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http://news.yahoo.com/africa/ Get the latest Africa news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Africa news, including analysis and opinion on top Africa stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedThu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:55 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/africa/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? The governor of a key city in northern Mali that was under rebel control until last week returned for the first time since the region fell to Tuareg separatists and al-Qaida-linked fighters 16 months ago.http://news.yahoo.com/malis-government-returns-key-northern-city-170002572.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:55 -0400Associated Pressmalis-government-returns-key-northern-city-170002572<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandelas-friends-lament-decline-135601711.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKBqlPWmoG8btxNM6SRkkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ee26d5152fba4617370f6a706700faf6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2013, file photo, Ahmed Kathrada, prisoner with former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Kathadra, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the 94-year-old former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2013, file photo, Ahmed Kathrada, prisoner with former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Kathadra, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the 94-year-old former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Ahmed Kathrada, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandelas-friends-lament-decline-135601711.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 10:52:46 -0400Associated Pressnelson-mandelas-friends-lament-decline-135601711<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandelas-friends-lament-decline-135601711.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKBqlPWmoG8btxNM6SRkkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ee26d5152fba4617370f6a706700faf6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2013, file photo, Ahmed Kathrada, prisoner with former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Kathadra, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the 94-year-old former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2013, file photo, Ahmed Kathrada, prisoner with former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Kathadra, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the 94-year-old former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Ahmed Kathrada, a warhorse of the anti-apartheid struggle, was allowed just a few minutes at the hospital bedside of his critically ill comrade, Nelson Mandela. It was, he said, a traumatic experience to see the former president, physically robust during their prison years together, in such a fragile state.</p><br clear="all"/>CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) ? A presidential decree read on state television announced that Guinea's much-delayed legislative election will be held on Sept. 24.http://news.yahoo.com/guinea-sets-sept-date-legislative-election-125209038.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 09:25:36 -0400Associated Pressguinea-sets-sept-date-legislative-election-125209038<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-remains-critical-stable-president-130133832.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m7anVjj3zthSmLkYq5ST1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1fb0a8b32f624417370f6a7067003998.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Street-traders sell pictures of Nelson Mandela that alternate images depending on the angle they are viewed at, in front of the wall of get-well messages and flowers left outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, July 11, 2013. Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="Street-traders sell pictures of Nelson Mandela that alternate images depending on the angle they are viewed at, in front of the wall of get-well messages and flowers left outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, July 11, 2013. Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? South Africa&#039;s president says that Nelson Mandela remains in critical but stable condition.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-remains-critical-stable-president-130133832.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 09:01:33 -0400Associated Pressmandela-remains-critical-stable-president-130133832<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-remains-critical-stable-president-130133832.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m7anVjj3zthSmLkYq5ST1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1fb0a8b32f624417370f6a7067003998.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Street-traders sell pictures of Nelson Mandela that alternate images depending on the angle they are viewed at, in front of the wall of get-well messages and flowers left outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, July 11, 2013. Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="Street-traders sell pictures of Nelson Mandela that alternate images depending on the angle they are viewed at, in front of the wall of get-well messages and flowers left outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, July 11, 2013. Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? South Africa&#039;s president says that Nelson Mandela remains in critical but stable condition.</p><br clear="all"/>JUBA, South Sudan (AP) ? Fresh violence erupted between two rival tribes in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state, officials said Thursday, giving no details of casualties in the region that is also the scene of an ongoing military assault against a rebel group.http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-fighting-erupts-restive-south-sudan-state-095426123.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 07:10:21 -0400Associated Pressfresh-fighting-erupts-restive-south-sudan-state-095426123<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-noted-bards-words-death-151302493.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eeGVchIbIP2p6Kpp8J_qgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7946a1c611293017370f6a706700e79f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Becky Allan, project curator of the British Museum, holds an edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which was kept at South Africa&#039;s apartheid-era Robben Island jail in the 1970&#039;s, during a photo call ahead of an upcoming exhibition at the museum, central London. The book, which was kept by political prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam, is signed by 33 inmates - including former South African leader Nelson Mandela. In 1977, he signed his name beside a passage from &quot;Julius Caesar&quot;. The lines are reminiscent of Mandela&#039;s electrifying declaration in a 1960&#039;s courtroom that he was prepared to die for his beliefs; today they carry added poignancy as the 94-year-old former president lies gravely ill in a hospital. