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Gay Activities Shut South Africa School
(BBC)-South African education officials are investigating reports that
a girls' boarding school dormitory was closed because of lesbian...full
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Congo Militia Recruits Child Witch Doctors
BY PATRICE CITERA-( AP/YAHOO)–Congolese children are being lured
to fight and serve as witch doctors for an armed group in volatile...
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Stormy Weather Wreaks Havoc Across Egypt
(AFP/YAHOO)– Four people were killed and more than 50 hurt as bad
weather wreaked havoc across Egypt, pelting the capital with a...full
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Mugabe Plans Lavish Party Despite Distress
BY NELSON BANYA- (REUTERS/YAHOO)– Zimbabwe's President Robert
Mugabe celebrates his 86th birthday Saturday with a lavish party...
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Gaddafi Seeks Holy War Against Switzerland
(BC)-Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has called for a jihad, or holy war,
against Switzerland, as an ongoing diplomatic row between...full
story
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Algeria Police Chief Killed By Colleague
(BBC)-The chief of Algeria's national police force, Ali Tounsi, has been
shot dead in the capital, Algiers, officials say. full story
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South Africa Reports N. Korea Sanctions Violations
BY EDITH M. LEDER-( AP/YAHOO)– South Africa sent a report to the
United Nations saying it confiscated a shipment of North Korean tank
...full story
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Nigeria First Lady In Power Grab
BY JON GAMBRELL-( AP/YAHOO)–While Nigeria's ailing president
remains unseen after being brought back into the country under...full
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Leader's Return To Nigeria Sets Showdown
BY WILL CONNORS -(WSJ/GOOGLE)-The return of Nigeria's ailing
president after a three-month medical absence sets the stage for
a...full story
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Guinea Tests Western Influence In Africa
(ASKSIMBA/GOOGLE)-Whether Guinea’s absent junta leader Moussa
Dadis Camara makes it back to his home country or not will...full story
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Ivory Coast Suspends French Television Station
(REUTERS/GOOGLE) - Ivory Coast has suspended satellite TV news
station France 24 over a headline reporting many deaths during a...
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Truce Wins Sudan Rebels Govt Posts
BY ROBERT TUTTLE-(BBC)- A TEMPORARY ceasefire accord signed by
Sudan's government and a rebel group in western Darfur may...full
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Shell And Nigeria Squabble Over Oil
BY TOM BURGIS-(FINTIMES/GOOGLE)-Royal Dutch Shell’s outgoing
Africa chief on Tuesday delivered a blistering attack on Nigeria’s...full
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Ethiopian Airlines Recovers All Crash Bodies
(ABC/REUTERS/GOOGLE)-Ethiopian Airlines says all 90 bodies have
been recovered from the aircraft that crashed off Lebanon last...full
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Blair Visits Liberia To Assist Govt
(AFP/YAHOO) –Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair began a two-
day visit to Liberia Monday to launch a project with President Ellen...
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Niger Military President Plans New Constitution
BY BOUREIMA HAMA- (AFP)-The junta that staged a coup in Niger last
week on Monday named its leader as transitional president and...full
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Guinea Premier Pleads For Election Funds
(BBC)-Guinea urgently needs funds to be ready for an election due
later this year, the prime minister has told the BBC. full story
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Mugabe, 86 Tightens Grip On Power
BY MACDONALD DZIRUTWE-(REUTERS/YAHOO)–Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 86th birthday on Sunday,...
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Fresh Power Tussle Draws Kenyans’ Rage
BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN-(NYTIMES)-Kenyans are once again waiting
anxiously to see whether their president and prime minister will do...
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Liberia And Ghana Improve Bi-lateral Ties
(GNA)- Ghana and Liberia on Friday inched up their bilateral ties and
recommitted themselves to building a stronger relationship that...full
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Ivorian Protesters Push To Oust President
(RUTERS/NYTIMES)-Thousands of protesters marched through this
central Ivorian city on Saturday, demanding the ouster of the...full
story
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Economic Reforms Spur Congo National Growth
BY MARK JOHN-(REUTERS/YAHOO) – PricewaterhouseCoopers' Congo
office was winding down for the weekend one Friday when a call...
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Nigeria Central Bank Springs Islamic Bank
BY OLUWA BANGUDU-(NEXT)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said
the new phase of reforms will positively impact on the provisions...
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Chinese Acquire Nigeria State Telecoms Company
BY DOUG YOUNG-(REUTERS/GOOGLE)-Doubts surfaced over the
planned $2.5 billion sale of Nigeria's former state telecoms monopoly
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$17M Tanzania Gem Sells For $12,000
(BBC)-A giant ruby once thought to be valued at £11m and used to
support an insolvent Shropshire construction firm has been sold for...
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Drugs For Arms In West Africa
BY RUKMINI CALLIMACHI-(GOOGLE/AP)–Cocaine shipped to West
Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms...
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West African Immigrants Allege Wal-Mart Racism
BY DAN FROSCH-(NYTIMES)-A small group of West African men who
came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are...full story
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US Reports Tracks Africa's Stolen Wealth
BY DAVID RANDALL-(IND)-Several African leaders, their relatives and
associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move...full
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How The Seychelles Became Pirates' Den
BY DANIEL HOWDEN-(IND)-A multi-storey cruise ship dwarfs the
harbor of Port Victoria, engulfing two fishing trawlers in its...full story
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Sierra Leone President Slams Official Corruption
(AFP/YAHOO)–Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma took aim at
several of his cabinet ministers Wednesday over corruption...full story
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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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Mugabe Exposes 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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Ugo Upholds Abiola’s Election, Slams 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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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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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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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, now contend that soccer,...full story
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