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Diplomatic Disaster: Is Obama Courting Babangida?
BY OKEY NDIBE-(SUN)-Last Wednesday, February 10, the Barack Obama
administration made a move that’s likely to hurt its credibility among
Nigerians. Johnnie Carson, the United States Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs,...full story
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How Will Chinese Culture Influence Africa?
(REUTERS/GOOGLE)-So far, media coverage of China’s involvement in
Africa has mostly been about investment. Stories of Chinese engineers
in hard hats standing by roads up mountains in Ethiopia. full story
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Goodluck Lives Up To His Name
BY JON GAMBRELL-(AP/YAHOO)– Goodluck Jonathan has once again lived
up to his name by becoming acting president of Africa's most populous
nation. full story
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Voodoo, The Old Haitian Religion Rebounds
BY KIM SENGUPTA-(IND)-In the aftermath of one of the world's worst
earthquakes, priests and missionaries are competing for the souls of a
traumatized population. full story
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The Lebanese Factor In West Africa
BY ANDREW WALKER-(BBC)-The crash of an Ethiopian aeroplane carrying
Lebanese passengers to Addis Ababa has highlighted the strong ties
between Lebanon and Africa. full story
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The New South Africa Slave Trade
BY E. BENJAMIN SKINNER-(TIME)-For a South African victim of human
trafficking, this was the endgame. On a freezing night last July,
Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run
hospice in central Bloemfontein. full story
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Achebe Encounters Many Hearts Of Darkness
(NYTIMES)-First published in 1958, “Things Fall Apart” turned 50 last
year, to wide acclaim. In 2007 Mr. Achebe won the Man Booker
International Prize, a lifetime achievement award. full story
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Wealthy, Quiet, Privileged, Suicide Bomb Suspect
BY ANDREW JOHNSON & EMILY DUGAN-(IND)-With his wealth, privilege
and education at one of Britain's leading universities, Abdul Farouk
Abdulmutallab had the world at his feet – able to choose from a range
of futures...full story
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Why Briton Plotted Equatorial Guinea Coup
BY CAHAL MILMO-(IND)-Why are we asking this now? Simon Mann, the
Eton-educated former SAS troop leader who organized a coup against
the president of the oil-rich...full story
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Soludo, The PDP, And Nigerian Impunity
BY OKEY NDIBE-(234NEXT)-If Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party is
Africa's largest political party, then it is also - by the evidence of its
conduct - the largest concentration of anti-democrats on the continent.
full story
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Aid To Africa: Give Or Take?
BY MICHAEL MAIELLO-(FORBES)-How to pull Africa out of its desperate
poverty? The Gates Foundation attacks disease on the theory that
debilitated people cannot become prosperous. Celebrities clamor for
debt forgiveness. full story
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Race, Politics In The Obama Age
BY CANDY CROWLEY & ED HORNICK-(CNN)-Race and politics are a
combustible combo that explodes into headlines when an...full story
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For Gadhafi, New Lease Of Life
BY DANIEL HOWDEN-(IND)-The 40th anniversary of the coup that
brought him to power has offered a salutary lesson in the exercise of
power in Colonel Gaddafi's Libya. full story
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An Obama Sermon For Black America
BY DAVID USBORNE-(IND)-On the first dog-day of summer, the crowds
on 125th Street keep to the shady north side and the luckiest find
doorways chilled by air leaking from banks or hair salons. full story
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Why The World Is Snubbing Nigeria
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Nigerians are miffed that
when United States President Barack Obama makes his maiden official
trip to sub-Sahara Africa between July 10th and 11th, he will not be
going to Nigeria. Instead, Obama will be visiting Ghana, a much smaller,
poorer and less dominant country in African politics.full story
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Is Soccer The New People’s Opium?
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-We have all heard that religion
was the people’s opium. But now, that assertion is being questioned by
the steady rise of soccer around the world. full story
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Raising African Children: USA Or Africa?
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Africans living in the United
States are confronted these days with a serious question. full story
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The Golden Guus Works His Magic
BY NEAL GRAHAM-(CNN) - How does a man from an unassuming Dutch
village go to being loved in South Korea, adored in Australia, revered in
Russia and admired in England? full story
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What If The Nigerian President Dies?