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Becky Allan, project curator of the British Museum, holds an edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which was kept at South Africa&#039;s apartheid-era Robben Island jail in the 1970&#039;s, during a photo call ahead of an upcoming exhibition at the museum, central London. The book, which was kept by political prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam, is signed by 33 inmates - including former South African leader Nelson Mandela. In 1977, he signed his name beside a passage from &quot;Julius Caesar&quot;. The lines are reminiscent of Mandela&#039;s electrifying declaration in a 1960&#039;s courtroom that he was prepared to die for his beliefs; today they carry added poignancy as the 94-year-old former president lies gravely ill in a hospital. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Facing death without fear appealed to Nelson Mandela, then a prisoner on Robben Island during white rule in South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-noted-bards-words-death-151302493.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 12:12:41 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-mandela-noted-bards-words-death-151302493<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-noted-bards-words-death-151302493.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eeGVchIbIP2p6Kpp8J_qgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7946a1c611293017370f6a706700e79f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Becky Allan, project curator of the British Museum, holds an edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which was kept at South Africa&#039;s apartheid-era Robben Island jail in the 1970&#039;s, during a photo call ahead of an upcoming exhibition at the museum, central London. The book, which was kept by political prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam, is signed by 33 inmates - including former South African leader Nelson Mandela. In 1977, he signed his name beside a passage from &quot;Julius Caesar&quot;. The lines are reminiscent of Mandela&#039;s electrifying declaration in a 1960&#039;s courtroom that he was prepared to die for his beliefs; today they carry added poignancy as the 94-year-old former president lies gravely ill in a hospital. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Becky Allan, project curator of the British Museum, holds an edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which was kept at South Africa&#039;s apartheid-era Robben Island jail in the 1970&#039;s, during a photo call ahead of an upcoming exhibition at the museum, central London. The book, which was kept by political prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam, is signed by 33 inmates - including former South African leader Nelson Mandela. In 1977, he signed his name beside a passage from &quot;Julius Caesar&quot;. The lines are reminiscent of Mandela&#039;s electrifying declaration in a 1960&#039;s courtroom that he was prepared to die for his beliefs; today they carry added poignancy as the 94-year-old former president lies gravely ill in a hospital. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Facing death without fear appealed to Nelson Mandela, then a prisoner on Robben Island during white rule in South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-mole-blogger-dishes-dirt-govt-154532467.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bba12di5T3DJCBOQuYYfqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2edb6a2d11283017370f6a7067008c1d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Zimbabweans enjoy accessing the internet to read about Baba Jukwa in Harare, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. Baba Jukwa?s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe?s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwzhi)" align="left" title="Zimbabweans enjoy accessing the internet to read about Baba Jukwa in Harare, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. Baba Jukwa?s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe?s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwzhi)" border="0" /></a>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? Baba Jukwa&#039;s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe&#039;s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-mole-blogger-dishes-dirt-govt-154532467.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 12:41:31 -0400Associated Presszimbabwe-mole-blogger-dishes-dirt-govt-154532467<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-mole-blogger-dishes-dirt-govt-154532467.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bba12di5T3DJCBOQuYYfqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2edb6a2d11283017370f6a7067008c1d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Zimbabweans enjoy accessing the internet to read about Baba Jukwa in Harare, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. Baba Jukwa?s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe?s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwzhi)" align="left" title="Zimbabweans enjoy accessing the internet to read about Baba Jukwa in Harare, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. Baba Jukwa?s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe?s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwzhi)" border="0" /></a>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? Baba Jukwa&#039;s name is whispered in buses, bars and on street corners by Zimbabweans eager for the inside scoop on President Robert Mugabe&#039;s ruling party. One avid follower even climbs a tree in a rural village for a signal to call a friend for the latest tidbits from the mysterious yet stupendously popular blogger.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-killings-guinea-bissau-must-investigated-181322447.