Monday, August 29, 2011

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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031501216.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Libya: The Uncertain Future of Nation After Gaddafi's Fall

In countries where governance is very personalised, the political regime often crumbles quickly when that person has been removed from power. The rebel advance into Tripoli and reported control of the main symbols of Col. Muammar Qaddafi's power suggest that Qaddafi's rule over Libya is all but over.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108261280.html

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Qaddafi Settles for a Draw, at Least in 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.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=40509b27114fb5b0190ec15ff2ace339

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Preaching prosperity

Nigeria's millionaire pastors who say wealth is good

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14573660

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030901944.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Monday, August 22, 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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Cyrille Bomba-Inventor

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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.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13890726

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AUDIO: Musical opens of Nelson Mandela's life

The Mandela Trilogy uses opera, traditional Xhosa music and jazz to tell the story of the former South African president.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14595133

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

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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Liberia: We Strongly Condemn Violence

In recent times, there has been an upsurge of violent actions being meted out to political figures in the society as we approach serious political activities such as the pending referendum and the national legislative and presidential elections.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201108200002.html

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/19/AR2011031902779.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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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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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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Sunday, August 14, 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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031106271.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Waging War in Somalia, a Country in Chaos

As debate continues in the United States over how to help Somalia, a country whose government is in transition, fight back against Shabab militants, private security companies backed by Washington financing have stepped in to train the African recruits? counterterrorism efforts.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e39c0b25ca7c894ef67c580eb7fe3e46

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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.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500198.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Kenya minister warns of Fifa exit

Kenya's sports minister threatens to pull the country out of Fifa after another delay to elections aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over who runs football.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/14483691.stm

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Tuesday, August 9, 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

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031403415.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Rwanda

Provides an overview of Rwanda, including key events and facts about this East African country that is still recovering from the genocide of 1994.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14093238

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