(ECONOMIST)-IN AN office in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos,
economists scour the morning’s newspapers for photographs of
President Umaru Yar’Adua, hoping to divine a clue as to his well-being.
full story
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Somali Pirates Make Millions From Kidnappings
BY ANDERSON COOPER-(CNN) - Somali pirates have turned high-seas
kidnappings into a lucrative business, one that netted between $50
million and $150 million last year...full story
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Piracy Offers Young Somalis Prosperity, Power
BY ANITA POWELL-(AP/YAHOO)- For young Somalis, piracy offers a life of
adventure and money: At sea, they are armed with automatic weapons,
rockets and grenades. full story
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Adebayor Talks Life, Soccer And Family
(FIFA)-With 30 goals in 48 appearances for Arsenal last season, it is
little surprise that Emmanuel Adebayor was voted the 2008 CAF African
Footballer. full story
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The Hypocrisy Of The African Union
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-There are mixed reactions
about the African Union’s recent expulsions of some countries...full story
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Too Late To Talk In Madagascar?
(IRIN) - Talks due to start on 12 March to resolve Madagascar's political
crisis have been postponed, and the US ambassador has warned that
the country risks...full story
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Selling African Children Into Sex Slavery
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-A 34-year-old Liberian woman
walked into a U.S. courtroom recently and immediately...full story
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Sisters United To Improve Africa’s Image
BY NIKKI JECKS-(BBC)-Two Nigerian sisters are hoping to reverse the
trend of bad news out of Africa by touring the continent documenting its
good news stories. full story
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What Exactly Went Wrong For Madagascar?
(IRIN) - As emotions continue to run high in Madagascar's capital,
Antananarivo, many people are asking who is to blame for the political
turmoil in which over 100 people have...full story
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Will The Zimbabwe Power Sharing Work?
BY BASILDON PETA-(IND)-Why are we asking this now?
The African Union (AU) leaders who are meeting in Addis Ababa for their
annual summit have called for....full story
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Full Text Of Barack Obama's Speech
(IND)-My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before
us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices
borne by our ancestors. full story
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Nigeria And The Audacity Of Madness
BY OKEY NDIBE-(SUN)-Days after Barack Hussein Obama made
history by becoming America’s first bi-racial president-elect...full story
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Taylor And Son: An African Tragedy
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-These are rough days
indeed for the Charles Taylor family. One, the father sits in jail
somewhere in Europe...full story
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Open Letter To Martin Luther King
BY PHILIP EMEAGWALI-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Walk with me down memory
lane. The time: 1968. In 30 months, one million dead. full story
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In CAR, Some Fond Memories Of Bokassa
(BBC)-For more than three decades his name has been synonymous
with the worst excesses of the sort of dictators who... full story
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In Kenya, Home Is Where The Tent Is
(IRIN) - Many thousands of Kenyans remain displaced a year after
election-related violence forced around half a million people to flee... full
story
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Cameroon: A Presidents' Frantic Race Against Time
BY AJONG MBAPNDAH L-(PANAFRICANVISION)- For a man who has been
in power since 1982, President Paul Biya's achievements...full story
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The Plots To Assassinate Barack Obama
BY ANDREW GUMBEL-(IND)-Shawn Adolf and his cousin Tharin Gartrell
fancied that 28 August, 2008 would be a good day for the next
president of the United States to die. full story
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Africa Must Learn From American Democracy
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Barack Obama swept to
victory as America’s first black president in the early...full story
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For Obama, The Man Whose Time Has Come
BY JOHANN HARI-(IND)-Can it happen? Are the Bush years going to end
with the election of a cerebral,liberal black man born to a...full story
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How The West Fuels Africa’s Bloodiest War
BY JOHANN HARI-(IND)-The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched
across Europe is starting again – and you are almost certainly...full story
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In Swaziland, A Tale Of Two Countries
(IRIN) - The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the
world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is classified as a...full story
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Protecting African Children By Training Soldiers
(IRIN) - An international NGO is using cartoons to spell out to African
soldiers the rights and wrongs of how to treat a child. full story
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Dating Among Africans In The Internet Age
BY PATIENCE TURTOE-SANDERS-(GUARDIAN)-How modern technology
has shrunk the world! Previously, the postal service... full story
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Mbeki Did Not Deserve To Go
BY IVAN FALLON-(IND)-South Africa is in a much better place than it was,
and Mbeki has a lot to do with it. full story
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Good Or Bad? South Africa After Mbeki
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-It was a move that was so
unprecedented that it sent shock waves around the world.full story
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Zimbabwe Power Deal Strikes Delicate Balance
(MSNBC)- President Robert Mugabe and his main rival agreed to divide
control of the police and army and strike a delicate balance in Zimbabwe’
s Cabinet...full story
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Africa And China: Sweethearts Or Strange Bedfellows?