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2sWq7FbZWzOSaPXWTIUcHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9d7fa18b11b73217370f6a706700945b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 18, 2012 photo, a woman fills out her presidential ballot behind a privacy screen, at a polling station in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. A senior United Nations official said Wednesday, July 10, 2013 that planned November elections in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 18, 2012 photo, a woman fills out her presidential ballot behind a privacy screen, at a polling station in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. A senior United Nations official said Wednesday, July 10, 2013 that planned November elections in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo, File)" border="0" /></a>DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ? Presidential and legislative elections planned for November in the tiny, coup-prone West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings, a senior U.N. official said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-killings-guinea-bissau-must-investigated-181322447.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 14:46:08 -0400Associated Pressun-killings-guinea-bissau-must-investigated-181322447<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-killings-guinea-bissau-must-investigated-181322447.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2sWq7FbZWzOSaPXWTIUcHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9d7fa18b11b73217370f6a706700945b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 18, 2012 photo, a woman fills out her presidential ballot behind a privacy screen, at a polling station in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. A senior United Nations official said Wednesday, July 10, 2013 that planned November elections in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 18, 2012 photo, a woman fills out her presidential ballot behind a privacy screen, at a polling station in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. A senior United Nations official said Wednesday, July 10, 2013 that planned November elections in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo, File)" border="0" /></a>DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ? Presidential and legislative elections planned for November in the tiny, coup-prone West African nation of Guinea-Bissau can&#039;t be seen as free and fair unless progress is made on investigations of recent high-profile political killings, a senior U.N. official said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-responding-treatment-180541838.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jao5nCx4wxUKjAKJtyn4SA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2a3b06fb11453017370f6a706700b018.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A South African woman, writes a get well message at a banner showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, placed at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world will donate 67 minutes of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" align="left" title="A South African woman, writes a get well message at a banner showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, placed at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world will donate 67 minutes of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-responding-treatment-180541838.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 14:05:41 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-mandela-responding-treatment-180541838<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-responding-treatment-180541838.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jao5nCx4wxUKjAKJtyn4SA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2a3b06fb11453017370f6a706700b018.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A South African woman, writes a get well message at a banner showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, placed at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world will donate 67 minutes of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" align="left" title="A South African woman, writes a get well message at a banner showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, placed at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world will donate 67 minutes of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old&#039;s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa&#039;s president said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/movement-grows-rwanda-president-rule-longer-113959575.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TKX89j9eHrEchFKgtdhh1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ef4dcbc110452b17370f6a7067005952.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE- In this Aug.6, 2010, file photo, Rwandan president Paul Kagame speaks to his supporters assembled at the Nyamarambo stadium in the capital of Kigali. Rwanda?s next presidential election is still four years away but a movement is growing there for term limits to be removed it so that Kagame can still be in charge of the country after 2017, when his current term expires. Rwanda?s constitution provides for two, seven-year presidential terms. (AP Photo/Margaret Cappar/file)" align="left" title="FILE- In this Aug.6, 2010, file photo, Rwandan president Paul Kagame speaks to his supporters assembled at the Nyamarambo stadium in the capital of Kigali. Rwanda?s next presidential election is still four years away but a movement is growing there for term limits to be removed it so that Kagame can still be in charge of the country after 2017, when his current term expires. Rwanda?s constitution provides for two, seven-year presidential terms. (AP Photo/Margaret Cappar/file)" border="0" /></a>KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? Adoring crowds swarm around Rwanda&#039;s president when he travels across the country, many begging him to run again when his current term expires.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/movement-grows-rwanda-president-rule-longer-113959575.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 09:06:24 -0400Associated Pressmovement-grows-rwanda-president-rule-longer-113959575<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/movement-grows-rwanda-president-rule-longer-113959575.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TKX89j9eHrEchFKgtdhh1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ef4dcbc110452b17370f6a7067005952.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE- In this Aug.6, 2010, file photo, Rwandan president Paul Kagame speaks to his supporters assembled at the Nyamarambo stadium in the capital of Kigali. Rwanda?s next presidential election is still four years away but a movement is growing there for term limits to be removed it so that Kagame can still be in charge of the country after 2017, when his current term expires. Rwanda?s constitution provides for two, seven-year presidential terms. (AP Photo/Margaret Cappar/file)" align="left" title="FILE- In this Aug.6, 2010, file photo, Rwandan president Paul Kagame speaks to his supporters assembled at the Nyamarambo stadium in the capital of Kigali. Rwanda?s next presidential election is still four years away but a movement is growing there for term limits to be removed it so that Kagame can still be in charge of the country after 2017, when his current term expires. Rwanda?s constitution provides for two, seven-year presidential terms. (AP Photo/Margaret Cappar/file)" border="0" /></a>KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? Adoring crowds swarm around Rwanda&#039;s president when he travels across the country, many begging him to run again when his current term expires.