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Mine workers sit on a hill where a year ago, police opened fire on fellow workers killing 34 and injuring 78, during a memorial service to get under way, near the Marikana, South Africa, platinum mine, Friday Aug. 16, 2013.
Marikana Massacre   Marikana Massacre Anniversary   Photos   South Africa Miners   Wikipedia: Marikana miners' strike   		 Voa News 
South Africa Marks Anniversary of Killing of Miners
Fri 16 Aug 2013
VOA News | A memorial service is being held for the 34 striking miners who were shot in cold blood a year ago by police at a platinum mine in South Africa. | The service Friday on the site of the shoo... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Police surround the bodies of striking miners after opening fire on a crowd at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
Marikana Massacre   Marikana Massacre Anniversary   Photos   South Africa Miners   Wikipedia: Marikana miners' strike   		 Al Jazeera 
South Africa commemorates Marikana deaths
Fri 16 Aug 2013
South Africa is holding commemorations to mark the deaths of 44 people killed during a wage-related strike at a platinum mine in Marikana last year. | Reports said workers at the Lonmin platinum plant... (photo: AP)
Zimbabwean President elect, Robert Mugabe, during the country's commemoration of Defence Forces Day, in Harare, Tuesday, August, 13, 2013. Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals, with whom he had ruled in a tense coalition government, "like garbage."  Swissinfo  Tue 13 Aug 2013
Zimbabwe's Mugabe plans 'final phase' of black ownership plan
  | Reuters | August 13, 2013 - 15:29 | By Cris Chinaka | HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Tuesday he saw his victory in last month's election as a mandate for "total... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Business   Harare   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe  
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends an Independence Day parade on the 50th anniversary of Senegal's Independence from colonial power France, in Dakar, Senegal Sunday, April 4, 2010.  The Hindu  Mon 12 Aug 2013
Accept poll defeat or “commit suicide”, Mugabe tells rivals
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe told his political opponents on Monday that if they could not accept the official election results that saw his re-election and his party win a two-thirds majority in ... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
Business   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe  
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A military officer speak on his mobile phone during a march by Sierra Leone peacekeeping soldiers to Darfur in Freetown. CNN Mon 12 Aug 2013
We are watching you! Tech helps Africans hold governments to account
August 12, 2013 -- Updated 0931 GMT (1731 HKT) | Mobile phones are helping African citizens hold their governments to account, says Loren Treisman. Map Kibera Trust has u... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Kenya   Nigeria   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Africa  
Golf course Joy Online Mon 12 Aug 2013
10 of the best golf courses in Africa
For a reputedly impoverished continent, Africa has a remarkable number of golf courses -- 828 courses in 50 countries with a little more than half of those, 450, located ... (photo: WN / Luum Photos)
Africa   Egypt   Golf   Photos   Wikipedia: Golf course  
Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, attends the 12th African Union Summit Feb. 2, 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BBC News Mon 12 Aug 2013
Mugabe makes first speech since disputed Zimbabwe poll
Robert Mugabe is to deliver his first public speech since he won Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election. | Mr Mugabe will address a Heroes' Day celebration i... (photo: Public Domain / Martin H.)
Election   Harare   Photos   Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe  
Britain's Prince Harry arrives to present the awards at the Woman's Own Children of Courage Awards at Westminster Abbey in London, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2008. US News Sun 11 Aug 2013
Prince Harry visits Angola to see mine clearance
Comment () Tweet | LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is visiting Angola to see mine clearance efforts there with a charity championed by his late mother, Princess Diana. |... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Angola   Charity   London   Photos   Wikipedia: Prince Harry of Wales  
Movement For Democratic Change(MDC) spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora, centre, addresses the media outside the Constitutional Court in Harare, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai represented by his lawyer Chris Mhike made application in the Constitutional Court challenging the results of the presidential elections which saw President elect, Robert Mugabe receiving more than 60 percent of the vote with his main challenger Morgan Tsvangirai declaring the election null and void. Austin American Statesman Fri 9 Aug 2013
Zimbabwe opposition files poll challenge
Lawyers for outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday they filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court of the July 31 election results that gave Zimbabwe's ... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Zimbabwean general election, 2013   Zimbabwe  


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Police surround the bodies of striking miners after opening fire on a crowd at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. South Africa commemorates Marikana deaths Al Jazeera
Zimbabwean President elect, Robert Mugabe, during the country's commemoration of Defence Forces Day, in Harare, Tuesday, August, 13, 2013. Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals, with whom he had ruled in a tense coalition government, "like garbage." Zimbabwe's Mugabe plans 'final phase' of black ownership plan Swissinfo
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends an Independence Day parade on the 50th anniversary of Senegal's Independence from colonial power France, in Dakar, Senegal Sunday, April 4, 2010. Accept poll defeat or “commit suicide”, Mugabe tells rivals The Hindu
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