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Anti-Polio Campaign Moves to Emergency Mode in Africa

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 4 June, 2012 - 15:58

A campaign to rid the world of polio has been under way since 1988, successfully reducing the number of cases of the disease by 99 percent. An estimated 5 million young people are able-bodied, spared a life lived in the partial paralysis caused by polio, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Nigeria: 153 Killed As Dana Aircraft Crashes in Lagos

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 4 June, 2012 - 15:43

It had less than three minutes to make it to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, but the Dana Airline flight from Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport,

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Faces End of Political Career

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 4 June, 2012 - 15:38

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma will now have a hands-on-approach to Zimbabwe's political crisis amid fears in Zanu PF that last week's Sadc extra-ordinary summit held in Angola effectively ended President Robert

Hosni Mubarak jailed for life

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 2 June, 2012 - 19:24

An Egyptian court has sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.

The 84-year-old is the first former leader to be tried in person since the start of the Arab Spring in early 2011.

South Africa: Top Team for African Athletics Championship

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 2 June, 2012 - 19:21

A strong 75-member team has been selected to represent South Africa at the Confederation of African Athletics Senior Championships in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July. It includes some of the country's leading Olympic medal hopes.