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-foundation-wants-volunteers-95th-b-day-112331064.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tgwDIlagrDeJId0RhP_V0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4a393eb0f26b1816370f6a706700a026.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South African Amonra Maluleka, 2, holds a framed picture showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Grandson Ndaba Mandela said Tuesday that the ailing former president is very much alive and urged well-wishers to celebrate the life of the anti-apartheid leader ahead of his 95th birthday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" align="left" title="South African Amonra Maluleka, 2, holds a framed picture showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Grandson Ndaba Mandela said Tuesday that the ailing former president is very much alive and urged well-wishers to celebrate the life of the anti-apartheid leader ahead of his 95th birthday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world donate just over an hour of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-foundation-wants-volunteers-95th-b-day-112331064.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 08:50:25 -0400Associated Pressmandela-foundation-wants-volunteers-95th-b-day-112331064<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-foundation-wants-volunteers-95th-b-day-112331064.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tgwDIlagrDeJId0RhP_V0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4a393eb0f26b1816370f6a706700a026.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South African Amonra Maluleka, 2, holds a framed picture showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Grandson Ndaba Mandela said Tuesday that the ailing former president is very much alive and urged well-wishers to celebrate the life of the anti-apartheid leader ahead of his 95th birthday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" align="left" title="South African Amonra Maluleka, 2, holds a framed picture showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Grandson Ndaba Mandela said Tuesday that the ailing former president is very much alive and urged well-wishers to celebrate the life of the anti-apartheid leader ahead of his 95th birthday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world donate just over an hour of their time when South Africa&#039;s former president turns 95 next week.</p><br clear="all"/>GOMA, Congo (AP) ? Congo's M23 rebels are calling for a ceasefire before continuing peace negotiations with the government.http://news.yahoo.com/congo-rebels-want-ceasefire-talks-180438293.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 14:04:38 -0400Associated Presscongo-rebels-want-ceasefire-talks-180438293MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) ? Officials at Kenya's Mombasa port impounded more than three tons of illegal ivory disguised as peanuts for export to Malaysia, the second such seizure there in less than a week.http://news.yahoo.com/kenyan-officials-seize-ivory-disguised-peanuts-142215226.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 12:08:44 -0400Associated Presskenyan-officials-seize-ivory-disguised-peanuts-142215226<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-85m-short-july-31-election-152209045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vy.9n45Ue6o9KWQj8HZTUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7d412a73b450e716360f6a706700d85c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai delivers his speech at the launch of the party&#039;s election campaign in Marondera about 100 kilometres east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, July, 7, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai is set to kick of his election campaign which will see him contest against President Robert Mugabe in an election set for July 31 2013. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)" align="left" title="Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai delivers his speech at the launch of the party&#039;s election campaign in Marondera about 100 kilometres east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, July, 7, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai is set to kick of his election campaign which will see him contest against President Robert Mugabe in an election set for July 31 2013. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)" border="0" /></a>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? Zimbabwe&#039;s finance ministry said it needs to resolve a shortfall of about $85 million needed for crucial national elections just three weeks away, as a month-long chaotic voter registration effort drew to a close Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-85m-short-july-31-election-152209045.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 11:22:09 -0400Associated Presszimbabwe-85m-short-july-31-election-152209045<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-85m-short-july-31-election-152209045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vy.9n45Ue6o9KWQj8HZTUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7d412a73b450e716360f6a706700d85c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai delivers his speech at the launch of the party&#039;s election campaign in Marondera about 100 kilometres east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, July, 7, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai is set to kick of his election campaign which will see him contest against President Robert Mugabe in an election set for July 31 2013. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)" align="left" title="Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai delivers his speech at the launch of the party&#039;s election campaign in Marondera about 100 kilometres east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, July, 7, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai is set to kick of his election campaign which will see him contest against President Robert Mugabe in an election set for July 31 2013. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)" border="0" /></a>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? Zimbabwe&#039;s finance ministry said it needs to resolve a shortfall of about $85 million needed for crucial national elections just three weeks away, as a month-long chaotic voter registration effort drew to a close Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-trial-spark-lit-flame-50-years-ago-151322424.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eCvtW3fx8pQLQCAf_sKxiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70975821d3d60216370f6a7067005c83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Denis Goldberg, left, and Ahmed Kathadra, friends and prisoners with former South African President Nelson Mandela, attends an event of the 50th anniversary of the raid against him and other former African National Congress leaders at the Liliesleaf Farm in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 8, 2013. Mandela remains in a critical condition in a hospital in Pretoria. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" align="left" title="Denis Goldberg, left, and Ahmed Kathadra, friends and prisoners with former South African President Nelson Mandela, attends an event of the 50th anniversary of the raid against him and other former African National Congress leaders at the Liliesleaf Farm in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 8, 2013. Mandela remains in a critical condition in a hospital in Pretoria. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Three silver-haired men sat together and recalled a court case 50 years ago that rocketed their friend and fellow freedom fighter to fame. To one man in the group that friend is simply &quot;Nel.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-trial-spark-lit-flame-50-years-ago-151322424.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 11:13:22 -0400Associated Pressmandela-trial-spark-lit-flame-50-years-ago-151322424<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-trial-spark-lit-flame-50-years-ago-151322424.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eCvtW3fx8pQLQCAf_sKxiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70975821d3d60216370f6a7067005c83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Denis Goldberg, left, and Ahmed Kathadra, friends and prisoners with former South African President Nelson Mandela, attends an event of the 50th anniversary of the raid against him and other former African National Congress leaders at the Liliesleaf Farm in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 8, 2013. Mandela remains in a critical condition in a hospital in Pretoria. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" align="left" title="Denis Goldberg, left, and Ahmed Kathadra, friends and prisoners with former South African President Nelson Mandela, attends an event of the 50th anniversary of the raid against him and other former African National Congress leaders at the Liliesleaf Farm in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 8, 2013. Mandela remains in a critical condition in a hospital in Pretoria. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Three silver-haired men sat together and recalled a court case 50 years ago that rocketed their friend and fellow freedom fighter to fame. To one man in the group that friend is simply &quot;Nel.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? The Zimbabwe president's office says weekly cabinet meetings have been cancelled for the rest of the month as the finance ministry confirmed it is battling to raise money for the hastily-called elections just three weeks away.http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-stops-cabinet-meetings-elections-144106730.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 10:41:06 -0400Associated Presszimbabwe-stops-cabinet-meetings-elections-144106730<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-mandela-very-much-alive-grandson-says-121252119.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HCE.ytM7HgIegTpA.RxFhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/acdbc0bff17c1416370f6a7067004dbd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, center-left, the Xhosa king who rules the Thembu tribe to which the Mandela family belongs, escorts Nelson Mandela&#039;s former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to her car, after they visited the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 9, 2013. No official update was made Tuesday morning on the status of the ailing 94-year-old, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection, though court documents say he is breathing with the help of a respirator. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, center-left, the Xhosa king who rules the Thembu tribe to which the Mandela family belongs, escorts Nelson Mandela&#039;s former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to her car, after they visited the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 9, 2013. No official update was made Tuesday morning on the status of the ailing 94-year-old, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection, though court documents say he is breathing with the help of a respirator. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? A grandson of Nelson Mandela said Tuesday the ailing former president is very much alive, while the South African government announced he remains in a critical but stable condition.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-mandela-very-much-alive-grandson-says-121252119.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 09:02:10 -0400Associated Presssafrica-mandela-very-much-alive-grandson-says-121252119<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-mandela-very-much-alive-grandson-says-121252119.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HCE.ytM7HgIegTpA.RxFhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/acdbc0bff17c1416370f6a7067004dbd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, center-left, the Xhosa king who rules the Thembu tribe to which the Mandela family belongs, escorts Nelson Mandela&#039;s former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to her car, after they visited the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 9, 2013. No official update was made Tuesday morning on the status of the ailing 94-year-old, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection, though court documents say he is breathing with the help of a respirator. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, center-left, the Xhosa king who rules the Thembu tribe to which the Mandela family belongs, escorts Nelson Mandela&#039;s former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to her car, after they visited the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, July 9, 2013. No official update was made Tuesday morning on the status of the ailing 94-year-old, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection, though court documents say he is breathing with the help of a respirator. