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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Transforming Africa Through Higher Education
Ashesi University College, a private college in Ghana, was founded with big dreams of transforming the continent.
13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo
CAIRO - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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.
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Quick Hits Around African Tech
Umbono: Google’s South African Incubator In Cape Town, Google has initiated a tech incubator that gives 6 months of free space, $25-50k startup funding and access to an extensive mentoring network. The secret sauce here is in the angel & mentor network, who will be providing 50% of all investment money, while Google provides the [...]
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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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U.S., allies' jets poised to fly over Libya as other nations mull strategy
Fighter aircraft from France, Britain and the United Arab Emirates converged on bases in and around Italy late Friday to begin operations over Libya under the command and control of the United States at its naval base in Naples, according to U.S. and European officials.
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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.
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U.S. actions in Libya may speak louder than words
Secretary of State Clinton's assertion that the United States "did not lead" is belied by the large role the United States played in launching an UN-sanctioned strikes on Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's military capabilities. U.S. warships fired more than 110 Tomahawk missiles into Libyan territory
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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.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
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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Sunday, March 27, 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
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Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
Group says endorsement of no-fly zone was intended to prevent civilian casualties
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
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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Why 'feed' a car?
Kenyans say crops should be for people not fuel
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12819035
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Sudan
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Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
Group says endorsement of no-fly zone was intended to prevent civilian casualties
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Friday, March 25, 2011
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.
Zanzibar
An overview of Zanzibar, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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Gadhafi tells rebels 'surrender or flee' as his forces gain in east and west Libya
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's forces struck the rebellion's heartland with airstrikes, missiles and artillery on Tuesday, trying for the first time to take back a city that serves as a crucial gateway for the band of fighters who threatened his four-decade hold on power. Rebels rushed to the fro
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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 2
Former President Jimmy Carter and Nicholas Kristof answer a second round of readers' questions about Sudan.
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Obama, Gates to leave Washington for official visits as Libya crisis deepens
As war clouds gathered over Libya on Friday, the U.S. commander in chief and his defense secretary were each preparing to leave Washington to visit places far removed from any military operations.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
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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3 Journalists Held in Libya Are Freed and Go to Tunisia
The journalists were arrested Saturday near the town of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya.
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VIDEO: Thousands flee Ivory Coast city
Thousands are fleeing the main Ivory Coast city of Abidjan every day as fighting intensifies between supporters and opponents of the incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12817389
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France pleads for military intervention as Gaddafi forces attack Libyan rebels
Top official says there is still time for military intervention to turn the tide against Gaddafi.
Uganda: 18,000 Constables On Strike Over Pay
Over 18,000 Special Police Constables (SPCs) recruited late last year to help in election policing have camped at various police stations and Electoral Commission (EC) offices countrywide for the second day demanding payment of their salaries.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103240799.html
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On Libya, Obama willing to let allies take the lead
President Obama is content to let other nations publicly lead the search for solutions to the Libyan conflict, his advisers say, a stance that reflects the more humble tone he has sought to bring to U.S. foreign policy but one that also opens him to criticism that he is a weak leader.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Egypt's interior minister has dissolved of the country's hated state security agency
CAIRO - Egypt's interior minister has dissolved of the country's hated state security agency.
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South Africa working to help Aristide return, says US should discuss any objections with Haiti
PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa is helping ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide return to his homeland from exile in Pretoria, and any problems Washington has with that should be taken up with Haiti, the deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.
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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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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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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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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Monday, March 21, 2011
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.
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Obama demands pull-back of Libyan troops; Tripoli declares cease-fire
President demands Libyan government move beyond cease-fire declaration and withdraw troops from cities captured by rebels or face "military action."