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-With Africa’s socio-political
problems mounting daily, the continent could do with...full story
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A Zimbabwe Farewell
BY JUSTINE SHAW-(IND)-Last year, was forced to flee her beloved
Zimbabwe. Like millions of others, she had suffered years of threats,
poverty and intimidation at the hands of Robert Mugabe's men. full story
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Only Olympic Soccer Gold Will Appease Nigerians
BY CHRIS ONUORAH-(AFRICAMESSAGE)-Nothing other than the Olympic
soccer gold will appease millions of Nigerians who have seen most of
their medal hopes vanish...full story
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The Death Traps Called Nigerian Roads
BY TAI EJIBUNU-(PUNCH)-Governments at all levels (Federal, state
and local) in Nigeria commit huge sums of money that run into
billions of Naira to road construction and rehabilitation. full story
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The Battle Of Wives, Husbands, In-laws
BY CHIOMA GABRIEL-(VANGUARD)-In every marital relationships
everywhere, the stories of in-laws are non- ending. full story
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The Poor Zillionaires Of Zimbabwe
BY ANDREW HARDING-(BBC)-How do you make sense of money in a
country with an unofficial inflation rate soaring past 15m%? full story
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Mandela: A Man Of All The People
(IND) - He's 90 today - and every A-lister wants to be photographed
with him. But as John Carlin writes in this moving tribute, his true
greatness lies in his deep respect for ordinary men and women. full story
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Beyond the Last Computer
BY PHILIP EMEAGWALI (EMEAGWALI.COM) -I felt the hard, cold
steel of a gun against the back of my head. I spun around and saw my
assailant’s finger shaking on the trigger: full story
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Inside Obasanjo's Police State, By Anyim
(SUN) - Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has relived his days as Senate
President, the crises of confidence between him and former president,
Olusegun Obasanjo and placed his survival from impeachment...full story
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To Africa, To Complete the Cycle of Freedom
BY CHRIS ONUORAH – (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – Imagine a slave ship
sailing from Africa to the Americas. Imagine the pain, the fear and the
trauma... full story
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Mugabe, Poster Boy of African Dictatorship?
BY CHRIS ONUORAH - (AFRICAMESSAGE-COM) – Democracy is in
and dictatorship is out, except you are Zimbabwe President Robert
Mugabe...full story
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Global: Kanu And The Return of The King
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – Nigeria Captain Nwankwo
Kanu scored a first half goal Saturday that gave Portsmouth its first FA
Cup in 69 years. The win also put Pompey in Europe as the club
grabbed the last UEFA Cup spot for England. full story
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Global:The Passion of Nwankwo Kanu
(INDEPENDENT) - Portsmouth's Nigerian centre-forward knows better
than most how badly treated footballers from his continent have been.
