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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Israel says its navy intercepts Egypt-bound ship carrying arms off Mediterranean coast
JERUSALEM - Israel intercepted a ship carrying a large delivery of arms off the country's Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, saying the shipment included sophisticated weaponry sent by Iran and Syria for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
US Marshals: Woman accused in fatal Texas day care fire returns to US after capture in Nigeria
HOUSTON - Authorities say a woman accused of fleeing the country after a fire at her Texas day care facility killed four children has returned to the U.S. following her capture in Nigeria.
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Mauritania: Fresh Attempt At Irrigated Agriculture
In a bid to reduce food insecurity, the Mauritanian government is turning to several new approaches to agriculture, including expanded irrigation schemes, popularising new crops and harnessing the energy of recent graduates.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108301202.html
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Islamic Group Says It Was Behind Fatal Nigeria Attack
A bomb used in an attack on the United Nations headquarters was small by Middle Eastern standards but big enough to kill and wounds scores.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4e4d797e6f2e5dceae45849a7ed81594
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Crimes against taste?
Gaddafi compound reminiscent of Mobutu palace
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14708395
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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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Monday, August 29, 2011
Gilded Remnants of Qaddafi?s Life
As Libyans comb through the Qaddafi family?s abandoned homes and offices, the properties are revealing the details of lives lived far removed from the people, and ones filled with the signs of their peccadilloes and rivalries.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=37ed217535aed5649710cb2787299871
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East Africa: Ngorongoro Crater - a Godsent Asset to Locals
As a Journalist with my small camera, I was disappointed that I could not be allowed to move out of the truck that took us on the tour of the Ngorongoro Crater under the management of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.
Sunday, August 28, 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.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
South Sudan Prepares for Independence
When the Republic of South Sudan declares independence on Saturday, it will be as a poor country facing insurrections and hostilities with northern Sudan.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=79987b4e8c3a98a3798bf0b552cb23f2
Nigeria: President's Spokesman Explains Nigeria's Position on Libya
Nigeria has every right as a sovereign nation to take a position on any international position.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108261298.html
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Police raid headquarters of the prime minister's party in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Officials say police have raided the headquarters of the political party of Zimbabwe's prime minister and arrested three staff members.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Egypt's Interior Ministry building set on fire during police protest
The fire, during a protest by police officers, underscored an abiding concern by many Egyptians that the revolution has weakened law enforcement.
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Guinea-Bissau
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13443186
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Thursday, August 25, 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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Kenya: MPs Attack Kibaki, Raila Over Jobs
A group of MPs yesterday threatened to reject the three nominees proposed by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga for Attorney General, Controller of the Budget and Auditor General. The MPs accused the principals of pursuing ethnic balance and horsetrading in the nomination of Prof Githu Muigai for AG to replace Amos Wako; Agnes Odhiambo for the Controller of Budget and Edward Ouko for the Auditor General. They will be vetted by Parliament before they are appointed.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108251408.html
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Kenya: Queries Over Budget Office Nominee
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga skipped the top three candidates for the hotly-contested position of Controller of Budget for the fourth placed candidate, official records from the selection panel have shown.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108250569.html
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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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Journalists Kept in Hotel as Battle Rages Outside
The Rixos, Tripoli?s top luxury hotel, has become a dangerous prison for members of the media.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=52ac4a1a00c2e312244322c302d3260f
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Nigeria: Obasanjo, IBB Row Can Worsen Situation in Nation - Sagay
Constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay, on Friday described the current exchange of words between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida as uncalled for.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108221985.html
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
South Africa: Boks Still Positive Despite Heavy Blow
The Springboks will once again pursue a much needed morale boosting victory in the historical Port Elizabeth Tri-Nations Test.
VIDEO: Tripoli resident: "Rebels take control"
An engineer in Tripoli who has been helping the rebels as they fight to gain control of the city tells the BBC that 'the situation is under control'.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14605498
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Burkina Faso
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13072774
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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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Friday, August 19, 2011
Beyond Fossil Fuels: African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power
As small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper and more reliable, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people far from electricity grids and fuel pipelines.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62ec5abb0a2f750d2a3ef23c300fcc04
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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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Cameroon: 'End feminine men case'
Human rights groups call for homosexuality charges to be dropped against two men in Cameroon arrested last month for "looking feminine".
