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Dar es Salaam -
President Jakaya Kikwete has said Tanzania’s government has experienced serious financial difficulties in the recent past, revealing it was overwhelmed by debts.

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Yaounde -
Cameroon wants a new contract with Chad over transportation of oil.

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[African Arguments]

If 2011 was a record year for elections in Africa, it was also the year frontier exploration for oil and gas came of age.

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Kisumu -
US President Barack Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, sustained bruises during a road accident at Otonglo on the Kisumu-Busia highway at the weekend.

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[IPS]
Cape Town -
When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. In the end, it was this outspoken support that showed finanical backers that the station was worth saving.

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[Swazi Media]

An ill-timed outburst by King Mswati III’s advisor and senior member of the royal household, Prince Mahlaba is what has delayed Swaziland’s bid to secure a E2.4 billion bailout from neighbouring South Africa, the Nation Magazine in Swaziland reports.

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[Balancing Act]
London -
Many African regulators’ have introduced a tax on international inbound calls. It started with Côte d’Ivoire and then spread like a plague to Gabon, Ghana and Senegal, to name but a few. The latest country wanting to join the fold is Liberia and operators are seeking to persuade the regulator LTA not to go ahead.

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[Citizen]

Now President Beshir of Allah Sudan is back with war tune and this time he is demanding oil money as a compensation for allowing independence of the Sudan.

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[IPS]
Benghazi -
It’s been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was killed, but there is a growing sense of frustration in eastern Libya with the National Transitional Council. Two weeks ago, a group of protesters attacked the Council’s Benghazi headquarters as chairman Mustafa Abdeljalil was inside, forcing him to flee through the back door.

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At least 26 people are dead following a grisly road accident that occurred on Friday night on the busy Kisumu-Kakamega highway at the Mamboleo black spot.

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