He tells Jason Burt why he is establishing a foundation to help them do
something about it. full story
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Zimbabwe: Striking It Rich In This Poor Country
(BBC) - How do people make money in Zimbabwe - a country believed to
have the highest inflation in the world - 165,000%?.... full story
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Global:The Captain, The Pirates And The 47-Day Nightmare
(CNN) - Colin Darch was piloting his slow-moving tugboat out of the Red
Sea close to Somalia when heavily armed pirates sped up next. ... full
story
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Nigeria: Tables Are Turning For Obasanjo
(BBC) - The humiliation of Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is
forging ahead, less than a year after he left office. full story
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Global: Moscow Prepares For a Soccer Invasion
(INDEPENDENT) - It is a truth learnt the hard way by invading armies
since Napoleon's time – the march on Moscow is fraught with danger.
full story
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S. Africa: Jacob Zuma: President In Waiting
(INDEPENDENT) - Beaten, tortured and exiled under apartheid, Jacob
Zuma arrived in London this week to a hero's welcome. He tells Ivan...
full story
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Global: The Graves Are Not Yet Full
BY PHILIP EMEAGWALI - (EMEAGWALI.COM) - Walk with me down
memory lane. The time: 1968. In 30 months, one million dead. The
setting: a dusty camp in Biafra where survivors waited and hoped for
peace. full story
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Angola: Miss Landmines Gets Her Crown
(CNN) - A 31-year-old woman who lost part of her leg when she
stepped on a land mine has won the unusual title of Miss Landmine
Angola 2008. The women posed in long gowns and in swimsuits during
the televised. They all wore artificial limbs. full story
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Zimbabwe: The Writing's On The Wall For Mugabe
(INDEPENDENT) - The writing was on the wall for Robert Mugabe last
night. It was pinned to the side of polling tents, posted on school
fences and written on the walls of community halls. full story
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Comoros: Twenty Military Coups After...
(INDEPENDENT) - Africa's One-Day War had been coming for weeks. And
just in case the renegade colonel digging in his heels on the remote
Indian Ocean island was in any doubt, enemy helicopters skimmed the
craggy peaks...full story
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S. Africa: Job Creation, a Work in Progress
(IRIN) - Although the South African government's Expanded Public
Works Programme (EPWP) is on track to achieve its main objective of
creating one million jobs for the poor by 2009,......full story
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S. Leone: High Fees and Scared Patients
(BBC) - Medics running a clinic in a coastal slum of Sierra Leone's capital,
Freetown, are keeping a diary for the BBC News website about their
work. full story
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Global: Rejection And The Dating Game
(IRIN/PlusNews) - To avoid the pain of being rejected, many
HIV-positive Kenyans are choosing to exclusively date other infected
people. But does this make things any easier? full story
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Global: Annan, Knight of The Peace Table?
(INDEPENDENT) - Before Kofi Annan had even arrived in Nairobi to try to
persuade Kenya's leaders to begin peace talks, one of President Mwai
Kibaki's more hardline ministers made the government's view quite
clear. full story
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Human Trafficking: A very Modern Slavery
(BBC) - Penny was almost 29 when she was trafficked from Rwanda to
the UK, tricked into believing she could start a new life. full story
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Global: Why Black Models Are Not Succeeding
(INDEPENDENT) - One of Britain's leading model agents has offered a
disturbing insight into the racial discrimination holding back the careers
of black models in the British fashion industry. Rob Sharp reports. full
story
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Udeze, Nigerian NFL Star Hit By Cancer
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (africamessage.com)
Nigerian-born Minnesota Vikings football star Kenechi Udeze, 24, has
been diagnosed with a form of leukemia, which is cancer of the blood
and bone marrow, a team official told the media on Tuesday. full story
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Udeze: A Glittering Record
(VIKINGS.COM)Bounced back from knee injury suffered in 2005 by
playing in all 16 games with 15 starts in 2006…Was a key part of the
Vikings ranking #1 in the NFL in rush defense and #8 overall, the 1st
time since 1994 that the team ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in
defense…Helped the defense hold opponents to 985 rushing yards in ’
06,... full story
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Gadhafi, Greek Gifts and Freewill Offerings
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (africamessage.com)
It appears that most African leaders and their countries catch cold
anytime Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi sneezes. Knowing this so well,
the continent’s enfant terrible has been sneezing a lot lately. full story
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Mozambique: A Golden Voice in AIDS Prevention
(IRIN/PlusNews) - She has been mesmerizing fans for three decades.
