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Wednesday 31 August 2011
Another Area Girds for Revolt as Sudan Approaches a Split
Despite an agreement signed only days ago to bring peace to central Sudan, the country seems to be sliding inexorably toward war.
Ethiopia: Opposition Leaders Detained After Meeting With Amnesty International
Two Ethiopian opposition leaders have been arrested after meeting an Amnesty International delegation, which was afterwards expelled from the country, the organization said today.
Liberia: Taking the Corruption Fight One Step Further
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reportedly forwarded a bill to the National Legislature, seeking an amendment in the Act, creating the Liberia Anti Corruption Commission or LACC, to enable that institution to directly prosecute corruption cases. The move by the President followed repeated frustrations expressed by the Chairperson of the LACC Cllr. Frances Johnson-Alison (formerly Frances Johnson Morris) over delays by the Justice Ministry in prosecuting individuals forwarded by the commission.
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Rebel council seeks to transform Libya
Libya's rebels are a movement under siege and desperate for international recognition, assistance and a no-fly zone.
Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man
The open space between two squatter camps where Farai Kujirichita was beaten to death by vigilantes.In a shantytown near Johannesburg, an angry mob committed a horrifying crime that was caught on video.
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Tuesday 30 August 2011
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.
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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.
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Promising Care: In Sierra Leone, Heartening Progress for Pregnant Women
Health care is making enormous strides in Sierra Leone, the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to waive hospital fees, particularly for children and pregnant women.
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13 Somalis die in mortar attacks in capital; AU arrests 3 soldiers for wounding civilians
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A medical official says 13 people died in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital.
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Madagascar
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Traore leaves Arsenal for QPR
Armand Traore joins QPR on a three-year contract from Arsenal.
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Intelligence director's testimony about Gaddafi causes controversy
Testimony from the nation's intelligence director that Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi will "prevail" in that country's conflict prompted an attempt by the White House on Thursday to play down that assessment and a call by at least one key senator for the resignation of the nation's top spy.
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Libya
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Monday 29 August 2011
Tunisia
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U.S., allies seek to maintain Arab support for military intervention in Libya
U.S. and European diplomats moved quickly to rally wavering Arab support for military intervention in Libya after key Arab officials complained about Western airstrikes.
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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion
With voting scheduled five weeks after the old regime was toppled, pundits and politicians have expressed deep concern that citizens are ill prepared to comprehend what proposed constitutional amendments mean.
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Rwanda: Police Impound Vehicle Carrying Illicit Liquor
Police in Kabarore sector, Gatsibo District impounded vehicle carrying illicit liquor worth Rwf 4 million.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108292259.html
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Nigeria: Ministry to Establish Trauma Centres in Six Geo-Political Zones - Minister
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that plans are underway to establish Trauma Centers and arms of the National Blood Transfusion Service(NTBS) in the six geo-political zones.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108291624.html
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Pentagon Memo: Libyan War Bolsters the Pentagon?s View of France as an Ally
France played a major role in this war, winning grudging respect from a Pentagon long critical of European allies.
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Sunday 28 August 2011
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.
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Few Return to Rebel-Held Brega, Libya
Brega was captured without much of a fight, as loyalist forces turned and fled, the rebels said.
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Gilded Traces of the Lives Qaddafis Led
The mansions, farms and seaside villas of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his family are revealing the details of lives lived far removed from the people.
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Sudan: President Forms First Cabinet
The President of the newly independent Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has announced the first cabinet for the new nation.
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Uganda: The Witch of Portobello is a Masterclass
The Witch of Portobello is a strange book. Strange because it is neither a biographical book nor is it the opinion of the author on its main protagonists. Instead it is what other people write about "the witch".
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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.
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U.S. jet crashes in Libya, pilots survive, as Gaddafi's forces dig in
Setbacks for rebels reveal the degree to which the disorganized and ill-equipped force is depending on allied airstrikes to end Gaddafi's rule.
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Obama keeps his eye on independent voters
President Obama's Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House's position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters.
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Saturday 27 August 2011
Libya
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Nigeria
Provides an overview of Nigeria, including key events and facts about this oil-rich country with multiple ethnic and religious divides.
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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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Central African Republic: Trial Told Bemba Consulted With Patass�'s Generals
This week, the war crimes trial of former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba heard that the accused was in regular communication with army chiefs of the Central African Republic (CAR) during the 2002-2003 conflict period.
