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TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** France tables a draft resolution on Burundi at the UN....

*** South African President Jacob Zuma begins state visit to Germany...

*** Somalia gets more support from the UN as it prepares for elections...

*** In Economics: Phuthuma Nhleko takes over as MTN Executive Chairman...

*** And In Sports: South Africa's Under-23 soccer team to play against Tanzania....

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** France tables a draft resolution on Burundi at the UN....

*** South African President Jacob Zuma begins state visit to Germany...

*** Somalia gets more support from the UN as it prepares for elections...

*** In Economics: Phuthuma Nhleko takes over as MTN Executive Chairman...

*** And In Sports: South Africa's Under-23 soccer team to play against Tanzania....

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Gunmen kill nine people at a night club in Bujumbura..

*** Efforts to resolve Lesotho political crisis continue....

*** South African president Jacob Zuma to visit Germany...

*** In Economics: Congo starts producing copper at a joint venture mine....

*** And In Sports: Congo's TP Mazembe wins CAF Champions League...

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Gunmen kill nine people at a night club in Bujumbura..

*** Efforts to resolve Lesotho political crisis continue....

*** South African president Jacob Zuma to visit Germany...

*** In Economics: Congo starts producing copper at a joint venture mine....

*** And In Sports: Congo's TP Mazembe wins CAF Champions League...

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Tanzania's president-elect, John Magufuli, will be sworn in tomorrow as the country's fifth head of state...

*** The current President of the UN Security Council optimistic about peace talks between Israel and Palestine...

*** In sport: South African swimmers end the Doha leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup on a high
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TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Tanzania's president-elect, John Magufuli, will be sworn in tomorrow as the country's fifth head of state...

*** The current President of the UN Security Council optimistic about peace talks between Israel and Palestine...

*** In sport: South African swimmers end the Doha leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup on a high

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TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Rwanda's Paul Kagame is seeking the help of INTERPOL to track down the 1994 Rwandan genocide fugitives...

*** The UN Mission in South Sudan has confirmed that 20 of its peacekeepers have been freed after being detained for three days...

*** In sport: Six medals for South Africa at the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup in Doha

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Rwanda's Paul Kagame is seeking the help of INTERPOL to track down the 1994 Rwandan genocide fugitives...

*** The UN Mission in South Sudan has confirmed that 20 of its peacekeepers have been freed after being detained for three days...

*** In sport: Six medals for South Africa at the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup in Doha

TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** Rwanda's Paul Kagame gets the thumbs up from the country's lower house of parliament to extend his rule beyond a second term that ends in 2017...

*** South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance expells its senior parliamentarian over her racial remarks...