Singer Elisa Domingas Jamisse, or Mingas, is one of Mozambique's most
famous celebrities. Her music, a mixture of Afro sounds that gives
prominence to the rhythms of the Chope people of southern
Mozambique..., full story
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Islamic Law: To Be or Not To Be?
(BBC) - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, sparked a
stormy debate when he appeared to suggest that some aspects of
Sharia law should be adopted in the UK. full story
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An African Soccer Adventure
(CNN) -- I've always wanted to go on a thematic holiday. That is a trip
to a country with a theme uniting everything you do and all the people
you meet. full story
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Somalia: The Forgotten Catastrophe
(INDEPENDENT) - According to the UN, the worst catastrophe in Africa is
not taking place in Kenya, or even Darfur. Fifteen years after the
disastrous Black Hawk Down incident, Somalia has more refugees than
any country in the world. full story
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Global: Exposing Africa's Football Traffickers
(BBC) - In European capitals they are a familiar part of the landscape.
You may even have spoken to one of them as you haggle over the price
of a fake Louis Vuitton bag - or maybe you bought a miniature Eiffel
Tower from one of them in Paris. full story
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Nations Cup: Ghana Profits From Football Feast
(BBC) - The wonder of the Africa Cup of Nations is that there do not
seem to be any fake shirts to be had.
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Nations Cup: Ghana Buries Nigeria Ghost
By CHRIS ONUORAH (africamessage.com)
Ghana has been hiding behind Nigeria’s soccer shadow for two and a
half decades. But not anymore. The Black Stars buried the ghost of the
Super Eagles Sunday with a 2-1 victory in the 2008 African Nations Cup.
full story
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Umenyiora, Giant of the Superbowl
(nygiants.com) - Osi Umenyiora, born British to Nigerian parents Sunday
wrote his name into the history books with an unexpected victory over
the New England Patriots. He was a major contributor to the New York
Giants who were written off by most football pundits.
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Achebe Reflects on Music Legend Osadebe
(AFRICAMESSAGE.COM) – Professor Chinua Achebe has paid glowing
tributes to Nigerian music legend Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe who
passed away recently. Achebe described Osadebe as “an artist who
played music with a message and mission.”
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Chike Obi: Death of a Mathematician
(SUN) - Nigeria, indeed Africa’s foremost Mathematician, Professor
Chukwunwike Obi popularly called Chike Obi passed on recently.
full story
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The Fall and Fall of Odartey Lamptey
(INDEPENDENT) - On the wall of his office in the school Nii Lamptey runs
here in the capital of Ghana hangs a brief passage of motivational text
he picked up in China. "If life does not give you all that you want," it
begins, "rejoice that you are alive." full story
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Kenya Conflict a Threat to East Africa
(INDEPENDENT) - Kenya's political meltdown is threatening its economic lifeline
to Somalia and other neighbouring countries and disrupting the supply of
desperately needed relief aid.
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The New Scramble For Africa
(BBC) - At the end of the 19th Century, European countries, in what
became known as the scramble for Africa, sought to carve up the
continent between them. In 2008 the scramble is to secure the
continent's finest footballing talent. full story
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Nigeria Resurrects, Sets Up Thriller With Ghana
From africamessage.com SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT in Sekondi
Nigeria beat Benin Republic on Tuesday in a rare mish-mash of grit and
benevolence that also propelled her into what promises to be a thrilling
quarterfinal with Ghana, the host of this 2008 African Nations Cup.full
story
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After Kenya, What Next?
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (africmessage.com)
Again, the news is bad and getting worse for Africa. The sworn enemies
in the Kenya post-election turmoil shook hands for the first time on
Thursday but the damage had been done. Their earlier refusal to
resolve the December general elections dispute had led to one of Africa’
s last safe havens exploding into bloody violence. full story
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No Help For Old Swazi Caregivers
(IRIN/PlusNews) - The widowed Gogo (SiSwati for "granny") Thwala, 72,
lives a life that relies heavily on her survival skills as she
single-handedly raises three grandchildren, but not a trace of
resignation or despair clouds her smile. full story
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Black Spots on Mbeki's Bright Sun
(THE TIMES) - GAVIN EVANS analyses the president’s successes and failures.
