Congo (DRC): Big break for local music act
The group, which includes Ntokozo "KO" Mdluli, and brothers Bantu and Eeze Hanabe, have been nominated together with five other African acts - Congolese Fally Ipupa, Nigerians 2Face and D"Banj, Benin"s Angelique Kidjo and Ghanaian D-Black - in the category best African international act. The BET awards honour ...
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Congo: Portman faked it: ballerina
Sarah Lane, 27, a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre, insists that she is the victim of a cover-up and that fans of the film were lied to about how much dancing Portman did in the movie. "Of the full-body shots, I would say 5% are Natalie," she ...
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Congo: Ben Affleck to testify on DR Congo
Affleck, founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative advocacy organization, will appear Tuesday before the House Africa, Global Health and Human Rights Subcommittee, Republican Representative Chris Smith said in a statement. The actor -- who starred in "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor," and won the best original screenplay Oscar for ...
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Congo: "Thir
Most of the winning team play for third-tier league clubs because Premier League and First Division clubs refused to release their players for a tournament restricted to home-based footballers. Ghana, runners-up to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first African Nations Championship two years ago, boasted a ...
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Congo: Darkness en pointe
DIRECTOR: DARREN ARONOFSKY CAST: NATALIE PORTMAN, MILA KUNIS, VINCENT CASSEL, WINONA RYDER When I was at art school, ballerinas were strange things: skinny, pretty, childish girls wrapped up in a world of endless practising and after-hour dedication to their craft, accused of bulimia, self-flagellation and arrogance. ...
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Congo: Hunting monsters in deep unknown
This fishing show with seven episodes started on January 10 and airs only on Mondays. For Wade it"s not fish that he"s after, it"s about solving mysteries about deadly fish. It"s an international excursion that sees him engage in battles with the beasts that lie beneath these waters, ...
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Congo (DRC): Mazembe use the juju of moola
The magicians in question are not "special projects" consultants, but the players themselves. Dioko Kaluyitaka and Papy Kabangu"s stupendous goals in Mazembe"s 2-0 win over South American champions Internacional served to notify the world that earning a club salary in Europe is not the only viable career path for excellent ...
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Congo (DRC): Mazembe use the juju of moola
The magicians in question are not "special projects" consultants, but the players themselves. Dioko Kaluyitaka and Papy Kabangu"s stupendous goals in Mazembe"s 2-0 win over South American champions Internacional served to notify the world that earning a club salary in Europe is not the only viable career path for excellent ...
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Congo: African champions TP Mazembe makes club World Cup final
The side from the Democratic Republic of Congo broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute, with striker Mulota Kabangu controlling a knockdown in the area before placing a right-foot shot into the top corner past flat-footed goalkeeper Renan. Dioko Kaluyituka sealed the victory in the 85th by ...
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Congo: Club World Cup could save Benitez"s job
When he was Liverpool manager, Benitez lost the 2005 Club World Cup to Sao Paulo of Brazil. He comes into the 2010 edition, which starts on Wednesday and runs to Dec. 18, hoping his injury-plagued Inter Milan squad shows the dominance it displayed last year in claiming a treble of ...
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Burundi: Pirates look for redemption
Pirates skipper Lucky Lekgwathi, who had one of those nightmare games when Amakhosi trounced his side 3-1 at the same venue in the league version of the Soweto Derby last month, said his side would make amends. The hard tackling Bucs captain was responsible for Chiefs two first half goals. ...
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Congo (DRC): Pillowtalk with author Sarah Lotz
Agency Blue by Alex Smith. In a nutshell, what"s the book about? A semi-graphic novel aimed at young adults, Agency Blue is a story within a story. Khayelitsha-based graphic novelist Joe Blue Siyengo weaves a tale around the Agency Blue detective firm, started by ...
