Thursday, 30 June 2011

Guinea-Bissau

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'Tortoise mafia'

How Madagasar's taste for cheap meat leaves shells on the street

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13799205

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In Tunisia, first steps toward democracy

Three months after launching the first in a series of revolts across the Arab world, Tunisians must figure out how to rule themselves.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032104346.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Ghana: Central Regional NDC Delegates Refuse to Meet Konadu

The Campaign Team of Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings last Thursday had the shock of their lives, as the Central Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates and other important personalities in the party refused to meet them, a source has told The Chronicle.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106300940.html

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Weapons drop

French risk controversy to boost Libya's rebels

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13966976

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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Holland Car-Ethiopia

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Top Zimbabwe minister acquitted

Zimbabwe's High Court clears the MDC energy in the coalition government, Elton Mangoma, of corruption charges.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13946696

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Broadening the market for Ugandan Coffee

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Kenya: Lightening Kills Students in Rongo

3 pupils were killed and 28 other sustained serious injuries when lightning struck at Toku primary school in Kamagamba location in Rongo district.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106291128.html

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Fermented Foods,The Oilseeds

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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Battle for Libya | June 26, 2011

After a 27-hour ride, a Red Cross ship docked Sunday morning in Tripoli.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=57f97fe58d89ba25c4312c9bf3aff9c6

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Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts

For many rural people, cash is so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows bartering.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=10e4f81998ad8cfd2102a38afd74eae4

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Mali

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'Tortoise mafia'

How Madagasar's taste for cheap meat leaves shells on the street

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13799205

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Libya's Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America

CARACAS, Venezuela - As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500154.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Monday, 27 June 2011

From African Village to Center of Ordeal

Interviews with people who know Dominique Strauss-Kahn?s accuser portray her as quiet and unassuming.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=63d022a95e77ba002b913f960ba062af

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Liberia

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Amid Libyan airstrikes, new rifts open in international coalition

Three days of heavy airstrikes have highlighted the murky nature of U.S. goals in Libya and opened up new rifts among key members of the international coalition involved in the effort.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032104551.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Munaluchi Magazine

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Sunday, 26 June 2011

Uganda: Conjoined Twins in Desperate Need of Help

Rosette Tusiime's dream was to always have twin baby boys. Indeed, she got the twins and for a short while after the Caesarean section, when the doctors announced to her that she'd had twins, she was filled with joy.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106270053.html

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Harvard-Educated Technocrat Chosen as Somalia Premier

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Somali-American, said he would try to revive the country?s war-wrecked economy and establish better security.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=925f69fd5dd8db2c6a03168d24491cd0

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Elizabeth Ohene: Fake prophets

How does a church congregation spot a charlatan?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13816050

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Fire sweeps Egypt's Interior Ministry building as police protest outside to demand higher pay

CAIRO - An Egyptian security official says police protesting in front of Egypt's Interior Ministry have set fire to part of the downtown complex.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/22/AR2011032202314.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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In Libya, underground jail a daunting reminder of Moammar Gaddafi's grip

Libyans travel to homes in Benghazi where the leader stayed during to the port city before rebels took the town.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/12/AR2011031204996.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Libya gains control of more rebel territory

No-fly zone supporters fear international action could come too late to help rebels.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/13/AR2011031302761.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Saturday, 25 June 2011

The Lede: Qaddafi's Latest Gambit, a Chess Match

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi?s latest appearance was at a chess board, across from a Russian Buddhist millionaire.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=320a5392d7d2ec65e6a8b6601a077982

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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion

CAIRO - If it's true that Egypt pulled off a so-called Facebook revolution, then the nation is about to confront a status change in its relationship with democracy: "It's complicated." Very.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031403441.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Zimbabwe Diamond Exports Approved Over Objections

Over opposition from some of the member states, the Kimberley Process said Zimbabwe could export stones mined from fields that were violently seized by the military in 2008.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ad9ed3228ec2b4a674a9a6d8f8f9631e

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U.N. Forecasts 10.1 Billion People by Century?s End

Demographers called the report a reminder that the population explosion, which helped define global politics in the 20th century, is far from solved in the 21st.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0955e90809226e7e263a6744a636938b