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Gambia: Kanifing Revising Court Orders Voter's Card to Be Re-Possessed
The Elections Act of the Gambia empowers registered voters to review the list of voters after every registration exercise and file appeals if their names are left out accidentally and objections if the list contains any name of a person who is not entitled to have a voter's card.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108261279.html
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Promising Care: In Sierra Leone, Heartening Progress for Pregnant Women
Health care is making enormous strides in Sierra Leone, the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to waive hospital fees, particularly for children and pregnant women.
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Friday 26 August 2011
Poll: Conditional support for Libya no-fly zone
Most Americans say they support U.S. participation in a no-fly zone over Libya as a way to neutralize Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's air force, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Morocco
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Egypt's leaders seek police force's speedy return to duty
CAIRO - Responding to public alarm over escalating lawlessness and sectarian violence, Egyptian political leaders urged police Thursday to return to the streets as soon as possible, saying their absence threatens to undermine the country's fledgling democracy.
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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...
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13 Somalis die in mortar attacks in capital; AU arrests 3 soldiers for wounding civilians
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A medical official says 13 people died in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital.
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Africa: Sydney Gum Tree Crowned As the Tallest Tree in Africa
On 15 August 2011 tree climber, Leon Visser scaled and measured a Sydney gum tree (Eucalyptus saligna), towering at over 80 metres and breaking the previous South African tree height record held by two gum trees, known as the "Twin Giants of Magoebaskloof" by a metre. This tree has also reached a new African tree height record. The Sydney gum tree towers above a stand of gum trees planted in 1906 in the Woodbush Forest Estate in Limpopo province.
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Tanzania: From the Beat - More Focus Needed At World Level
This week Tanzania's representative at Miss Universe World Nelly Kamwelu left for Sao Paulo Brazil for the finals which are slated to take place on September 12.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108260330.html
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Thursday 25 August 2011
Uganda
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Uganda.
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Back to the land
Zimbabwe farmers drive Nigeria's green revolution
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14528642
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Promising Care: In Sierra Leone, Heartening Progress for Pregnant Women
Health care is making enormous strides in Sierra Leone, the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to waive hospital fees, particularly for children and pregnant women.
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Promising Care: In Sierra Leone, Heartening Progress for Pregnant Women
Health care is making enormous strides in Sierra Leone, the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to waive hospital fees, particularly for children and pregnant women.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5b524322a1d14d08efbbf93e0daa0aaf
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Gaddafi could turn to Libya's mustard gas stockpile, some officials fear
Western reconnaissance is focusing on a small garage at a remote site in the Libyan desert, though nothing untoward has been seen so far.
U.S. Company Trains African Troops in Somalia
The American fight against extremists is being outsourced out of reluctance to send troops back into a country they hastily exited nearly two decades ago.
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E.U. no longer recognizes Gaddafi as Libya's leader but resists bolder steps
BRUSSELS - European governments declared Friday that Moammar Gaddafi can no longer be considered the leader of Libya and must step down immediately, but they stopped short of formally recognizing the Libyan rebel movement or endorsing military action to support its armed struggle.
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Wednesday 24 August 2011
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,
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Poll: Conditional support for Libya no-fly zone
Most Americans say they support U.S. participation in a no-fly zone over Libya as a way to neutralize Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's air force, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Workers 'abused' at SA vineyards
Workers helping to make South Africa's renowned wines are subject to human rights abuses including unsafe working conditions, a report says.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14631116
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Namibia: Church Cleans Up Hospital
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through its Helping Hands project held a cleaning campaign at the Mount Sinai Centre in Katutura and the Windhoek Central Hospital over the weekend.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108241470.html
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Ipswich to capture defender Sonko
Ipswich set to hand out-of-contract defender Ibrahima Sonko a one-year deal following a trial spell at Portman Road, BBC Radio Suffolk understands.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/14654088.stm
Nigeria: Osun PDP Wants Aregbesola Sacked
Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has asked the state House of Assembly to immediately commence the impeachment of Governor Rauf Aregbesola for allegedly flouting the constitution of the country.
U.S. jet crashes in Libya, pilots survive, as Gaddafi's forces dig in
Setbacks for rebels reveal the degree to which the disorganized and ill-equipped force is depending on allied airstrikes to end Gaddafi's rule.
