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In a U.S. House of Representatives Africa subcommittee hearing on Sudan last month, Congressman Donald Payne, a Democrat from New Jersey, announced that he would introduce a resolution calling for the exclusion of foreign companies developing Sudan's oil sector from U.S. capital markets.
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At one point she floated the idea of seeing the house where "Out of Africa" was filmed.
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Another row broke out over the placement of a bronze statue of Nelson Mandela - Ken Livingstone wants it to the north, Westminster Council in front of South Africa House - so far it is 1-0 to Westminster.
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Forensic experts are expected to continue examining the house in the Silver Lakes area on the outskirts of South Africa's administrative capital where Ms Steenkamp, 29, died.
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As editor of a British publishing house Heinemann's African Writer Series, he edited, published and promoted early entrants into Africa's pantheon of writers: Kenya's Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ghana's Ayi Kwei Armah, Cameroon's Mongo Beti.
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The speaking tour came at decisive time for the former president, who the previous year had opted for an extended safari in Africa instead of a third term in the White House.
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"We continue to call for her release from continuing house arrest, " U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a diplomatic trip to Africa.
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Terrorist safe havens in North Africa are a threat to the United States, at least according to the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
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