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The head of the African Union, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, has warned that rising oil and food prices could wipe out Africa’s recent economic progress. Mr. Kikwete spoke at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, at a swearing in ceremony for the new...
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