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Rebels Shooting et BVC owned by Barthe Cortes

Al-Qaeda related group Al-Shabaab opened fire at Obbia airport on October 29 at a plane belonging to private African airline BVC owned by French businessman Barthe Cortes..

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The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction

Where I come from in West Africa, we have a saying: "A fool at 40 is a fool forever", and most African countries have now been independent for over 40 years.

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Odinga wants AU troops in Zim

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday called for the deployment of African Union peacekeepers to Zimbabwe to bring President Robert Mugabe back into line. .

"Because there is no legitimate government in Zimbabwe, the AU should consider sending a peacekeeping force," he said. "This is what is going to send a strong signal to one Mr Robert Mugabe." Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Odinga was reacting to Zimbabwe's refusal to grant visas to senior peace campaigners, including former US president Jimmy Carter and former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.





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