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Egyptian voters say 'yes' to speedy elections
Constitutional amendments approved by wide margin in historic referendum.
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Tuesday 23 August 2011
A Pivot 25 Retrospective
Pivot 25 was a blast! Over 100 teams from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda applied to pitch their startup over a 2-day period. We named it “pivot” because we wanted to play off of the word, often used in the startup scene to denote a need for a startup to nimbly move in a different [...]
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Libya
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Anzhi and Inter agree Eto'o deal
Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala have agreed a deal to sign Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan for 21m euros (�18.4m).
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/14610186.stm
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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.
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Strauss-Kahn sex case dismissed
A New York judge dismisses the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn amid doubts about his Guinean accuser's credibility.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-14637803
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Monday 22 August 2011
Egypt: initial results show constitutional reforms passing, and unprecedented turnout
CAIRO - Partial results from a third of Egypt's provinces Sunday showed massive turnout and a vote overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional changes that eliminate restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.
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Rwanda: Investments in Country Hit U.S.$4.3 Billion
The construction sector has the lion's share of the $4.3 billion worth of investments registered over the last 11 years, a new report from Rwanda Development Board, indicates.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108222081.html
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Rwanda: Investing in Youth is Worthwhile
The winners included entrepreneurs, athletes, artistes, leaders as well as humanitarian workers.
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Chad
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Fresh plea for bomber extradition
Two US senators demand the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya, on the second anniversary of his release from prison in Scotland.
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Uganda
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Uganda.
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Sunday 21 August 2011
For Bahrain protest movement, democratic hopes give way to sectarian concerns
Many of the nation's majority Shiites fear their demands for greater influence in the country will not be met anytime soon.
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Namibia
Provides an overview of Namibia, including key events and facts about this sparsely populated but stable country on Africa's south-west coast.
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Gaddafi's forces likely to push rebels back to Benghazi, analysts say
Analysts say uprising will be forced to retreat absent foreign intervention.
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U.S. jet crashes in Libya, but pilots safe; Gates sees airstrikes slowing soon
Both members of a U.S. fighter jet crew were rescued in Libya after their F-15E Strike Eagle malfunctioned and crashed, the U.S. military said. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said "significant military fighting" in Libya "should recede in the next few days."
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Zimbabwe: General Mujuru - a Tribute
WE join the nation in mourning the death of one of the great heroes of our struggle, General Solomon Mujuru and offer our deep and heartfelt sympathy to Vice-President Joice Mujuru and her family. Those who had the priveledge of knowing and working with General Mujuru populary known as Rex Nhongo before and after independance will obviously offer more reflections given their intimate knowledge, long association and friendship with this much admired and respected man.
Morocco
Provides an overview of Morocco, including key events and facts about this mountainous kingdom at the far end of the Maghreb
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Saturday 20 August 2011
U.S., allies seek to maintain Arab support for military intervention in Libya
U.S. and European diplomats moved quickly to rally wavering Arab support for military intervention in Libya after key Arab officials complained about Western airstrikes.
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From African Village to Center of Ordeal
Interviews with people who know Dominique Strauss-Kahn?s accuser portray her as quiet and unassuming.
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Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man
The open space between two squatter camps where Farai Kujirichita was beaten to death by vigilantes.In a shantytown near Johannesburg, an angry mob committed a horrifying crime that was caught on video.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c36223a5d4ea345b26fe3c5e157d1beb
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Qaddafi Settles for a Draw, at Least in a Game of Chess
The beleaguered Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi poured out his thoughts to the head of the international chess federation during a game in Tripoli.
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Friday 19 August 2011
Zimbabwe: Ignore Distractive Sideshows
ZANU-PF has been trying hard to create an impression ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit which opened in Luanda, Angola, yesterday that South African President Jacob Zuma - the facilitator in the Zimbabwe crisis - must choose between his role in the protracted inter-party dialogue in Harare and the chairmanship of the regional grouping's Troika to avoid the possibility of conflict of interest arising from wearing two hats from the regional body.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108191814.html
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Southern Africa: Summit Fails SADC Citizens
The final communique from the Heads of State and Government summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Luanda failed to mention either the 19 Malawians who were killed during anti-government and pro-democracy demonstrations in July or the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests in Swaziland.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108191802.html
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Obama praises Brazil as a model of democracy
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama sticks to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil.
