Sunday, March 27, 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Fears Growing of Mugabe?s Iron Grip Over Zimbabwe

Warning signs are proliferating that President Robert Mugabe is planning to seize untrammeled control during the elections he wants next year.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4f8cddca9c73a0e75b5fca50b7295a7b

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Libya: Old Colonial Rivalries Revive Over Nation

Turkish volte-face Thursday evening to make a sizeable military contribution to NATO's intervention in the Libyan crisis, after two weeks of fierce opposition to the Alliance's mingling with Arab affairs, has further blurred Ankara's position in the Northern African conflict.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103260012.html

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Political Crisis in Ivory Coast Cripples a City

Abidjan, once West Africa?s most important city, is collapsing under the weight of Laurent Gbagbo?s armed fight to stay in power.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d64ed5ffccc5d3d45e00dbffd06faa6

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Nigeria make late bid for Moses

Nigeria's application for Victor Moses to swap allegiance from England arrives at Fifa headquarters.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/africa/9431866.stm

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Obama administration seeks more U.N. authority to intervene in Libya

The Obama administration pressed Thursday for greater United Nations authority to confront Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces by land, air and sea, while insisting that Arab governments play a central role in any possible military action.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031604860.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Southern Sudan Feels Freedom Close at Hand

After decades of war, southern Sudan is at the moment it has been yearning for with a vote on independence.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ae96059ff79af9a06dd7a6a4984cb8eb

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Ready for war

Ivory Coast's "Major Big" awaiting orders to march on Abidjan

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12804613

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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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On a Small Scale, Sustainable Energy Transforms Lives

Tiny renewable energy systems that light just one home at a time are playing an epic, transformative role in the lives of poor people in developing countries who live far the electricity grid.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c1119fe76c66ff49d7cd741fb43553c7

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Friday, March 18, 2011

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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/10/AR2011031004204.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

South Africa

Key facts, figures and dates

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm

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For Some Bushmen, a Homeland Worth the Fight

Botswana has coaxed and hounded the Bushmen to leave a game reserve in an effort to restrict the area to wildlife.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9c607a120a5d64c154bae2676388a7e5

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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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World Briefing | AFRICA: Ivory Coast: Fighting Nears Palace

Gunmen fighting to depose Laurent Gbagbo after he refused to concede an election were advancing across the main city of Abidjan.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fe1bc3c82c8f7ed62ff4a7add3c46823

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IxDA and Designers as Explorers

I get culture shock every once in a while, and it’s not the normal type where you’re coming to a new country and everything is completely different than your own country. This is more subtle, I’m at a conference with a lot of people who look and sound like me, but when you actually listen [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/white_african/~3/-lSWSdJQioU/

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Healing wounds

Egyptian villagers search for unity after church destruction

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12746105

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Outside Yemen's capital, anger and grievances run deep

TAIZ, YEMEN - It's 10 p.m. on a Thursday, and Freedom Square is electric. Ten thousand protesters, perhaps more, are waving flags and banners clamoring for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign. On a makeshift stage, 12-year-old Ons Al-Ahdel, dressed in a head-to-toe black abaya and clutching a...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022804860.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Sunday, March 13, 2011