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October 14, 2012 News Round-up

September 30 - October 5, 2012

AFRICAN INTERNAL RELATIONS

Al Jazeera: "Kenyan and Somali troops surround Kismayo" (October 1, 2012)
Forces advance on port city after Somalia's rebel group al-Shabab, which has been in control, is forced to pull out.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/2012101112944964743.html

The Guardian: "Bring down the African big wigs" (October 3, 2012)
'Traditional' head gear worn by judges in most Commonwealth countries is expensive, uncomfortable and overtly colonial.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/03/malawi-uganda

allAfrica News: "Ghana: Les anciens réfugiés libériens vivent dans l'incertitude" (October 4, 2012)
Thousands of former Liberian refugees still live in Ghana, but what do their sociopolitical and economic futures hold?
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201210041063.html

SAFPI: "Africa's industrial policies key to sustained growth" (October 5, 2012)
There is an urgent need for Africa to develop industrial policies which will underpin the diversification of production structures, raise competitiveness levels and expand the continent's export basket.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/africas-industrial-policies-key-sustained-growth

AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

VOA News: "US Calls on Rwanda to Denounce Congolese Rebels" (September 30, 2012)
The United States says Rwanda should denounce a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is accused of using rape and murder in a campaign of terror.  The United Nations says Rwandan defense officials are backing the militia.  Rwanda denies the allegation.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-calls-on-rwanda-to-denounce-congolese-rebels/1517874.html

Jeune Afrique: "ONU - Sahel : le Ghanéen Mohamed Ibn Chambas pressenti au poste d'envoyé spécial de Ban Ki-moon" (October 1, 2012)
Former Ghanaian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohame Chambas, seems to be Ban Ki-moon's pick for the role of Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the UN for the Sahel region and the crisis in Mali.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121001115250/onu-mali-acp-ban-ki-moononu-sahel-le-ghaneen-mohamed-ibn-chambas-pressenti-au-poste-d-envoye-special-de-ban-ki-moon.html

Jeune Afrique: "Crise au Mali : Abdou Diouf pour une intervention militaire, Africom pour une solution politique" (October 1, 2012)
During a visit to Algiers, General Carter Ham, commander of the top U.S. military forces in Africa (AFRICOM), said he was opposed to any military intervention in northern Mali. "The situation (...) that can be resolved through diplomacy or politics," he said. At the same time, Abdou Diouf said that "the only way to solve [these attacks] was through the "military."
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121001085329/abdou-diouf-abdelaziz-bouteflika-cedeao-africomcrise-au-mali-abdou-diouf-pour-une-intervention-militaire-africom-pour-une-solution-politique.html

SAFPI: "Mozambique Foreign Minister highlights need for UN reform" (October 1, 2012)
Citing a range of challenges to peace in Africa and elsewhere around the world, in his address to the General Assembly, Mozambique's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Oldemiro Baloi, highlighted the need for reform of the United Nations, as well as the revitalization of the Assembly itself.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/mozambique-foreign-minister-highlights-need-un-reform

allAfrica News: "Benoît XVI prêche pour la protection des réfugiés en RDC" (October 2, 2012)
Religious leaders, like the international community, want to play their part in resolving the political and military crisis raging in eastern Congo. Pope Benedict XVI is currently preaching about strengthening the fraternal cooperation in order to save these people.
http://fr.allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00019737.html

Al Jazeera: "Amnesty urges S Sudan to probe army abuses" (October 3, 2012)
Rights group calls on authorities to end torture, shootings and sexual violence by security forces in Jonglei state.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/201210310415822436.html

Jeune Afrique: "RDC : tête-à-tête Hollande-Tshisekedi lors du sommet de la Francophonie" (October 3, 2012)
A meeting between the French President, François Hollande, and Congolese opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, will take place in Kinshasa, October 13, on the sidelines of the Francophonie summit.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2699p006-007.xml7/france-diplomatie-rd-congo-sommet-de-la-francophonierdc-tete-a-tete-hollande-tshisekedi-lors-du-sommet-de-la-francophonie.html

SAFPI: "BRICS struggle to create their own risk assessment agency" (October 3, 2012)
Economists from Argentina, Brazil, and Russia have begun evaluating the possibility of creating their own risk assessment agency to analyze economic development in emerging economies, such as those that make up BRICS: Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/brics-struggle-create-their-own-risk-assessment-agency

