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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSat, 10 May 2008 16:32 BSTMon, 12 May 2008 03:18:19 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/africa(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96979054-1ea4-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96979054-1ea4-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlMorgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, sought to reclaim the initiative in his country's political crisis, saying he would return to his homeland to contest a run-off election against President Robert MugabeSat, 10 May 2008 16:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c1da356-1df4-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c1da356-1df4-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlUS anti-bribery investigators are targeting a former Halliburton subsidiary over its work on a key Royal Dutch Shell project in Nigeria, widening a corruption probe into the country's troubled oil industryFri, 9 May 2008 20:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfab078c-1de9-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfab078c-1de9-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlAgreement pledges millions of tonnes of copper and cobalt to Beijing in exchange for roads, railways and other infrastructure but operational challenges are greatFri, 9 May 2008 18:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bd54010-1d25-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bd54010-1d25-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlPresident Robert Mugabe's government extended its crackdown on Zimbabwe's opposition with the arrest of a newspaper editor and a threat to arrest an opposition leaderThu, 8 May 2008 20:38 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6162666c-1c55-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6162666c-1c55-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlRobert Mugabe's supporters have been conducting a sustained and aggressive campaign of intimidation against up to 1.5m rural farm workers and their relatives, says a report Wed, 7 May 2008 17:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f6fe902-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f6fe902-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlRising cost of raw materials leads food companies to increasingly recognise the benefits of investment in agriculture and rethink their relationship with African farmersWed, 7 May 2008 03:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8bb5632-1ba8-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8bb5632-1ba8-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlMichael Spencer's latest punt, an investment in an African hedge fund, combines his interest in the continent with his appetite for risk-takingWed, 7 May 2008 00:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c48c9d4-1ba0-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c48c9d4-1ba0-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlMichael Spencer, founder of inter-dealer broker Icap, is ploughing tens of millions of dollars into a new hedge fund to profit from frontier markets in Africa and the Middle EastWed, 7 May 2008 00:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b1c2700-1bb1-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b1c2700-1bb1-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlGovernment has been urged to implement an immediate review of current property strategy to avert a crisis amid unsettled restitution claimsTue, 6 May 2008 22:22 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd48326e-1acf-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd48326e-1acf-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlIndia's leading mobile operator has tabled an indicative bid for 51 per cent of the equity of South Africa telecoms group at about R165 a shareMon, 5 May 2008 19:41 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61a2b1b8-184f-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61a2b1b8-184f-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlElection results confirm that Zimbabwe's opposition leader defeated President Robert Mugabe but failed to secure the required majority to avoid a second roundFri, 2 May 2008 21:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c8931be-179f-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c8931be-179f-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlRobert Mugabe's party cannot decide whether to do a deal with the MDC or hold a run-off as Zimbabwe's election results trickle outThu, 1 May 2008 18:18 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08885544-177b-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08885544-177b-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlOpposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he would return to Zimbabwe after verification of results from the March 29 election, in which he says he beat President Robert Mugabe.Thu, 1 May 2008 14:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0223e760-1751-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0223e760-1751-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlAden Hashi Ayro, who is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda and blamed for attacks on interim government forces and their Ethiopian allies, has been killed in an air raid in central SomaliaThu, 1 May 2008 11:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c261f79e-1704-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c261f79e-1704-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Zimbabwe government appeared poised to concede the opposition leader had won more votes in the presidential election than Robert Mugabe, but had not won an outright majorityThu, 1 May 2008 09:25 BST