And so it was that the leopard inherited the crown, revealing different spots to
those on display in exile years. full story
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The Passion of the Nations Cup
{BBC) - Football means very different things to players in Africa compared to
those in Europe. I was born in Ghana but moved to France at an early age and
won the World Cup in 1998 and Euro 2000 with my adopted country. BY
MARCEL DESAILLY full story
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The Problem With African Democracy
(STANDARD) Ghana for now serves as a strong island of peace in West Africa,
as you know that Liberia is enjoying relative peace. Cote d’Ivoire is in a
rotational state of collapse and promise as rebels are always threatening
President Laurent Gbagbo, day-in-day-out. We all know that the rebels rejected
President Thabo Mbeki as a dishonest arbiter. full story
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Zimbabwe: No Water, No Light, No Problem
(STANDARD) - IT is after a long and painful wait that I have decided to write
this letter against my conviction that I would not want to embarrass people in
important positions whom I respectfully assume have the same sense of duty
and dedication to this great nation of Zimbabwe and its peace loving and
humble citizens as I have. full story
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A Glimpse into the Lives of Africa's Dictators
(STANDARD) - GIVEN the opportunity to traverse and write about Africa and
her dictators, I therefore, am forced to go ballistic. The opportunity to traverse
the troubled continent and possibly with another opportunity to ponder and
compare Africa’s diversity in cultures....full story
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Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap
BY PHILIP EMEAGWALI (emeagwali.com)
Oil has made us billions of dollars and fuelled our economic stability, but
oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse
that has caused poverty and corruption, but for others it is an essential
source of untold wealth and power. full story
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Kenya: Defining Moment For Africa
(STANDARD) - If, by this time next week, the political crisis in Kenya has
not been resolved, aided by a group of distinguished, influential
Africans, the continent can start lowering its sights on all fronts. full story
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Zimbabwe: Everyone is a Millionaire
(INDEPENDENT) - In Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, everyone is a millionaire. You
have to be: a loaf of bread costs a million Zimbabwe dollars, a newspaper
costs two million, and a decent joint of beef costs a hundred million. full tory
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Zimbabwe: As Landlords Demand Rent Dollars
(STANDARD) - WHEN Eric Khumalo was told by his landlord to leave his
lodgings in three months, he thought it would be another stroll in the park
getting alternative accommodation. BY NDAMU SANDU.full story
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Zimbabwe : How to Cheat the Ballot Camera
(STANDARD) - TICHAONA Jokonya will be remembered by many
journalists as the Minister of Information and Publicity whose life was
cut short before he could undo some of the damage inflicted on the
media by others before him. full story
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S. Africa: The Fall of 'Cash Cop' Selebi
(THE TIMES) - JACKIE Selebi will this week face criminal charges for
taking money from Mafia kingpin Glenn Agliotti, fugitive Billy Rautenbach
and slain mining magnate Brett Kebble. full story
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Decolonising the Mind
Considered one of the most important contemporary writers in Africa,
his novel, Weep Not, Child remains one of the most significant literary
works from the continent. Here NGUGI WA THIONG’O laments how
English has dominated and influences African languages, thoughts and
attitudes.
