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Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership
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Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence
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Delays plague Somali offensive against Islamists
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Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell pipeline
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S.African president expresses regret over affair
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Danish forces free ship captured by pirates
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