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Ghana Set For President Mills Inauguration
(GNA) - All is set for the investiture of Ghana's third President
under the Fourth Republican Constitution on Wednesday...full story
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Famous Nigerian Novelist Elechi Amadi Kidnapped
(BBC) - Renowned Nigerian novelist Elechi Amadi has been
kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the Niger Delta region...full story
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Guinea Junta Promises Elections This Year
(BBC) - Guinea's military ruler has promised to hold elections in
2009 - a year earlier than previously announced, a senior French...
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Malawi Hits Gold With Organic Farming
BY BASILDON PETA - (IND) - Poverty and penury often push people
in Africa into innovation. So it was with Jailos Kanyanga. full story
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Eastern Nigeria States Embrace Rural Development
BY OCHEREOME NNANNA-(VANGUARD) - FOR almost twenty years, I
have attended events, conferences and seminars organized by...
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Kenya Premier Complains He Is Sidelined
(BBC) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has held crisis talks
with the leaders of his party amid complaints he is being sidelined..
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Senegalese Use Traditional Weather Prediction Systems
(IRIN) - In the darkness after pre-dawn prayer a village elder
would squint at the sky overhead, tilting his head back until his...
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US-bound Uganda Woman Delivers Baby Mid-air
(BBC) - A Ugandan woman gave birth to a baby girl on board an
international flight from Amsterdam to Boston after going into labor
mid-flight. full story
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Somali Radio Reporter Killed In Crossfire
(CNN) - A reporter for Somalia's Shabelle Radio was shot and killed
Thursday during a gun battle south of Mogadishu, the network...full
story
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Oil Brings Wealth, Poverty To Nigerians
(BBC) - Attacks on oil industry facilities and kidnappings for ransom
are frequent in the creeks of the Niger Delta, which is home to...full
story
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Global Airlines Look To Nigeria For Survival
BY OYETUNJI ABIOYE-(PUNCH)-The global financial crisis may soon
steer a positive direction and influence on the Nigerian aviation...
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Zimbabwe Doomed To Another Failed Harvest?
BY DANIEL HOWDEN-(IND)-The land is fertile, the rain is falling, but
the agricultural system has been destroyed by Robert Mugabe. full
story
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Nigerian State, Microsoft Developing Igbo Software
BY DAVID ONWUCHEKWA-(SUN)-Anambra State Government is
partnering with the American Computer giant, Microsoft to...full
story
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Africa Rings In New Year 2009
(AFRICAMESSAGE)–People all around Africa joined the rest of the
world Thursday morning to ring in the New Year 2009 amid fears...
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More African Slave Children In America
BY RIC FRANCIS-(MSNBC/AP) - In Africa, children of the poor are
commodities, often traded like cows or donkeys by adults who...full
story
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World Kidnapping List Ranks Nigeria Sixth
(VANGUARD)–A recent international study has found Nigeria
ranking sixth on the list of countries with the worst incidents of...
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More South African Women Driving Drunk
BY SUTHENTIRA GOVENDER, KAREN VAN ROOYEN & MEGAN
POWER-(SATIMES)-A record number of drunk female drivers have
been nabbed this festive season...full story
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Nigerian Transporter Invests $3.2M In Buses
BY SAM AWOYINFA-(PUNCH)-A leading transport management firm
in Nigeria, Chisco Transport, has invested a sum of $3.2m...full story
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Ethiopia Hands Out Energy-saving Light Bulbs
(BBC)-Ethiopians are rushing to get their hands on free
energy-saving light bulbs which are being handed out by a utility...
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Xenophobic Attacks: South Africa Leaders Blamed
(SAPA/SATIMES)-The lack of a "legitimate elected leadership" was
behind much of the May xenophobic attacks in South Africa...full
story
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In Swaziland, Can’t Get Rich Quick
(IRIN) - Inhlanhla is a common male name in Swaziland, meaning
"Lucky", because parents considered the arrival of their baby boy...