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Burundi: Chiefs are not underdogs in derby: Khune
"If anything Pirates are the underdogs," Khune said on Thursday while reflecting on Chiefs" shock 1-0 loss to Santos at the Rand Stadium on Wednesday night. "We will rise to the occasion. The derby is special and like no other fixture in South Africa. The fact we lost ...
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Burundi: Chiefs wield big guns
That means he will not be shielding his star winger Siphiwe Tshabalala, and ice-cool central defender Valery Nahayo. Both are on two yellow cards and should they get booked against Santos, they will miss Saturday"s Soweto derby against Orlando Pirates. "I might rotate players against Santos, but I ...
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Congo (DRC): Women bear the brunt of DRC violence
First the rebel soldiers told residents of the villages in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) not to worry. They were just there for a rest and would do no harm. But as dusk fell, the fighters encircled five villages simultaneously, and the gang rapes began. Six ...
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Burundi: War clouds gather above Burundi"s marshes
Rukoko, Burundi - Burundi"s authorities prefer to speak of bandits, not rebels, but for the people living in the Rukoko marshes, the cause of recent violence is an open secret: the civil war has resumed. Groups of armed men have carried out deadly raids in the area, forcing the population ...
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Burundi: Seven killed in Burundi raid
Seven civilians were killed by gunmen on Wednesday in an area north of Bujumbura that residents suspect of harbouring a reformed rebellion and where security forces launched a sweep. Regional administrator Bonaventure Ntirandekura said a gang of eight bandits in army uniform attacked and killed sugar factory workers in ...
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Burundi: Seven killed in Burundi raid
Seven civilians were killed by gunmen on Wednesday in an area north of Bujumbura that residents suspect of harbouring a reformed rebellion and where security forces launched a sweep. Regional administrator Bonaventure Ntirandekura said a gang of eight bandits in army uniform attacked and killed sugar factory workers in ...
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Congo: Gem blitz in Congo may be tough
Congo will struggle to enforce its new ban on mining in rebellious eastern areas and the move is likely to increase smuggling rather than help clean up an industry accused of fuelling conflict, analysts say. Congo is under growing international pressure to stop armed groups profiting from mining, but ...
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Congo: Congo extends mining ban
Congo"s president has ordered mining suspensions in three provinces in the volatile eastern region of the country. President Joseph Kabila ordered the indefinite suspensions on Saturday, days after he suspended mining in Walikale, where rebels raped hundreds of people last month. He says "mafia groups" fuel conflicts to ...
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Congo: Gem blitz in Congo may be tough
Congo will struggle to enforce its new ban on mining in rebellious eastern areas and the move is likely to increase smuggling rather than help clean up an industry accused of fuelling conflict, analysts say. Congo is under growing international pressure to stop armed groups profiting from mining, but ...
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Congo: Congo extends mining ban
Congo"s president has ordered mining suspensions in three provinces in the volatile eastern region of the country. President Joseph Kabila ordered the indefinite suspensions on Saturday, days after he suspended mining in Walikale, where rebels raped hundreds of people last month. He says "mafia groups" fuel conflicts to ...
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Burundi: Deadly attacks in Burundi claim five lives
Five people including a policeman were killed overnight in Burundi in attacks blamed on bandits, amid reports that a new rebellion is brewing, officials said Saturday. In northern Kayanza province "a group of bandits in army and police uniforms, armed with guns and machetes, attacked the village of Gitwe," ...
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Burundi: Deadly attacks in Burundi claim five lives
Five people including a policeman were killed overnight in Burundi in attacks blamed on bandits, amid reports that a new rebellion is brewing, officials said Saturday. In northern Kayanza province "a group of bandits in army and police uniforms, armed with guns and machetes, attacked the village of Gitwe," ...
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Congo: Adventures in the Cango
IHIT the send button and dispatched my SMS: "Can"t chat now, I"m exploring the Cango." The response came in a second: "The Congo? How exciting!" Apparently it"s an easy mistake as lots of South Africans don"t seem to know the Cango. So here"s a one-sentence summary: ...
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