, to attend an Islamic summit in IstanbulFri, 6 Nov 2009 18:32:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/83e07228-caf6-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83e07228-caf6-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlSouth Africa is close to signing an investment treaty, paving the way for what could be a rise in private sector investment in its troubled northern neighbour, according to officials in both countriesFri, 6 Nov 2009 17:18:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/23d076ae-ca32-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23d076ae-ca32-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe government says it has no choice but to pull out because of failure to deliver the A400M on time and to budget, dealing yet another blow to the struggling pan-European aircraft programmeFri, 6 Nov 2009 02:06:14 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/623ec076-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/623ec076-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlRich as it may be in oil, the US and other allies of Equatorial Guinea have little to gain long term in overlooking the regime's abuseThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:42:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff792e14-c9f9-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff792e14-c9f9-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has announced after arriving in Kenya that he will seek to open an official investigation into the post-election violence that rocked the country in 2008 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:16:15 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/24ea5570-c995-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/24ea5570-c995-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlThe former army officer convicted of plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea has warned his alleged co-conspirators that he will testify against them should they be brought before a UK courtWed, 4 Nov 2009 23:09:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fec3fe0e-c8dc-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fec3fe0e-c8dc-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.htmlThe country's government says it will renegotiate the mobile provider's purchase of a leading local telecoms group after an official review into alleged 'irregularities' in the transactionWed, 4 Nov 2009 02:40:32 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d83d96c-c85f-11de-a69e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d83d96c-c85f-11de-a69e-00144feabdc0.htmlThe British former special forces officer jailed in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea for his part in a botched coup, has been pardonedTue, 3 Nov 2009 10:13:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4ccba8e-c707-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4ccba8e-c707-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.htmlAs world leaders prepare to gather in Copenhagen for next month's climate change summit, the Niger delta's gas flares serve as reminders of the difficulties of their taskSun, 1 Nov 2009 23:15:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6e27282-c700-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6e27282-c700-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.htmlThe party that led Mozambique's independence war against Portugal is set to retain power after a much criticised election procesSun, 1 Nov 2009 22:58:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bacfc5e-c4c1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bacfc5e-c4c1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlThe prime minister of Somalia's weak transitional government has admitted that negotiations with its Islamist enemies represent the only realistic prospect of ending more than 20 years of civil warSun, 1 Nov 2009 22:01:48 +0000