Mugabe parties as nation melts down
February 2008
ROBERT Mugabe urged his ruling party to be honest about the dire state of Zimbabwe’s economy as he prepared to launch his campaign for a sixth presidential term.
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Kenyan wildlife park bush fire rages
February 2008
USING branches to beat back flames, Kenyan rangers and residents are struggling to control bush fires that have engulfed a third of one of the nation’s best-known wildlife parks.
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Shock over Facebook jail term
February 2008
AMNESTY International said today it was “shocked” by a three-year jail term handed down by a Moroccan court to a man who registered a false internet Facebook profile as King Mohammed VI’s brother.
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