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? A grandson of Nelson Mandela said Tuesday the ailing former president is very much alive, while the South African government announced he remains in a critical but stable condition.</p><br clear="all"/>LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ? A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced four alleged Islamic extremists to life in prison for two bombings that killed 19 people last year, the official news agency of Nigeria reported.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-court-life-jail-4-bombers-122530237.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 09:00:52 -0400Associated Pressnigeria-court-life-jail-4-bombers-122530237<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-soldiers-091424422.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MyOTaolnP3SPBCfub.E_gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/127268f6f0eb1116370f6a706700d79f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Somali soldiers guards a destroyed military vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. A Somali official says a bomb blast in the main market in the Somali capital has left at least five government soldiers wounded. Mogadishu police official Mohamed Hussein said Tuesday that the bomb was concealed inside a Somali military pick-up truck in Mogadishu&#039;s sprawling Bakara market. (AP Photo /Farah Abdi) Warsameh" align="left" title="A Somali soldiers guards a destroyed military vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. A Somali official says a bomb blast in the main market in the Somali capital has left at least five government soldiers wounded. Mogadishu police official Mohamed Hussein said Tuesday that the bomb was concealed inside a Somali military pick-up truck in Mogadishu&#039;s sprawling Bakara market. (AP Photo /Farah Abdi) Warsameh" border="0" /></a>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? A bomb exploded inside the largest market in the Somali capital on Tuesday, wounding at least five government soldiers aboard a military vehicle, police officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-soldiers-091424422.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 07:31:05 -0400Associated Pressbomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-soldiers-091424422<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-soldiers-091424422.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MyOTaolnP3SPBCfub.E_gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/127268f6f0eb1116370f6a706700d79f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Somali soldiers guards a destroyed military vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. A Somali official says a bomb blast in the main market in the Somali capital has left at least five government soldiers wounded. Mogadishu police official Mohamed Hussein said Tuesday that the bomb was concealed inside a Somali military pick-up truck in Mogadishu&#039;s sprawling Bakara market. (AP Photo /Farah Abdi) Warsameh" align="left" title="A Somali soldiers guards a destroyed military vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July, 9, 2013. A Somali official says a bomb blast in the main market in the Somali capital has left at least five government soldiers wounded. Mogadishu police official Mohamed Hussein said Tuesday that the bomb was concealed inside a Somali military pick-up truck in Mogadishu&#039;s sprawling Bakara market. (AP Photo /Farah Abdi) Warsameh" border="0" /></a>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? A bomb exploded inside the largest market in the Somali capital on Tuesday, wounding at least five government soldiers aboard a military vehicle, police officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-remains-critical-hospital-095541619.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lbsxwcxMSUuMo.c8cQ.Fnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/381fc327d3840016370f6a706700959e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A young boy poses for a photograph of him holding a portrait of Nelson Mandela next to a wall of get-well messages and flowers laid outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Monday, July 8, 2013. There was no official update Monday morning on the health of the 94-year-old former president and anti-apartheid leader, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="A young boy poses for a photograph of him holding a portrait of Nelson Mandela next to a wall of get-well messages and flowers laid outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Monday, July 8, 2013. There was no official update Monday morning on the health of the 94-year-old former president and anti-apartheid leader, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition as he enters his second month in hospital.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-remains-critical-hospital-095541619.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 05:55:41 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-mandela-remains-critical-hospital-095541619<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-remains-critical-hospital-095541619.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lbsxwcxMSUuMo.c8cQ.Fnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/381fc327d3840016370f6a706700959e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A young boy poses for a photograph of him holding a portrait of Nelson Mandela next to a wall of get-well messages and flowers laid outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Monday, July 8, 2013. There was no official update Monday morning on the health of the 94-year-old former president and anti-apartheid leader, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="A young boy poses for a photograph of him holding a portrait of Nelson Mandela next to a wall of get-well messages and flowers laid outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Monday, July 8, 2013. There was no official update Monday morning on the health of the 94-year-old former president and anti-apartheid leader, who was admitted June 8 to the hospital for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition as he enters his second month in hospital.</p><br clear="all"/>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? A Somali official says a bomb blast in the main market in the Somali capital has left at least five government soldiers wounded.http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-5-083252381.