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New Zimbabwe $10B Note Buys Bread
(CNN) - Zimbabwe's central bank introduced a $10 billion note
worth less than 20 U.S. dollars...full story
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‘Britain Taking Sides In Congo Conflict’
BY RICHARD DOWDEN-(IND)When United Nations experts revealed
in a recent report the links between the Rwandan...full story
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Afribank Nigeria Launches First True Credit Card
(THISDAY) - AFRIBANK Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading financial
services providers, yesterday further strengthened its... full story
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Kenya President, Premier Agree Election Tribunal
(BBC)-Kenya's president and prime minister have signed a deal
that will pave the way for an election violence tribunal. full story
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Egyptians Sell Their Kidneys To Survive
(IRIN) - In the darkest alleys of Shubra, a district in Cairo, illegal
organ traffickers hunt down destitute young Egyptians to try...full
story
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Zanzibar’s Many Poor Now Finding Hope
(IND)-Almost no one turns left leaving Zanzibar's airport. To the
right, lies the paved road to the spice island's expensive hotels...
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‘Oil Is A Curse For Most Nigerians’
BY LISA LING- (CNN)-Trash litters its cities. Electricity is sporadic at
best. There is no clean water. Medical and educational services...
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Comoros Citizens Live In Fear Of Volcano
(IRIN) - Rehabilitating a neighbourhood bully is never an easy task,
especially if it is a 2,360m active volcanic system that...full story
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European Union Will Ease Asylum Rules
(BBC)-The European Commission has called for fairer and more
efficient procedures across the EU for asylum seekers. full story
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Hundred Inmates Escape In Liberia Prison Break
(BBC)-More than 100 inmates have escaped from Liberia's only
maximum security prison in the capital, Monrovia. full story
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Nigeria Foreign Missions Will Issue E-Passports
BY YEMI AKINSUYI-(THISDAY)-Comptroller General of Immigration
(CG), Mr. Chukwurah Udeh, has assured Nigerians in diaspora... full
story
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Botswana Minister Demands Mugabe’s Immediate Exit
(IND)-Zimbabwe's neighbors should close their borders in an
attempt to bring down President Robert Mugabe, Botswana's...full
story
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How (Not) To Deal With Somali Pirates
BY BARRETT SHERIDAN-(IND)-Last week, the world cheered a little
when an Indian warship said it had encountered a Somali pirate..
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France Ends Transit Visa Requirements For Nigerians
BY OYETUNJI ABIOYE-(PUNCH)-Nigerian passport holders with visas
to the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and all... full story
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Xenophobia Still Stalks Foreigners In South Africa
(IRIN) - As Aunesi Omari and her children cowered in her room in
Philippi, a low-income section of the South African city of Cape
Town...full story
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Ethiopia Asks Britain To Return Stolen Treasures
BY ANDREW JOHNSON-(IND)-Ethiopia is demanding that Britain's
museums return some of its most significant religious treasures. full
story
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Yar’Adua Will Bankrupt Nigeria, Warns Ex-Minister
BY ERASMUS ALANEME-(CHAMPION)-A chieftain of the Action
Congress (AC) Chief Audu Ogbeh, has warned that Nigeria will go
bankrupt...full story
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Malawians Prepare For Flash Flood Season
(IRIN) - The state of preparedness for a natural disaster in
Malawi's flood-prone areas as well as other locales is coming... full
story
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Algerian Parliament Scraps Presidential Term Limits
(MSNBC/AP)- Algeria's parliament overwhelmingly approved
constitutional amendments that abolish presidential term...full story
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Ghana Hails EU Pact To End Illegal Logging
(IRIN) - A long queue of trucks loaded with timber, freshly sawed
from Ghana's fast-depleting forests...full story
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Obama Becomes America’s First Black President
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Barack Obama the son
of an African immigrant from Kenya did the unthinkable on
Tuesday...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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Flash Floods Kill 30, Destroys Houses In Algeria
(AP/CNN) -- Torrential rains in the Algerian Sahara caused flash
floods that killed 30 people and injured...full story
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Kenya Exam Cheats Face Heavy Fines
(BBC)-Students caught cheating during national examinations in
Kenya could soon face hefty cash fines. full story
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Exams Spark Mass Fainting For Tanzania Students
(BBC)-Junior school pupils in Tanzania experienced a mass fainting
fit while taking their final year exams, an educational official...full
story
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Here Comes The Female Condom
(PLUSNEWS) - The female condom – currently the only female-
controlled method of preventing HIV - is rarely available...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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Nigeria: So Many Brides, Not Enough Suitors
(SUN) - In that day, seven women will take hold one man and say,
‘we will eat our own food and provide our own clothes.. 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 story
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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, now contend that soccer,...full story
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