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06 May 2009 

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  Tournament Gives Senegalese Women a Turn on the Soccer Field  Audio Clip Available
  Farm Workers Lose Livelihoods in Zimbabwe's Land Reform  Audio Clip Available
  South Africa Lifts Visa Requirements for Zimbabweans
  Zuma To Name Cabinet by Sunday
  Zimbabwe Unity Government Principals Said to Resolve Crisis Over Arrests  Audio Clip Available
  Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Persists in Harare Amid Continued Water Woes  Audio Clip Available
  Disappointing Zimbabwe Maize Harvest Points To Early Food Aid Resumption  Audio Clip Available
  Electoral Groups Urge Timely Reform of Zimbabwean Balloting System  Audio Clip Available
  Survey Shows Rising Dissatisfaction With Leadership in Uganda  Audio Clip Available
  UNICEF Concerned by Child Abductions in Southern Sudan
  Security Forces on High Alert in Nigeria's Poll Re-Run
  Zimbabwe Teachers Strike Averted  Audio Clip Available
  Mauritanian Military Supporters Want US Diplomat Expelled
  Re-Arrest of Activists Sparks Tension in Zimbabwe Government  Audio Clip Available
  Sweden Presses Eritrean Diplomats for Journalist's Release  Audio Clip Available
  Former Rebels to Hold Negotiations with Kinshasa for Implementing Agreement  Audio Clip Available
  Somalia Has Proof Of Eritrea’s Meddling in Internal Affairs, Says Minister  Audio Clip Available
  Harare Arts Festival Opens to Criticism  Audio Clip Available
  Zimbabwe Education Minister, Backed by Donors, Fends Off Teacher Strike  Audio Clip Available
  IMF Board Takes Up Zimbabwe Case As Harare Seeks to Restore Standing  Audio Clip Available
  Zimbabwe's Monomotapa Now Awaits CAF Championship Group Drawing  Audio Clip Available
  Somalia Accuses Eritrea of Illegal Arms Shipments  Audio Clip Available
  Sudan, Chad Agree to Stop Hostilities
  No Slaughter Necessary, Despite A-H1N1 Flu Found in Canadian Pigs
  South Korea Rescues North Korean Ship Near Somalia
  Fight to End World Hunger Could Still be Lost, says FAO  Audio Clip Available
  South Africa's New Parliament Convenes Tuesday
  Zimbabwe's National Unity Government Locks Horns on Land  Audio Clip Available
  Special Court Rejects Acquittal of Former Liberian President  Audio Clip Available
  Gates: Arab Allies Should Not Worry About Possible US-Iran Rapprochement  Audio Clip Available
  Liberian Internet Site Announces Coverage Boycott of President Sirleaf's Office  Audio Clip Available
  Malaria Vaccine Nearer to Testing in Africa  Audio Clip Available
  Somali Legislators to Continue Work Despite Insurgents Threats  Audio Clip Available
  Nigeria Parliament to Consider President Yar’Adua’s Electoral Reform Bill  Audio Clip Available
  Change Not Coming Soon Enough for Zimbabwean Journalists  Audio Clip Available
  Mbeki Says AU Panel on Darfur To Meet ICC Prosecutor
  Investigators To Set Agenda For Gaza Fact-Finding Mission
  Study Unlocks Genetic Diversity in Africa  Audio Clip Available
  Activist Optimistic About Kenya Sex Ban  Audio Clip Available
  Leader Of Ethiopian Political Pressure Group Defends Their Objectives  Audio Clip Available