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14575375
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Ivory Coast
Provides an overview of Ivory Coast, including key events and facts about this west African country recently plagued by civil war.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13287216
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
VIDEO: Mixed feelings over Ghana's digital dawn
Television in Ghana is undergoing some radical changes The county's Communications Ministry is embarking on an ambitious project to fully migrate television broadcasting in the country from analogue to digital by 2013.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14534207
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Malawi
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Malawi
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13864367
A look at the 17 nations holding more than 850 Somali pirate suspects for prosecution
A look at the 17 nations prosecuting more than 850 pirates captured off East Africa. The overwhelming number of pirate suspects are Somali.
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Tribal Rifts Threaten to Undermine Libya Uprising
An increase in discord and factionalism among rebels could threaten the effort to overthrow Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and put Libyan civilians at risk.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8f7078d6fc200d8866bcca2d05b656d6
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Mali
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13881370
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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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Monday, August 15, 2011
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.
Egypt
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13313370
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
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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ANC's Malema sorry over Botswana
The youth leader of South Africa's governing ANC party, Julius Malema, apologises for urging regime change in Botswana.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14522673
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Chad
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13164686
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Beyond Fossil Fuels: African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power
As small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper and more reliable, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people far from electricity grids and fuel pipelines.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62ec5abb0a2f750d2a3ef23c300fcc04
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Tracking Somali Pirates to Their Lair
At great personal risk, a Canadian journalist explores the rise of modern piracy.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e0c63bac2dc4c7dfae50d09b5751b9db
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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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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Riches Flow Into Nigeria, but Are Lost After Arrival
Oil money has brought more questions than calm to the Niger Delta.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=54f99c79a719e53538e1268b6d6b68a6
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Israel says its navy intercepts Egypt-bound ship carrying arms off Mediterranean coast
JERUSALEM - Israel intercepted a ship carrying a large delivery of arms off the country's Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, saying the shipment included sophisticated weaponry sent by Iran and Syria for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Libya declares cease-fire and says it will stop military operations as the West mobilizes
TRIPOLI, Libya - Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa says Libya is declaring an immediate cease-fire and stopping all military operations.
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Guinea
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13442051
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
In Burkina Faso, Leader Keeps Cool Under Fire
How President Blaise Compaor� has lasted is a lesson for autocrats.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c39b3179da54b0f6446ee51a92fe9741
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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.
Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West
The league's move represents an extraordinary step by the leading Arab organization, historically reluctant to sanction a member, and provided fresh evidence of the reformist spirit recasting Arab politics.
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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Saturday, August 6, 2011
World Briefing | AFRICA: Nigeria: 3 Banks Nationalized in Corruption Inquiry
Nigerian financial regulators nationalized three banks on Friday night in the course of an inquiry into corruption and mismanagement of fiscal institutions.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=985a5018abfcf05f009927aacbff8814
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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.
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Farai Sevenzo: Africa's latest child
Will South Sudan survive its troubled birth?
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14014759
Friday, August 5, 2011
As Gadhafi struggles at home, AU moves forward on his pet project: the United States of Africa
JOHANNESBURG - As Libya's leader struggles to keep his grip on power, one of his pet projects appears to be moving ahead at the African Union, which took initial steps Tuesday toward creating his grand plan: the United States of Africa.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
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.
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Bus kills Nigeria robbery victims
At least 13 bus passengers in Nigeria, forced by robbers to lie on a road, die when another bus runs over them, police say.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14385725
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
G8 ministers defer to UN for resolution on helping Libyan rebels
PARIS - Top diplomats from some of the world's biggest powers deferred Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council to take action against Libya, as France and Britain failed to win support for a no-fly zone to halt the advance of Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
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Gambia
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about The Gambia.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13376517
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
World Briefing | Europe: 25 Migrants Found Dead in Boat Near Italy Coast
The bodies were found in a vessel carrying 296 migrants believed to have come from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3b42f5562af13b3d2105382db1da321f
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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Monday, August 1, 2011
Tiny blood card offers easy tests
A cheap and portable blood test could provide a breakthrough for diagnosing infections in remote areas, after promising studies in Rwanda.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-14361017
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