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Economic Crisis Dominates Developing World Summit
(IND)-More than 50 heads of state from the developing world were
gathering in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh today to discuss..
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Tanzania Exchange Student Lives American Nightmare
BY DREW GRIFFIN & KATHLEEN JOHNSTON- (CNN) - They came from
around the world hoping to spend a high school year immersed in...
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Zambia Charges Editor With Distributing Pornography
(BBC)-An editor at Zambia's biggest-selling newspaper has been
charged with distributing obscene materials relating to a health...full
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Kenyan Cabinet Meets On Violence Tribunal
(GUARDIAN)-TO prevent International Criminal Court (ICC)'s trial,
Kenya's cabinet has met to kick-start plans for a local tribunal...full
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Panic As Nigeria Rebels Bomb Lagos
(AFP/YAHOO) – Nigerian rebels took their 'oil war' with the
government into Lagos, killing at least five people in their first ever
attack...full story
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Is Nigeria Ready For National ID?
BY BISI OLALEYE & STEVE AGBOTA-(SUN)-Just as relevant associations
and agencies in the Information and Technology (IT) sector are...full
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Taylor Calls War Crimes Charges ‘Lies’
BY MARLISE SIMONS-(NYTIMES)-Charles Taylor, the former president
of Liberia, took the stand in his own defense at The Hague on...full
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Global Recession Hits African Development Bank
(AFP/YAHOO)– The global financial crisis is taking its toll on the African
Development Bank (AfDB), affecting its ability to meet an increase...
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Switzerland Returns $6M To Mobutu Family
(BBC)-A Swiss court has ruled that the assets of Mobutu Sese Seko,
former leader of Zaire, now the DR Congo, who died in 1997, be...full
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Uganda Willing To Arrest President Bashir
BY GODFREY OLUKYA-– Uganda said Monday it would arrest Sudanese
President Omar al-Bashir if he enters the country, an unusual...full
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Somali-Americans Asked Not To Join Rebels
BY DAVID MCKENZIE-(CNN)- Amid the worsening conflict in his country,
Somalia's president made a plea for Somalis living in the United...full
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Mugabe Loyalists Disrupt Zimbabwe Constitutional Conference
BY ANGUS SHAW-(AFP/YAHOO)– Militants from President Robert
Mugabe's party disrupted the start of a national conference aimed...
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Sudan Flogs Women For Wearing Trousers
(BBC)-Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment
for dressing "indecently", according to a local journalist who was...full
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Guinea Junta Claims Fresh Coup Plot
BY ALHASSAN SILLAH-(AP/YAHOO)– Guinea's military leaders have
uncovered a plot to overthrow the government in the poor, unstable...
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Millions Marked For Africa Energy Project
BY TONY PATERSON-(IND)-The world's most ambitious green energy
project is about to take shape. It is a plan for a chain of mammoth...
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UN Extends Rwanda Genocide Tribunal Term
(GUARDIAN)-THE United Nations (UN) has extended the lifetime of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to next year...full story
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Is Guinea-Bissau Too Unstable For Elections?
BY ADAM NOSSITER-(NYTIMES)— First the general was blown up. Then
the president was shot dead, the former prime minister was...full story
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Liberia Reconciliation Commission Receives Death Threats
(BBC)-Members of Liberia's truth commission have received phone
death threats since recommending President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
be... full story
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Zimbabwe Unveils $142M In Farm Aid
(YAHOO/AFP) – Zimbabwe will provide 142 million dollars in aid to
small-scale farmers as the country struggles to revive its shattered...
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Robbers Kill Six Cops In Nigeria
(AFP/YAHOO)– Armed robbers killed six police officers as they fled
after a raid on a commercial bank at Idi-Iroko, a Nigerian border
town...full story
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Uganda Moves To Ban Female Circumcision
BY KHADIJA RENTAS-(CNN)-In many cases it's a woman that grips the
blade - maybe clean, maybe dirty - that cuts a girl's path to...full story
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Many Black Americans Tracing African Roots
BY MATTHEW BIGG-(REUTERS/YAHOO) – To get a sense of the pain
many black Americans feel about their broken connection to Africa...
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Chissano Starts Work On Madagascar Crisis
(YAHOO/AFP) – Mozambique's former president Joaquim Chissano
arrived in Madagascar on Thursday to lead talks aimed at resolving...
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Rape Culture Condemned In South Africa
BY CELEAN JACOBSON-(AP/YAHOO)– Dumisani Rebombo wasn't
circumcised, did chores considered girls' work and was sick of being...
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Tenure Extension Hurts Africa-Botswana Ex-President
BY WOLE SHADARE & WILLIE ETIM-(GUARDIAN)-AFRICAN leaders'
penchant for tenure elongation even when they are no longer
popular... full story
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‘Crime Lords Are Destroying West Africa’
(BBC)-The United Nations says organized crime is "plundering" West
Africa, as illicit goods flood through the region. full story
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Nigeria Will End Overseas Medical Treatment
BY STEVE DADA-(THISDAY)-Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde
Osotimehin, yesterday said anybody who decides to travel abroad...