Jeune Afrique: "ONU : le Conseil de sécurité se penche sur la demande d'intervention malienne" (October 3, 2012)
"Preliminary" meetings among members of the UN Security Council begin in response to the request for assistance made by Mali. A second meeting will follow in the coming weeks during which ECOWAS will be asked to specify the proposed measures to be taken.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121003082635/onu-mali-islamisme-cedeaoonu-le-conseil-de-securite-se-penche-sur-la-demande-d-intervention-malienne.html

VOA News: "US Expands Military Operations in Africa" (October 3, 2012)
The United States is expanding its military presence in Africa to counter the growing influence of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and other militant groups throughout North and West Africa.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-expands-military-operations-in-africa/1519891.html

BBC News: "Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Desmond Tutu awarded $1 million" (October 4, 2012)
Veteran peace campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded $1 million by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation for "speaking truth to power."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19833837

Jeune Afrique: "Togo - France : Loïk Le Floch-Prigent dans un état de santé 'catastrophique' selon Me Klugman" (October 4, 2012)
Involved in a case of a Nigerian scam and detained in Lomé, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent is in a state of "extremely" poor health, according to his lawyers. Based on a medical certificate they produced, his defense demanded his immediate repatriation to France. At the same time, the Togolese justice department still has not addressed the request for release from September 14.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121004130317/sante-togo-escroquerie-elftogo-france-loik-le-floch-prigent-dans-un-etat-de-sante-catastrophique-selon-me-klugman.html

Reuters Africa: "EU team arrives to oversee Sierra Leone elections" (October 4, 2012)
A team of EU observers has flown into Sierra Leone's capital Freetown to monitor upcoming elections, whose success is viewed as crucial to recovery in the nation scarred by civil war.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE89300F20121004

Reuters Africa: "World Bank trims Africa 2012 growth forecast" (October 4, 2012)
The economies of Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to grow 4.8 percent overall in 2012, the World Bank said on Thursday, cutting its forecast from the 5.2 percent projected earlier in the year.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE89301Z20121004

RFI: "Affaire Chebeya: l'ex-chef de la police congolaise débouté de sa plainte contre le réalisateur Thierry Michel" (October 4, 2012)
The judge of the court in Liège, Belgium, dealt with a complaint by General John Numbi, former police chief of the Democratic Republic of Congo, against Thierry Michel, the director of the documentary about the murder of human rights advocate, Floribert Chebeya, and the trial of this case before the military court of Kinshasa. In its ordinance, the Court considers the case unfounded, that is to say, it dismisses the complaint of General Numbi. But further legal proceedings are still possible.
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121004-affaire-chebeya-ancien-chef-police-congolaise-numbi-deboute-plainte-contre-realisateur-thierry-michel

VOA News: "World Bank: Young Work Force Becomes Asset, Challenge for Africa" (October 4, 2012)
The World Bank says a lack of good jobs for an increasing number of young people in sub-Saharan Africa threatens the continent's recent economic growth. The Bank says sustainable economic development is key to the continent's future success.
http://www.voanews.com/content/world_bank_young_work_force_is_greatest_asset_and_challange_for_africa/1520401.html

BBC: "Mau Mau uprising: Kenyans win UK torture ruling" (October 5, 2012)
Three Kenyans who were tortured by British colonial authorities can proceed with their legal claims against the UK government, a court has ruled.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19843719

SAFPI: "Federal Government moves to appeal Bakassi judgment" (October 5, 2012)
President Goodluck Jonathan has finally bowed to the preponderance of opinion to challenge the October 2002 judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that made Nigeria cede the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/fg-moves-appeal-bakassi-judgment

SAFPI: "Canning SA-EU treaties 'will raise cost of investment'" (October 5, 2012)
Relations between the European Union (EU) and South Africa have soured since the government indicated last month that it was cancelling bilateral investment treaties with the bloc's member states. The government argues that the treaties restrict its ability to transform the country's economy.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/canning-sa-eu-treaties-will-raise-cost-investment

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

RFI: "Centrafrique: apparition d'un nouveau groupe armé dans l'Ouest" (October 4, 2012)
A new armed group could be forming in the north-western region of the CAR, near the border with Cameroon. This group began to operate in this area in June and last took hostage the border region in Cameroon.
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121004-centrafrique-bangui-cameroun-garoua-boulai-tchad-kabo-rebellion

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

RFI: "Côte d'Ivoire : après une bataille de procédure, le procès des militaires pro-Gbagbo a finalement commencé" (October 3, 2012)
The judge decided to reject the request of the defense of the former commander of the Republican Guard, General Dogbo Blé Brunot, who had demanded to be tried in a new court, claiming that his case was being presented before an incompetent judge.
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121003-cote-ivoire-apres-bataille-procedure-proces-militaires-pro-gbagbo-finalement-commence-ouattara

