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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. In January, athletics' governing body the IAAF banned the 21-year-old South African from able-bodied events. It was claimed Pistorius' prosthetic limbs give him an unfair advantage, but he disagreed and went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

The governments of Malawi and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which would now engage the private sector from the South Asian country to invest in the southern African country's various investment sectors including cotton and tobacco.

Angola is since last month Africa's largest oil producer surpassing Nigeria whose output was sharply cut by unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The US ambassador to Zimbabwe warned post-election violence is "spinning out of control", as the government set a date for a second-round run-off.
James McGee told the BBC he had found evidence of "politically-inspired" violence against hundreds of people. The diplomat warned the situation made it impossible for the second vote, set for 27 June, to be fair.

James Okeny, the Royal Daisy Airways marketing manager (centre), walks with the cabin crew at the Entebbe International Airport recently. The carrier, which operates six flights a week on the Entebbe-Juba route, has added the Entebbe-Kisumu way onto its collection. The airline has teamed up with Kenya’s Lake Vic Aviation Company for the Kisumu route, Okeny disclosed.