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Workers at an embattled South Africa mine have vowed to prolong their wildcat strike, saying that returning to work would be “an insult” to 34 colleagues killed by police, even as the mine operator threatened to fire them over the walkout.

Somalia’s first formal parliament in more than 20 years is to be sworn in the capital, Mogadishu, marking an end to an eight-year transitional period.

Dozens of people were reported killed across Syria on the first day on the Muslim Eid a;-Fitr holiday, as clashes between the army and rebels continued.

A Chinese court has confirmed handing down a suspended death sentence for Gu Kailai, the wife of fallen politician Bo Xilai, for murdering a British businessman.

Pakistani authorities have arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country’s strict blasphemy laws after neighbours surrounded her house and demanded police take action, according to a police officer.

Hundreds of information technology professionals, industry executives and policymakers will attend the Cloud East Africa Summit that will take place in Nairobi next month, organizers said.

The Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete has abandoned a possible war between his country and the neighboring Malawi over the Niassa lake borders even as the Malawian government maintains the controversial lake belongs to her state.