full story
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S. Africa: The High Price of Condoms
(PlusNews) - Condom sales in South Africa have climbed by as much as 55
percent in the last year, pointing to increased condom usage - but does this
mean that behaviour has changed? full story
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Kenya, Worse Than Fiction
(BBC) - Renowned Kenyan novelist and playwright NGUGI WA THIONG"O
tellls his views on the unrest that has engulfed Kenya since last month's
disputed elections. full story
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Taylor, War and Diamonds Linked
(INDEPENDENT) - The first witness in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial testified
yesterday that Sierra Leone rebels backed by Taylor mutilated and terrorized
civilians to seize diamond fields, and that Taylor used the profits to buy
weapons. full story
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Kenya: Attack Victim: "I Thought I Was Dead"
(CNN) -- Lying in a hospital bed in this rural hub of Kenya's Rift Valley, a man
describes surviving two machete wounds to his head and multiple slashes to his
hands. He says he was attacked by people who now live by the rules of
tribalism. full story
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Liberia: The Struggle to Save Young Orphans
(INDEPENDENT) - Peter H Toe, a slow-moving 78-year-old with rheumy eyes
and deep frown lines, is considering the daily dilemma he faces finding enough
food for the 52 children in his care. full story
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Zimbabwe: Money for Nothing
(IRIN) - Attempts to alleviate Zimbabwe's critical cash shortages through the
introduction of higher denomination notes are so far proving ineffective, as long
bank queues have remained into January 2008. full story
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Kenya: Massacre in the House of God
(INDEPENDENT) - Tears streamed down the cheeks of 18-year-old Sheila Kai
as she described the moment before the Kenya Assemblies of God Pentecostal
church in Kiambaa was burnt to the ground. full story
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Africa: Immigrants Now Turn to Algeria
(BBC) - While many young Algerians are risking their lives crossing the
Mediterranean on fishing boats to find opportunities abroad, Africans from
south of the Sahara are risking .... full story
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Egypt: Bus Plunges into Canal, Kills 19
(CNN) - A bus plunged into a canal alongside the Nile River in southern Egypt
on Monday, killing 17 passengers and the driver, the state MENA news agency
reported. full story
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Global: More Hands to the Healthcare Pump
(IRIN/PlusNews) - The world is running a deficit of more than 4 million
healthcare workers, but a proposed new shift in healthcare delivery may .... full
story
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Kenya: HIV Positive? You Can Still Have Sex
Mombasa,(IRIN/PlusNews) - People tend to think that contracting HIV can spell
the end of their sex lives, but HIV-positive Africans of all ages are now being
.... full story
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G-Bissau: Testing Without Treatment
(IRIN) - Saico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV
counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second largest
in Guinea Bissau's Bijagos Archipelago.
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What They Are Saying About africamessage.com
In its brief life as a website for Africans and friends of Africa, africamessage.com
has been receiving great reviews from visitors from around the world. We will not
be able to publish all the comments. But we share here just a few of the
responses we have been receiving. Thank you all. read more
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Superstitions, Killings and All that Jazz
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (africamessage.com)
We all have our little superstitions. Remember when we were kids. How
we’d spend hours on five minute errands. And the spanking from
mother which we knew was waiting. What to do? Didn’t you know?
That if you tied two leaves together, mother would forgive you your
sins? Did it always happen? We all know the answer. full story
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Nations Cup Special: When Clubs Collide WithCountries
BY CHRIS ONUORAH (africamessage.com)
As ever with soccer, the passion off the green patch is never willing to
be outdone by events inside it. With preparations for the 2008 African
Nations Cup beginning to unfold, expect sparks to fly. full story
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Nigeria Confirm More Friendlies
(BBC NEWS)- Nigeria have confirmed two international friendlies as part of their
preparations for next month's African Nations Cup finals. full story
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How a Woman is Saving Burundi Soccer
(BBC/NEWS)- Burundi football was in disarray in 2004 when Fifa federation of
embezzlement. full story
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Swaziland: Sex Is A Risky Business
MANZINI, (PlusNews) - Not much has been known about sex workers in Swaziland,
but a recent report has begun to shed some light on the sex industry in a country
with the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. full story
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Ideas, Not Money, Are Capital
BY PHILIP EMEAGWALI
I once believed that capital was another word for money, the
accumulated wealth of a country or its saw a Deutsche Bank
advertisement in the Wall Street Journal that proclaimed: “Ideas are
capital. The saw a Deutsche Bank advertisement in the Wall Street
Journal that proclaimed: “Ideas are capital. The rest is just money.” full
story
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An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness
For ages, Africa and Africans have been portrayed in the most negative ways
possible by Western opinion leaders. CHINUA ACHEBE, the continent’s greatest
and most studied novelist tackles this trend in his critique of Joseph Conrad and
his book, Heart of Darkness which, though racist and brazenly false, remains
one of the most prescribed books for students of English Literature. full story
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