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

allAfrica News: "Congo-Kinshasa: Battle Over DRC's Electoral Commission" (October 1, 2012)
"As predicted by many people, the government colluded with the Bureau of the National Assembly to play a dirty trick and present a hastily drafted government bill in preference to a better and more carefully prepared bill that was drafted by a civil society expert committee (under the auspices of AETA - Act for Transparent and Peaceful Elections) with OSISA's support and was endorsed by an opposition MP as a private members bill."
http://allafrica.com/stories/201210010926.html

Jeune Afrique: "RDC : le M23 menace de prendre Goma, au prétexte de la défense de ses habitants" (October 2, 2012)
Suspected of being behind recent gun and grenade attacks on Goma, M23 continues in its violent ways. For this group, these are aggressions by the regular army. M23 is now threatening to take control over Goma to ensure the safety of people there.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121001171527/onu-rwanda-rebellion-rdcrdc-le-m23-menace-de-prendre-goma-au-pretexte-de-la-defense-de-ses-habitants.html

allAfrica News: "Congo-Kinshasa: Nord-Kivu - La situation sécuritaire demeure tendue" (October 3, 2012)
During a weekly press briefing, the military spokesman for MONUSCO, Lieutenant-Colonel Felix Prosper Basse, confirmed that the security situation remains tense in the North Kivu province. According to him, this is the result of several acts of violation of human rights by the rebellion of M 23.
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201210040895.html

The Guardian: "'Congo rebels have legitimate concerns'" (October 3, 2012)
The west has effectively indicted M23 for crimes against humanity, but is this a deliberate misinterpretation of the crisis in the DRC?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/03/drc-m23-rebels-rwanda

DJIBOUTI

Jeune Afrique: "Djibouti : révolution de velours" (October 5, 2012)
Following its electoral setbacks early in the year, Popular Rally for Progress Party in Djibouti has succumbed to the pressures to change party policies and renewed two-thirds of its political bureau.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2699p018.xml0/ismail-omar-guelleh-djibouti-rpp-ilyas-moussa-dawalehdjibouti-revolution-de-velours.html

ETHIOPIA

SAFPI: "Ethiopia charts a Chinese course" (October 3, 2012)
The death of Ethiopia's leader of 21 years has raised fears of instability in one of Africa's fastest-growing non-oil producing nations, which could potentially slow investment activity. Former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who passed away in August, saw foreign direct investment (FDI) as key to his development plan for Ethiopia. This attitude helped shift Ethiopia's economy from being wholly reliant on the export of agricultural commodities to, for example, utilizing abundant labor and cheap power to begin developing a manufacturing industry.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/ethiopia-charts-chinese-course

GUINEA-BISSAU

allAfrica News: "Guinea Bissau: A First Step Towards the End of Crisis" (October 3, 2012)
The African Union Commission (AUC) has facilitated the first meeting of the leaders of Guinea Bissau, which took place at the headquarters of the African Union in New York.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201210051412.html

GUINEA

VOA News: "Remembering Guinea Stadium Massacre Brings New Violence" (September 29, 2012)
The third anniversary of Guinea's stadium massacre falls during a period of political deadlock and serious civil unrest. A day that started with a commemoration ceremony ended with fresh clashes in the streets.
http://www.voanews.com/content/remembering-guinea-stadium-massacre-brings-new-violence/1517400.html

KENYA

CNN: "Attack on Sunday school leaves child dead, others wounded, Red Cross says" (September 30, 2012)
One child died and several others were hurt in a grenade attack on a children's Sunday-school class in Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross said. A Kenyan hospital reported seven children wounded.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/world/africa/africa-violence/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

LIBERIA

VOA News: "Liberia's Weah: CDC Strategizing for Next Election" (October 1, 2012)
Liberian football legend and politician George Oppong Weah says his Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party remains committed to the fight for political and economic changes that will bring about improvement in the quality of life for all Liberians.
http://www.voanews.com/content/george-weah-of-liberia-turns-46/1517909.html

VOA News: "Liberia's Senator Taylor Wants to be Judged on Character" (October 3, 2012)
The former wife of ex-Liberian president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor says the "Taylor" name has its negatives and positives. But Senator Jewel Howard Taylor said she bears the name with honor and that people should judge her for her character and not on the basis of what her former husband might have done or did not do.
http://www.voanews.com/content/liberian-former-first-lady-on-first-us-visit-after-nine-years-of-sactions/1519310.html