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Libya Invested $500M With American Swindler
BY ANNA DRIVER-(REUTERS/YAHOO)–The Libyan government had
invested $500 million of its cash reserves with accused swindler
Allen...full story
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Africa Eyes Wealth Of Guinea Savannah
(IRIN) - In the 1980s a group of farmers in the West African country of
Burkina Faso decided to fight back against years of drought by...full
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‘AU Summit Failed Africa’: Botswana VP
(SATIMES)-Botswana vice president Mompati Merafhe strongly
criticized the July 1 to 3 summit of the African Union, held in Libya. full
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Italy Makes Illegal Immigration Criminal Offense
(BBC)-Italy's parliament has given final approval to a law criminalizing
illegal immigration and allowing citizens' patrols to help police
keep...full story
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‘Nigeria Bank Workers Behind ATM Fraud’
BY OMODELE IDRIS-(TRIBUNE)-THERE has been an upswing in the
number of cases of Automated Transfer Machine’s (ATM)...full story
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Kenyans Spark Outrage With ‘Witches’ Lynching
BY ODHIAMBO JOSEPH-(BBC)-Villagers, many straight from their farms,
and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting...full story
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South Africa Cops Manipulate Crime Statistics
BY MONICA LAGANPARSAD-(SATIMES)-Police in South Africa’s three
major provinces are implicated in a conspiracy to make it appear... full
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$13B Sahara Gas Pipeline Gathers Steam
(BBC)-Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have signed an agreement to build a
multi-billion dollar pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the...full story
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Rwanda Sugar Daddies, Mummies, Bitter Consequences
(PLUSNEWS) - A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda –
"Sinigurisha" (I am not for sale) – warns against cross-generational ...
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Nigeria Churches Will Resist Proposed Taxation
BY INNOCENT OKONKWO-(CHAMPION)-Prelate, Methodist Church
Nigeria, Dr Sunday Makinde Wednesday said attempt by any
government...full story
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Offer Riles Striking South Africa Doctors
(AFP/YAHOO) – South Africa urged its public service doctors Thursday
to halt wildcat strikes and accept a revised wage offer...full story
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Guantanamo Man Left In Chad Limbo
(BBC)-A Saudi-born man held at Guantanamo for seven years has told
the BBC he has been left in Chad with no papers since his...full story
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Forty Percent South African Youth Unskilled
(AFP/YAHOO) – South Africa is seeking ways to equip millions of
youths with skills, after education system failures have left 40...full
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Corruption The Bane Of Mozambique: Experts
(YAHOO/AFP) – Mozambique has reversed the economic collapse
caused by its civil war, but corruption has become the "bane" of... full
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World Bank Study Finds Africa Improvements
BY HARRY DUNPHY-(YAHOO/AP)– Several African nations are among
those that have made great improvements in how their people...full
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Kenya Politicians Won’t Surrender Luxury Cars
(BBC)-Kenyan politicians have not complied with a directive to give up
their plush cars and limit themselves to a single vehicle, a BBC... full
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Blood Diamonds Are Back, Warns Activist
(IND)-The leading architect of the international system to stop the
trade in blood diamonds has warned that the safety net...full story
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Ethiopia President Eager To Quit Power
BY DANIEL HOWDEN-(IND)-Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
called on the rest of his generation of leaders to follow him...full story
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Ugandans Furious Over Killer Cop’s Sentencing
(BBC)-The sentencing of a Ugandan policeman who opened fire on an
opposition rally, killing two people, has been condemned as...full story
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US Will Arm, Train Somali Military
(MSNBC)- The Obama administration has decided to bolster efforts to
support Somalia's embattled government, U.S. officials say...full story
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Africa Climate Project Gets $1M USAID
BY MICHELLE THERIAULT-(AP/YAHOO)– The U.S. development agency
said Thursday it has committed $1 million to a project that aims...full
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Togo Parliament Will Abolish Death Penalty
(BBC)-Togo's parliament has voted unanimously to abolish the death
penalty. full story
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US Immigration Backlog, Delays Virtually Gone
BY ANABELLE GARAY-(AP/YAHOO)– FBI name checks on people
seeking to work or live in the US or become citizens are getting...full
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Many South African Men Admit Rape
(MSNBC)- One in four male South Africans surveyed admitted to
committing rape, according to a research group. full story
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UNICEF Fights Gambia Female Genital Mutilation
(IRIN) - “In politics and sociology you reach a tipping point and once
you’ve reached it, things change,” says Min-whee Kang of the UN...full
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Tunisia Rejects Gitmo Inmate Mistreatment Fears
(NYTIMES/AP)-Tunisia condemned fears that Tunisians jailed at the
U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay would be at risk of
ill-treatment...full story
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Swaziland Wants Couples Tested For HIV
(PLUSNEWS) - A new campaign in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland is
looking to get couples to get tested for HIV together. full story
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Escaping Liberia With Blood And Tears
BY JOHN BLAKE-(CNN) - Michael Chea can't forget what they did to
him. Though he is standing in the morning sunlight, surrounded by...
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Illegal Abortions Take Lives In Tanzania
BY DENISE GRADY-(NYTIMES)— A handwritten ledger at the hospital
tells a grim story. For the month of January, 17 of the 31 minor...full
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‘Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Abound In Africa’
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Countries might be facing
a possible global economic recession, yet huge investment
opportunities...full story
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Global: Mugabe Exposes The African Union's Soft Underbelly
BY CHRIS ONUORAH - (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – The African
Union Heads of State began a two-day Summit in the resort city of
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt...full story
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Global: Ugo Upholds Abiola’s Election, Slams Nwosu, Military
BY CHRIS ONUORAH – (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM)- Dr Sylvester Ugo
has conceded that Chief M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12, 1993
Presidential election... full story
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Global: Time For The Obama Phenomenon
BY CHRIS ONUORAH – (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – There is a new
political wind sweeping across the United States. Called Barack
Obama... full story
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Global: Africans In Danger Of Identity Theft
BY CHRIS ONUORAH- (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – How safe is your
personal identity? Whether your answer is positive or negative...full
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Global: Emeagwali Warns Africa: Produce Or Perish
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE.COM)-With the world on
the brink of a political, socio-economic and environmental..full story
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Global: ATA Points Americans, Investors to Africa
BY CHRIS ONUORAH who was in New York
(AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – Religion, they say, is the people’s opium.
But there are those who, after a recent two-day seminar in New York,
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