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 04:32:52 -0400Associated Pressbomb-blast-somali-capital-wounds-5-083252381MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? A hijacked Malaysian-flagged ship that pirates have held off the coast of Somalia since November 2010 sank in rough seas, the European Union Naval Force said Monday, and a pirate commander said the ship had faced mechanical problems.http://news.yahoo.com/ship-seized-somali-pirates-sinks-203622369.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 16:36:22 -0400Associated Pressship-seized-somali-pirates-sinks-203622369ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ? Nigeria's finance minister says President Goodluck Jonathan's visit to China will finalize $1.1 billion in low-interest loans for much-needed infrastructure in Africa's giant, from airports and roads to a hydropower plant.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-1-billion-infrastructure-loan-china-180321812.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 14:06:07 -0400Associated Pressnigeria-1-billion-infrastructure-loan-china-180321812<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/race-gebrselassie-enter-politics-170042128.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A24boCKV2YRKYvQKB3hdmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/20f725fed341ff16360f6a706700f7fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="File- In this photo taken Friday, April 12, 2013 Ethiopia&#039;s long distance runner and marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie speaks during a news conference ahead of the Vienna city marathon in Vienna, Austria. Gebrselassie says that he is entering politics and may run for president of Ethiopia, even if some closest to him, including members of his own family, are against it. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion in the 10,000 meters, who set over two dozen distance world records in his career, tells The Associated Press he wants to ?reach more people? through politics, a topic most Ethiopians avoid at all costs in a restrictive society with few civil liberties. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)" align="left" title="File- In this photo taken Friday, April 12, 2013 Ethiopia&#039;s long distance runner and marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie speaks during a news conference ahead of the Vienna city marathon in Vienna, Austria. Gebrselassie says that he is entering politics and may run for president of Ethiopia, even if some closest to him, including members of his own family, are against it. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion in the 10,000 meters, who set over two dozen distance world records in his career, tells The Associated Press he wants to ?reach more people? through politics, a topic most Ethiopians avoid at all costs in a restrictive society with few civil liberties. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)" border="0" /></a>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ? Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie is entering politics and may now run for president of Ethiopia ? even if his wife is not sure it&#039;s a good idea.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/race-gebrselassie-enter-politics-170042128.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 13:59:38 -0400Associated Pressrace-gebrselassie-enter-politics-170042128<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/race-gebrselassie-enter-politics-170042128.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A24boCKV2YRKYvQKB3hdmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/20f725fed341ff16360f6a706700f7fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="File- In this photo taken Friday, April 12, 2013 Ethiopia&#039;s long distance runner and marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie speaks during a news conference ahead of the Vienna city marathon in Vienna, Austria. Gebrselassie says that he is entering politics and may run for president of Ethiopia, even if some closest to him, including members of his own family, are against it. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion in the 10,000 meters, who set over two dozen distance world records in his career, tells The Associated Press he wants to ?reach more people? through politics, a topic most Ethiopians avoid at all costs in a restrictive society with few civil liberties. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)" align="left" title="File- In this photo taken Friday, April 12, 2013 Ethiopia&#039;s long distance runner and marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie speaks during a news conference ahead of the Vienna city marathon in Vienna, Austria. Gebrselassie says that he is entering politics and may run for president of Ethiopia, even if some closest to him, including members of his own family, are against it. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion in the 10,000 meters, who set over two dozen distance world records in his career, tells The Associated Press he wants to ?reach more people? through politics, a topic most Ethiopians avoid at all costs in a restrictive society with few civil liberties. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)" border="0" /></a>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ? Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie is entering politics and may now run for president of Ethiopia ? even if his wife is not sure it&#039;s a good idea.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-remains-hospital-074645222.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/svIt2N4sW4ZLG8cxlX91aQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f3f16528b494e816360f6a7067009127.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Well wishers sing songs in support of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Sunday, July 7, 2013. South Africa&#039;s anti-apartheid hero, who was admitted June 8 for a recurring lung infection, has now spent a month in the hospital. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" align="left" title="Well wishers sing songs in support of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Sunday, July 7, 2013. South Africa&#039;s anti-apartheid hero, who was admitted June 8 for a recurring lung infection, has now spent a month in the hospital. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela remains in a South African hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-remains-hospital-074645222.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 05:32:51 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-mandela-remains-hospital-074645222<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-mandela-r

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