BBC News: "Liberia: Mass jailbreak in Zwedru near Ivorian border" (October 4, 2012)
A group of prisoners has escaped from a jail in Liberia's south-eastern city of Zwedru.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19828657

MALAWI

allAfrica News: "Malawi: President Slashes Her Own Salary" (October 4, 2012)
Malawian President Joyce Banda has decided to cut her salary by 30% in support of her government's austerity measures.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201210041137.html

MALI

Le Monde: "Nouvelle destruction d'un mausolée par les islamistes dans le nord du Mali" (September 29, 2012)
Islamist gunmen destroyed with axes, Saturday, Sept. 29, the mausoleum of a Muslim saint in Goundam, a town in northern Mali, nearly three months after causing similar damage to Timbuktu.
http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2012/09/29/nouvelle-destruction-d-un-mausolee-par-les-islamistes-dans-le-nord-du-mali_1767828_3212.html

BBC News: "Mali Islamists kill man by firing squad in Timbuktu" (October 3, 2012)
Militant Islamists in northern Mali have publicly killed a man accused of murder.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19811210

RFI: " Mali: aux Assises de l'occupation, les ressortissants du Nord témoignent de leur humiliation" (October 5, 2012)
The foundations for occupation were set in Bamako. They were organized by the Coalition for Mali, an initiative that combines elected representatives of the North and the civil society. For two days, Northern nationals came to witness their daily under occupation Islamist groups. They also offered their vision of a crisis.
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121005-mali-assises-occupation-ressortissants-nord-imams-chefs-traditionnels-dialogue-

Jeune Afrique: "Mali : opération Tombouctou" (October 5, 2012)
International intervention in northern Mali seems inevitable. Does it take the form of targeted strikes or conventional war? What are the means implemented strategies planned and countries willing to lend a hand to the Malian army?
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2699p008-010.xml0/onu-mali-armee-cedeaomali-operation-tombouctou.html

NIGERIA

VOA News: "Islamic Sect Says No Peace Talks With Nigerian Government" (October 1, 2012)
The suspected leader of the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is denying government claims that the group is involved in peace talks.
http://www.voanews.com/content/islamic-sect-says-no-peace-talks-with-nigerian-government/1518503.html

VOA News: "Students Among the Dead in Attack on Nigerian School" (October 2, 2012)
At least 25 people were killed late Monday in what appears to be a systematic slaughter in Adamawa State in northern Nigeria.  Locals say the victims, mostly college students, were individually questioned before being attacked.
http://www.voanews.com/content/gunman-attack-northern-nigeria-students-10-dead/1518816.html

Al Jazeera: "Nigeria hunts suspects in student killings" (October 3, 2012)
Soldiers search house-to-house for attackers who killed 25 people in college housing area in Adamawa state.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/201210385018517901.html

SENEGAL

RFI: "Sénégal : à l'approche de la rentrée, les sinistrés des inondations évacuent les écoles" (October 1, 2012)
In Dakar, the victims who have taken refuge in classrooms after particularly severe flooding that hit the country in late August and early September began to leave schools yesterday on government orders. Students make their return next Thursday and Monday was the start of work for teachers.
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121001-senegal-rentree-approche-sinistres-obliges-quitter-ecoles-inondations

Jeune Afrique: "Macky Sall peut-il changer le Sénégal ? | Sénégal : Macky Sall, une rentrée dans le vif du sujet" (October 2, 2012)
A little more than six months after his election, Senegalese President Macky Sall is expected to turn. Good governance, economic recovery, improvement of living conditions ... The population wants to see the country change rapidly and thoroughly.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Articles/Dossier/JA2698p066-068.xml0/diplomatie-senegal-politique-gambiesenegal-macky-sall-une-rentree-dans-le-vif-du-sujet.html

Jeune Afrique: "Sénégal : Malick Noël Seck exclu du PS pour des raisons 'crypto-personnelles'" (October 4, 2012)
Malick Seck Noël is no longer a member of the Senegalese Socialist Party. The Secretary General of Socialist Convergence was expelled by the political bureau of the party.
http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20121004120144/senegal-abdoulaye-wade-ousmane-tanor-dieng-parti-socialiste-senegalaissenegal-malick-noel-seck-exclu-du-ps-pour-des-raisons-crypto-personnelles.html

