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Tsvangirai lines up MPs for confrontation
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader will try to seize the political initiative when he returns home by setting out a legislative programme in a challenge to President Mugabe
Lagos pipeline blast kills at least 100
At least 100 people were killed in Lagos , Nigeria’s commercial capital, when a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded, the Nigerian Red Cross said
Immigrants flee South African mobs
Zimbabweans who crossed the border to escape their impoverished homeland are being chased out by violent locals fearful of competition over jobs and services
Shell to help plug Nigeria shortfall
The Anglo-Dutch oil company is close to providing the government with a package of loans to help meet funding gaps that has cut production at one of its major ventures
Sudan cracks down on allies of rebels
Sudanese security forces have launched a crackdown on suspected allies of Darfur rebels after their daring weekend attack on Khartoum, arresting the leader of the Islamist opposition for several hours
Tsvangirai to contest Zimbabwe run-off
Morgan 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 Mugabe
Ex-Halliburton unit in bribery probe
US 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 industry
Congo outlines $9bn China deal
Agreement pledges millions of tonnes of copper and cobalt to Beijing in exchange for roads, railways and other infrastructure but operational challenges are great and officials from multilateral institutions privately warn it could scupper a debt write-off if it saddles Congo with fresh debt
Editor held in Mugabe crackdown
President 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 leader
Zanu-PF accused of bullying
Robert 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
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