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France fires first shots against Libya after Gaddafi's forces enter Benghazi
Planes bombed a Libyan military vehicle and set up 600-square-mile sanctuary over Benghazi; 20 planes were patrolling the skies.
Nigeria: Please, Help Find My Father, Mikel Pleads
Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, whose father was abducted last Friday in Jos has appealed to Nigerians to help find his father.
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France fires first shots against Libya after Gaddafi's forces enter Benghazi
Planes bombed a Libyan military vehicle and set up 600-square-mile sanctuary over Benghazi; 20 planes were patrolling the skies.
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Rebel council seeks to transform Libya
Libya's rebels are a movement under siege and desperate for international recognition, assistance and a no-fly zone.
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Thursday 18 August 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.
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Morocco's Kharja joins Fiorentina
Morocco midfielder Houssine Kharja will play for Fiorentina next season after joining from Italian rivals Genoa.
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South Africans decry rapes of lesbians, call for government action
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Rights activists are speaking out against rapes targeting lesbians in South Africa.
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Refugees Flee Libya Oil City as Qaddafi?s Forces Dig In
An exodus five days after the rebels began a broad offensive in an effort to shift the course of a stalled war.
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Two fighters, shoulder to shoulder, show the diversity of the Libyan rebel forces
One is a scruffy rabble-rouser, the other is a clean-shaven Islamist, but they are united in their fight against Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
U.S. Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict
The American fight against extremists is being outsourced out of reluctance to send troops back into a country they hastily exited nearly two decades ago.
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What makes the iHub work?
I often get asked what the iHub is, what happens here, and why it has worked. Often followed by the question of whether or not this model could work elsewhere in Africa. Here are my thoughts on the matter. The iHub is Nairobi’s nerve center for technology; a place where we can grab coffee, create [...]
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Allies of Zimbabwe?s President Push for Quick Vote
With no credible successor to unite the quarrelsome factions that threaten to splinter the country?s ruling party, Zimbabwe hurtles into another violent political season.
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Egyptians swarm polls in first vote since revolution
Unprecedented numbers flocked to participate in the nation's first vote since the revolution.
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Zambia: Mulongoti's Ignorant, Says Muteteka
MMD Chisamba aspiring candidate Moses Muteteka has said the statement by Mr Mike Mulongoti that President Rupiah Banda is lazy has just exposed how ignorant the former minister is about the operations and working of the Head of State.
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Niger
Provides an overview of Niger, including key events and facts about this arid state on the southern rim of the Sahara.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13943662
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Chad
Key facts, figures and dates
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13164686
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Tuesday 16 August 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
Treasury officials freeze more assets as part of Libya sanction effort
Treasury Department officials on Tuesday ratcheted up the financial pressure on Libya, freezing the assets of the foreign minister and 16 state-owned entities in a widening of the three-week-old U.S. sanctions effort.
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Malabo Journal: U.S. Engages With an Iron Leader in Equatorial Guinea
Despite a poor human rights record, the U.S. still broadly engages with the country?s dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7054b2ce6d7099ce0afa9b065719cbd0
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More pirates facing prosecution as attacks increase in violence; pirates jailed in 17 nations
NAIROBI, Kenya - Five Somali pirates are jailed for life by a U.S. court. Sixty-one suspected pirates captured at sea face trial in India. Somali prisons are running out of room.
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Poll: Conditional support for Libya no-fly zone
Most Americans say they support U.S. participation in a no-fly zone over Libya as a way to neutralize Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's air force, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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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...
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Monday 15 August 2011
Nigerian star appeals for father's return
Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi appeals for the release of his father who has been abducted in Nigeria.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/14528369.stm
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Libya's scars
Tracking down a six-year-old shelling victim in Misrata
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14503378
In Libya, Gaddafi's tanks split rebel forces
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Wednesday positioned tanks for the first time along the main road connecting the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, effectively splitting the forces opposing Gaddafi in two.
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Eboue in talks with Galatasaray
Turkish giants Galatasaray confirm they are in talks to sign Arsenal full-back Emmanuel Eboue.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/14526222.stm
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Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight
Residents of Djenn�, Mali, a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines to maintain that designation are too restrictive.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=034418b1b6c916136e34adbb8fe12fc0
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