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Nigerian parliament recognises VP as acting leader
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament recognised Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting head of state on Tuesday in the absence of the African oil producer's ailing president. Full Article
Nigerian parliament debates 2010 budget
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house of parliament held a closed session to debate the country's 2010 budget on Tuesday, paving the way for the spending plans to be signed into law in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Full Article
Smith hails team spirit after test win over India
NAGPUR, India (Reuters) - South Africa captain Graeme Smith hailed the maturity shown by his team in adverse circumstances after they won the opening test against top-ranked India on Tuesday. Full Article
Ukraine's Tymoshenko girds to contest result
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle. Full Article
Study shows why it is so scary to lose money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear centre controls the response to a gamble. Full Article
Uganda gays feel threatened by bill
Being gay or lesbian in Uganda is illegal and those who are risk being locked away for up to 14 years. Now, a new parliamentary bill wants gay people to face even stiffer penalties and is proposing life imprisonment and even death sentences in some cases... Blog
Ethiopian plane crash should not sully success story
When news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash broke this morning my heart sank at the thought of covering yet another negative story about Ethiopia. Blog
How will Chinese culture influence Africa?
So far, media coverage of China’s involvement in Africa has mostly been about investment. Stories of Chinese engineers in hard hats standing by roads up mountains in Ethiopia. Stories of Chinese farmers moving to Zambia. Blog
The unnumbered dead
The simple answer to the question of how many people died in Congo’s civil war is “too many”. Blog
Guinea tests Western influence in Africa
Whether Guinea’s absent junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara makes it back to his home country or not will be the latest test of Western powers’ dwindling influence in Africa. Blog
Africa-Asia ties flying high
Investment from China and other Asian countries was an important factor in several years of unprecedented growth in Africa before the global downturn hit. Blog
