Africa

Cricket: The ferocity of Pietersen masks batting fragility

guardian.co.uk     22 mins ago   290 related          

Kevin Pietersen plays a shot during England's fourth Test against South Africa. Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA Consolation it may be but Kevin Pietersen, his first match in charge sprinkled with stardust, is well on the way to...                    

Ntini captures two England wickets

reuters.com     8 hrs ago   148 related          

By Clare Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Makhaya Ntini captured two more wickets on Friday to send England to lunch on 116 for three in reply to South Africa's 194 on the second day of the final test at the Oval on Friday. Ntini, who...                    

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe seeks dominant role in coalition government

telegraph.co.uk     4 hrs ago   52 related          

President Robert Mugabe is insisting on retaining substantial power in any coalition government that may emerge from a deal to end Zimbabwe's crisis, a senior source in Harare has said. By Peta Thornycroft in Harare Mr Mugabe's...                    

Defiant Mauritania junta to form new government

reuters.co.uk     2 hrs ago   183 related          

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying a chorus of international demands to restore the first democratically elected...                    

Oil keeps slipping amid supply fears

thisismoney.co.uk     7 hrs ago   1,007 related          

Robert Lea, Evening Standard In London, Brent crude traded down $2.04 at $115.82, its latest sizeable one-day reverse. Four weeks ago US light crude hit an all-time high of $147.27. Today it was off $2.06 to $117.96. In equity...                    

World Bank shifts HIV/AIDS focus in Africa

reuters.co.uk     5 hrs ago   5 related          

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday unveiled a four-year strategy to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa that shifts focus from emergency response to long-term development. The change was made possible...                    

England women thrash South Africa

bbc.co.uk     3 hrs ago   8 related          

First women's ODI, Canterbury: England 310-3 beat South Africa 85 by 225 runs Atkins became the third England woman to hit a century at Lord's Caroline Atkins and Sarah Taylor put on the highest stand in the history of women's...                    

S.African drug company recalls AIDS

pharmiweb.co.uk     4 hrs ago   7 related          

JOHANNESBURG (Thomson Financial) - A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, a country which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error....                    

Madeleine McCann: Apartment was not made crime scene for two months

telegraph.co.uk     8 hrs ago   192 related          

The apartment where Madeleine McCann vanished was used by holiday-makers for nearly two months before police sealed it off as a permanent crime scene, case files have showed. By Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz The bedroom...                    

Deal agreed on Sudan oil region

bbc.co.uk     2 hrs ago   5 related          

A deal has been reached between north and south Sudan over the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei. The two sides have agreed on an interim administration with a southerner named as chief administrator and a member of a local...                    

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