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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031503115.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Angola profile

An overview

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13036732

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Drogba seeks to heal Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast footballer star Didier Drogba tells the BBC how he hopes to help heal the divisions left by violence in his country by sitting on a peace commission.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-15001107

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Uganda: How Makerere's Money Is Squandered

Students converge at the Freedom Square in protest of the university's sudden closure on September 1. The university was closed after the lecturers refused to teach. It was reopened recently after the Government made promises to respond to their grievances

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201110010119.html

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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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Libyan rebels launch offensive; coalition continues pounding Gaddafi's forces

Despite the airstrikes, Gaddafi's forces were digging in outside Ajdabiya, which straddles highways that go north to Benghazi and east across the desert to Tobruk.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032101758.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Google puts South Sudan on maps

Google updates its maps adding the new state of South Sudan, after an online petition signed by 1,600 people.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-15023217

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