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Anti-Polio Campaign Moves to Emergency Mode in Africa

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

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

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

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

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.