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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Criticizes Sanctions Against his Country President Robert Mugabe says foreign powers have been working 'strenuously' to divide parties in country's 'inclusive' government Former Nigerian Militants Get Second Chance 300 receive government-backed vocation training in Niger Delta West Africans Brace for Worst Rainy Season Floods in Years Red Cross teams coordinate relief operations for Senegal and Burkina Faso, the hardest hit of 16 countries US Reopens Embassy in South Africa US reopens embassy, other offices three days after closing them because of security threat Human Rights Groups Call for Protection of HIV-Positive Migrants Report calls on governments to rethink deportation rules for people with HIV and AIDS African Leaders Fight Malaria They have begun an ambitious program to eliminate nearly all malaria deaths in Africa over next six years