SOMALIA

Al Jazeera: "Explosions rock Somalia's Kismayo" (October 2, 2012)
Al-Shabab claims responsibility but AU peacekeepers say they carried out two controlled explosions near airport.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/201210253950687422.html

SOUTH AFRICA

Al Jazeera: "Inquiry to begin on S African miners' deaths" (October 1, 2012)
An official inquiry is set to open investigating the deaths of at least 34 miners who were killed by police in Marikana.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/201210163944710465.html

BBC News: "Marikana mine shootings: South African inquiry delayed" (October 3, 2012)
A South African inquiry into the deaths of 44 people, including 34 miners shot dead by police, has been delayed to let lawyers consult the clients.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19811217

Reuters: "South Africa mines say no to reopening wage talks" (October 4, 2012)
South Africa's Chamber of Mines said on Thursday it was not planning to reopen wage talks for existing agreements in the gold and coal sectors, rebuffing a union report.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/04/us-safrica-strikes-talks-idUSBRE8930G320121004

BBC News: "Amplats fires 12,000 South African platinum miners" (October 5, 2012)
The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has fired 12,000 striking South African miners after a protracted strike over wages.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19848915

Reuters: "S. African strikers say police kill another miner" (October 5, 2012)
South African police shot and killed a striking miner when they used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd of demonstrators gathered overnight on a hill near a Rustenburg area platinum mine.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE89402420121005

SUDAN / SOUTH SUDAN

CNN: "4 peacekeepers dead in attack on U.N. mission in Darfur" (October 3, 2012)
Four peacekeepers with the African Union-United Nations Mission in the Darfur region of Sudan were killed and eight injured in an ambush by unidentified attackers, the group said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/world/africa/sudan-peacekeepers-killed/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

Reuters Africa: "Sudan's deal with South will not end conflict: opposition" (October 4, 2012)
Sudan and South Sudan will remain locked in conflict despite reaching a border security deal last week because they do not trust each other enough to resolve their biggest disputes, leading Sudanese opposition figure Hassan al-Turabi said.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE89301T20121004

TANZANIA

VOA News "Tanzania Seeks Help with High Maternal Mortality Rate" (October 2, 2012)
Tanzania's president says his country needs more money to fight maternal mortality and reach Millennium Development Goal targets by 2015.
http://www.voanews.com/content/tanzania-seeks-help-with-high-maternal-mortality-rate/1519187.html

UGANDA

allAfrica News: "Uganda: FDC's Kizza Besigye Arrested" (October 1, 2012)
Police have arrested Forum for Democratic Change leader, Dr. Kizza Besigye and is now being held at the Central Police Station in Kampala.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201210011085.html

VOA News: "Ugandan Opposition Leader Arrested, Released" (October 5, 2012)
Ugandan police Thursday arrested Forum for Democratic Change leader Dr. Kizza Besigye.  He was later released without charge.
http://www.voanews.com/content/kizza-besigye-of-uganda-arrested/1520823.html

ZIMBABWE

Reuters Africa: "Zimbabwe's Mugabe wants elections in March" (September 27, 2012)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe wants to hold elections in March, court papers showed on Thursday, a timetable that could cause tension with his coalition partners and regional leaders who first want reforms to avoid a repeat of 2008 poll violence.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE88Q01720120927

SAFPI: "Mugabe's poll timetable 'impossible'" (September 30, 2012)
A Zimbabwean independent monitoring group says it will be impossible to hold free and fair elections in March when President Robert Mugabe wants the polls. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network said on Sunday the call by Mugabe for full elections in the last week of March doesn't allow enough time to establish conditions for a free vote.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/mugabe-s-poll-timetable-impossible

SAFPI: "Zimbabwe: Security sector reform key to peaceful elections" (October 1, 2012)
An attack on a political rally by uniformed soldiers is stoking fears of a reprise of state-sponsored violence against NGOs, human rights activists and parties opposed to President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF in the lead-up to a referendum on a draft constitution and scheduled parliamentary and presidential elections in 2013.
http://www.safpi.org/news/article/2012/zimbabwe-security-sector-reform-key-peaceful-elections

VOA News: "Court Rules Zimbabwe Too Broke to Hold By-Elections" (October 2, 2012)
Zimbabwe's High Court ruled that President Robert Mugabe does not have to immediately call by-elections, which a superior court had ordered the government to do. The ruling follows Mugabe's argument the county does not have enough money to run the polls.
http://www.voanews.com/content/court-rules-zimbabwe-too-broke-to-hold-by-elections/1519005.html

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