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Battle for Libya | June 21, 2011

Rockets landed in Misurata, fired by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62ad5f2c3ba067371062954ce708c53f

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Botswana

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Friday, 24 June 2011

Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolves much hated state security agency

CAIRO - Egypt's interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country's widely hated state security agency, which is accused in torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502767.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Kenya: Ocampo Should Hand Over His Case Files to Newly Minted DPP

Since Mr Keriako Tobiko took the oath of office as Director of Public Prosecutions this week, crooks, miscreants, felons and other undesirables have not slept a wink.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106241350.html

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A Rebel From Libya Is Greeted in Beijing

Mahmoud Jibril arrived Tuesday for talks as a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman for the first time described the opposition as ?an important political power in Libya.?

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=afb670ec0ccc385962efad9f1bb4c570

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In Libyan capital, a revolution crushed

In Tripoli, Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold, the real battle for Libya appears already to have been fought and won by a regime that was willing to use live ammunition against its opponents.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/18/AR2011031801907.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Libya rebels have 'Tripoli network'

The Libyan rebels in the east are in close contact with an underground network of opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, the BBC has learnt.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13898754

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Thursday, 23 June 2011

'Throats slit'

A Sudan aid worker's account of bombing and house-to-house raids

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13882924

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Obama's story resonates in racially diverse Brazil

President Obama's story - the humble beginnings and the rise to prominence and power - is familiar to Brazilians. And so is his race, which has struck a chord in a country with the world's second-largest black population, after Nigeria.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/18/AR2011031803286.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Clinton, top US visitor since uprising, pressing Egypt's temporary leaders to stick to reform

CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was pressing Egypt's transitional leaders Tuesday to follow through on pledges for democratic reform after the ouster of the country's longtime autocratic president in a popular revolt.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500514.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Zambia

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Obama offers tempered support for Libya rebels

President Obama on Friday offered only tempered support for Libya's rebels and played down the feasibility of Western military intervention to aid their cause, raising questions about how far he is willing to go to help fulfill his declaration last week that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi "must le...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031105448.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Laduma Ngxokolo: Xhosa-Influenced Knitwear

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Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Chad: Demobilized Chadian Child Soldiers Will Need Help With Re-Integration, UN Says

The top United Nations official concerned with children in armed conflict said Chad would need assistance in re-integrating into society the child soldiers that are being demobilized under an agreement signed with the UN last week.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106221358.html

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Top intelligence official says Gaddafi likely to prevail; U.S., Europe weigh responses

The top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is likely to "prevail" in his battle against rebels without foreign intervention or some other major change, as European governments and U.S. lawmakers sought ways to aid Gaddafi's increasingly beleaguered opponents.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/10/AR2011031002000.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Ghana cocoa key to Kufuor's prize

Ghana's ex-leader John Kufuor tells the BBC big boosts in cocoa yields for chocolate production was key to him winning the World Food Prize.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13877077

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African Salads

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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Gambia

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Sudan: Clinton On Agreement to Withdraw Forces From Sudan's Abyei Area

Earlier today, the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement signed an agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which will reduce tensions in Abyei and improve the security and humanitarian situation on the ground.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106211190.html

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U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya

The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/08/AR2011030805868.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east

TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031403415.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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On a Libyan field, allied airstrikes bring destruction and hope

Before attacks, civilians and rebels were frustrated by international community's lack of action.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032004350.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Thousands attend Sisulu funeral

Thousands of people attend the funeral of anti-apartheid leader Albertina Sisulu, hailed by Nelson Mandela as "one of the greatest South Africans".

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13737865

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Tanzania: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Symbion Power Plant

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. I am delighted to be here with all of you, and especially to be at this place where you can see the future of Tanzania taking place. I want to thank Paul Hinks for his comments about how he became involved in Tanzania, and I want to thank Pike Electric for their partnership, and GE, as well. And I am delighted to be with the minister of energy and minerals, as well as my colleague from the foreign ministry. And I thank Daniel Yohannes for his leadership of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106142104.html

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Eritrea

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Nigeria: NESG - Country Loses N1.2 Trillion Yearly to Poor Agric Development

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has hinted that Nigeria loses about N1.2 trillion every year to its poorly developed and inefficient agricultural sector.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106140417.html

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Libya's Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America

CARACAS, Venezuela - As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500154.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Monday, 13 June 2011

The Google Global Cache hits Kenya

In January I wrote about the way the Google Global Cache is affecting Uganda – how local web caching is completely changing the internet user experience for that country. We’ve known for a couple weeks that this was underway in Kenya too. Well, here are some numbers on that. Here’s the aggregate month: We’re seeing [...]

