A letter from the President of Rwanda to London’s financial times argues that Aid is debilitating rather aiding African economies and entrepreneurship rather than aid is the key to development. 
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Anyone who’s been to Africa recently would be struck by one thing the almost universal popularity of the English Premier League and it seems this love for English soccer is now been taken to extremes. 
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Algeria has the largest number of female police officers in the Arab world and the latest batch of 177 female officers graduated recently. 
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Pope Benedict XVI the head of the Roman Catholic Church is to undertake his first visit to Africa this month. 
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Babatunde Fashola, the youngest ever governor of Lagos state, is being credited for turning around the fortunes of Nigeria’s largest city. 
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Kenya is in mourning after over a 100 people are killed in a petrol tanker explosion. 
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Helen Suzman the celebrated anti-apartheid campaigner has passed away aged 91. She died at home in Johannesburg on Thursday. 
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Kamar Bakrin who was in India and was close to the scene of the bomb blast when terrorists hit Mumbai last week wrote about his experience 
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The air crew of South African Airlines recount the ordeal they faced trapped in their Mumbai hotel. 
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As the world comes to terms with the carnage in Mumbai, stories are emerging of how survivors escaped from the terror that has seized India’s commercial capital. 
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If South African MP Nhlanhla Nene had any doubts of the reach of the Internet he won’t anymore as he becomes its latest, albeit unwitting, star. 
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United Nations peace keeping force backed by combat helicopters fire on Congolese rebels to prevent them from taking a town in the Northern Kivu region. 
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South African Rugby has long been seen as one of the last bastions of white privilege in the country and a vile racist incident by three white fans over the weekend emphasised why this view persists. 
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Hong Kong newspaper reports that China is to secretly implement a ban on restaurants and bars in Beijing from serving Africans during the Olympics. 
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Zambia requests explanation after South African President Thabo Mbeki called for a minutes silence to mark the death of Zambian Leader Mwanawasa, despite even though he is still alive. 
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The Indonesian government yesterday evening executed two Nigerians convicted of smuggling heroin. 
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Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations were held in London this weekend bringing together the great and good of the music world – and Amy Winehouse. 
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Amnesty International says Tunisia has failed in curbing torture against detainees accused of terrorism acts. 
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A prisoner in Botswana is taking pushing the envelope to another level as he demands his right to bail for another crime he is up on trial for. The crime is alleged to have been committed before he was sentenced.
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The ashes of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent to be scattered in his adopted home of Marrakech, Morocco. 
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