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
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, March 19, 2011
Zimbabwe: Cabinet Debates Arresting Tsvangirai
A report in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper on Thursday revealed that the Mugabe regime is preparing to arrest Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, claiming he was in contempt of court when he accused Zimbabwe's senior judges of doing the dirty work for ZANU PF.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103190001.html
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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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Sudan: Timeline Since the Referendum
After the apparent false dawn of a peaceful secession referendum for Southern Sudan in January, deteriorating relations between Khartoum and Juba, coupled with spiralling insecurity in the South and the disputed region of Abyei, are raising grave concerns internationally.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103190002.html
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World Briefing | Africa: Ivory Coast: Shelling in Abidjan Kills Dozens
Mortar shells killed at least 12 people in a neighborhood of Abidjan that is loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of the presidential election, officials said.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
In Libya, Gaddafi forces recapture strategic western town
ZAWIYAH, LIBYA - In the battle-scarred center of this small town, evidence abounds that the popular uprising here has been brutally crushed, in a bitter blow to the fast-fading hopes of rebels that they can succeed in toppling Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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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.
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Congress members struggle to define message on Mideast, North Africa
How difficult are the decisions the president must make about the turmoil in the Mideast?
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Ramaphosa buys McDonald's in SA
Prominent anti-apartheid activist Cyril Ramaphosa is to take over the McDonald's fast-food chain in the country, it is announced.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/12777271
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Eritrea
Key dates, facts and figures
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Cote d'Ivoire: Two Fronts in the Battle for Control
Residents reported heavy arms fire on Wednesday morning in Du�kou� in the west of C�te d'Ivoire, although they could not confirm who was fighting. There are two fronts in the battle for C�te d'Ivoire and sometimes it seems as if they both take turns in fighting.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103161033.html
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Zimbabwe
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Security Council Uncertain About Intervening in Libya
The United Nations Security Council remained divided on Tuesday over a resolution that calls for a no-flight zone over Libya and authorizes the use of force to halt the bombing of civilians.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d501775f461ce694958e79bdedce5850
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Protesters killed in Libya, Yemen as wave of Arab unrest continues
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi attacked a rebel-held city west of the capital Friday, while anti-government fighters claimed to have captured a key oil terminal in eastern Libya.
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Warlord or peacemaker?
War crimes trial judges to decide on fate of Charles Taylor
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12711818
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Remorse brings Libyan, too late, to the rebellion
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Abdullah, a lean young Libyan in a soldierly blue beret, knows he came to the uprising against Moammar Gaddafi one day late. Unlike many members of the Libyan army, he didn't immediately defect to the rebel cause - he surrendered to it, racked with remorse, the morning after he...
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
With security still scant, violence in Cairo between Muslims and Christians raises the prospect of a deepening sectarian divide.
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=54a2ef5777a7f9c1c358cb41d19c1606
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Libya: U.S. Aims to Oust Gaddafi, Says Obama
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Before I begin, I want to say a few words about the terrible earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan earlier today.
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Mali Tackles Al Qaeda and Drug Traffic
Mali aims to establish a more visible government presence in the north, foster economic activity and form a bulwark against Islamic radicalism.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f73b7f27a134085918cf3b45896de3ab
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Friday, March 11, 2011
On foreign policy, who speaks for Republicans?
Even as Washington is preoccupied with the threat of a government shutdown, news from abroad has insistently pushed its way onto the front page in recent weeks, with unrest in the Middle East spreading from Tunisia and Egypt to Libya and across the region.
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a5f5bb849d046651b364875738723960
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13 killed in Iraq's 'Day of Rage' protests
BAGHDAD - At least 13 people were killed in Iraq on Friday as tens of thousands defied an official curfew to join a nationwide "Day of Rage," echoing protests that have roiled the Middle East and North Africa since January.
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=0d0fd60ee3d9dbcce5615a73f4f3524a
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Ethiopia: Police Arrest 130 Over Church Burnings
Police in Ethiopia have arrested at least 130 people who are suspected of involvement in burning down dozens of churches near Jimma town in Ethiopia's western Oromia region, where Muslims are the majority.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103101034.html
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Gambia
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 1
President Carter and I answer a first batch of reader questions about Sudan.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a21027a04d614b461792d321cf6e727e
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Diverse Character in City Qaddafi Calls Islamist
A port city on the Mediterranean coast has been branded by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as a hive of Islamist terrorism, but the reality is an example of what role religion may play in Libya?s future.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5a74964de9004636d7e224727251dc55
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