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Uganda

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Lives on hold

Photographer's six-year project documents lives of refugees

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-13726682

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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In

Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4933fea36c7658ab456bb5e36f773d04

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Fanisi Venture Capital Fund

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U.N. Pulls Staff from Sudanese City

The United Nations is evacuating nonessential staff from Kadugli, where heavy fighting erupted a week ago.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8d77ed79b51d18855ae9e99df8589ac7

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Saturday, 11 June 2011

South Africa: Scores Arrive for MaSisulu Funeral

Hundreds of people have gathered at Orlando Stadium in Soweto for the funeral of the late African National Congress stalwart, Albertina Sisulu.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106110006.html

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Equatorial Guinea

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Zimbabwe?s Mugabe Faces Pro-Democracy Push From Powerful Neighbor, South Africa

Heads of state from across southern Africa will meet to discuss the protracted political crisis in Zimbabwe.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3cc7315736aadae062400ae8115fd1e9

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Zimbabwe: Manicaland Mourns National Hero Tekere

BUSINESS ground to a halt in Mutare's central business district yesterday as hundreds of people jostled to catch a glimpse of a two-kilometre funeral cotege of national hero, Cde Edgar Tekere, as it made its way from a private funeral parlour to his Bordervale home.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106110012.html

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Gates says U.S. military could enforce a no-fly zone in Libya if Obama ordered one

The comments appeared designed to counter the criticism surrounding his earlier remarks.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/12/AR2011031204978.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Friday, 10 June 2011

Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens

President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305726.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Central African Rep

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Cicely Wolters: An unabashed advocate for the Peace Corps

FEDERAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK | A former Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua and now desk officer for Morocco and Jordan at headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cicely Wolters has watched as the Internet and cellphones have transformed the experiences of volunteers worldwide.

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Chad

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Thursday, 9 June 2011

South Africa: HIV Treatment Cuts Mother-to-Child Infection

Less than 4% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers are infected at 4-8 weeks after birth, a study due to be presented this morning at the 5th SA AIDS conference has shown.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106090582.html

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Somalia

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Kenya: We're Not Gay, Say Chief Justice Candidates

Dr Willy Mutunga and Nancy Baraza yesterday ended speculation about their sexuality when they told MPs they are not gay. "Let me say it straight up, l am not gay. However, l want to add here that l do not discriminate against the gay society," was Mutunga's answer to a question from Cecily Mbarire, a member of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee. "I'm not a lesbian. If I were a lesbian, there are some very good friends of mine in this room and I would have dated them," Baraza said amid laughter from the committee.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106090058.html

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Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts

For many rural people, cash is so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows bartering.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=10e4f81998ad8cfd2102a38afd74eae4

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Abacha-link man to repay millions

A man who laundered money in a business deal with ex-Nigerian leader Gen Sani Abacha is ordered to repay �26.5m ($43.3m) by a court in the UK.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-jersey-13699045

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In Libya, Gaddafi's forces dig into populated areas

Opposition fighters cheered and flashed victory signs as allied jets streaked across the sky Monday over the strategic city of Ajdabiya,

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/22/AR2011032200156.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Doctors Go Far Afield to Battle Epidemics

A rise in programs sending doctors to some of the world?s poorest countries has met with an outpouring of enthusiasm from many recent graduates.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e37a94af2b9694d3635ce7aae1f5920b

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Missile strikes building in Libyan compound where Gaddafi lives

A missile struck a building on Sunday night in the compound in Tripoli where Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi lives, fueling the rage that has erupted among his supporters since U.N.-mandated airstrikes began on Saturday.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032004581.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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VIDEO: Tutu: Child marriage is 'abominable'

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has travelled to Ethiopia to head an 'alliance against child marriage'.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13677955

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011

�S�B� by Nike Oshinowo

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In Libya, advance by Gaddafi forces sends rebels fleeing

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi sent opposition fighters fleeing Thursday from a strategic oil port in eastern Libya that rebels had held for a week, appearing to reverse the rebels' advances toward Tripoli.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/10/AR2011031000566.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Yemen deports 2 American, 2 British journalists as country is roiled by unrest

CAIRO - Armed Yemeni security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists Monday and deported them because of their coverage of a growing uprising against the country's longtime ruler, one of the reporters said.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031403542.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Businessman escapes Libya posing as Gaddafi loyalist

IN RAS JDIR, TUNISIA On the dusty road out of Libya, the flood of humanity has narrowed to a trickle, mostly carloads of Libyans doing cross-border trade or foreign laborers on foot, lugging cheap suitcases and overstuffed plastic bags toward a teeming tent camp.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031104102.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Kmerblagues-The Comedy Central of Cameroon

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NATO Begins Helicopter Attacks in Hopes of Ending the Stalemate With Qaddafi

NATO officials have said they regard the introduction of attack helicopters as potential game changers in a conflict that has shown signs of settling into a stalemate.

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Broadening the Base of the Startup Pyramid

While in London at the RGS event I spoke about a different way that I’ve been trying to explain the startup and successful ecosystem needed in places like Africa. Specifically, in the major technology hubs for the continent, these are cities; Nairobi, Jo’burg, Accra, Lagos and Cairo. There seems to be enough funding available for [...]

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Monday, 6 June 2011

Clinton says U.S. supports, but will not lead, military operation against Libya

The secretary of state pledges that the United States will strongly support the international military action to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's attacks on rebels.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/19/AR2011031902779.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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South Africa

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Egypt

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Burkina Faso

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Ernest Cole: Photographer

Images from the exhibition in South Africa.

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Sunday, 5 June 2011

The Lede: Video of Obama's Middle East Speech

Video of President Obama's complete speech on the Middle East on Thursday.

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Mauritania

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Envisioning a post-Gaddafi future, some refugees consider returning

Already looking ahead to a post-Gaddafi future, many Libyans who had fled Benghazi are talking about returning and describe a new sense of unity and civic responsibility that has taken root in their city since the uprising began. Coalition attacks against Gaddafi's forces give them hope.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032102884.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens

President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305726.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Liberia: Did Fifa Bribe Money Land Here?

Liberia Football Association (LFA) officials have offered conflicting reasons for Liberia becoming the only African country to publically oppose the newly elected President of the Federation of International Football Association, Mr. Sepp Blatter, while endorsing his opponent, the Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, now placed under probe for bribery.

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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In

Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.

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Clinton visits Cairo's Tahrir Square, decries violence in Bahrain

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails the "power of the human spirit" in a surprise visit to Cairo's Tahrir Square, a bright spot in a trip mostly focused on ominous developments elsewhere in the Middle East.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031601641.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Saturday, 4 June 2011

Zimbabwean jailed for using Mugabe's toilet

Relatives of a policeman jailed in Zimbabwe for using a toilet reserved for President Robert Mugabe appeal for his release.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13641268

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The Google Global Cache hits Kenya

In January I wrote about the way the Google Global Cache is affecting Uganda – how local web caching is completely changing the internet user experience for that country. We’ve known for a couple weeks that this was underway in Kenya too. Well, here are some numbers on that. Here’s the aggregate month: We’re seeing [...]

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Amid Libyan airstrikes, new rifts open in international coalition

Three days of heavy airstrikes have highlighted the murky nature of U.S. goals in Libya and opened up new rifts among key members of the international coalition involved in the effort.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032104551.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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During Chile visit, Obama defends Libya military action

During a visit to Chile, President Obama on Monday defended his decision to deploy the U.S. military in Libya.

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Friday, 3 June 2011

Ivory Coast

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Equatorial Guinea

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Papyrus Reeds

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Togo

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US gauges Libyan opposition in Paris as allies call for swift military intervention

PARIS - Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration on Monday held its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition and introduced a liaison to deal full time with their ranks. But it remained undecided about exactly how much support

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031404199.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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