Tuesday 31 May 2011

Mauritania

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Clinton visits Cairo's Tahrir Square, decries violence in Bahrain

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails the "power of the human spirit" in a surprise visit to Cairo's Tahrir Square, a bright spot in a trip mostly focused on ominous developments elsewhere in the Middle East.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031601641.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Tanzania: Zanzibar Tackles Malaria with Mobile Phones

Afew years ago,Othman Mrushid would show up each morning at his clinic in a tiny rugged Matemwe village,Unguja,Zanzibar, to find a group of shivering villagers waiting for his services. After checking the patients, majority would be suffering from malaria. It used to be a daily routine.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105311233.html

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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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The Future? is Here! [Pivot 25 Video]

PIVOT25: East Africa’s Biggest Mobile Tech Event from Pivot25 Conference on Vimeo. The next big thing in African Tech has arrived. Pivot 25 is here! The region’s top 25 mobile tech startups pitch against each other June 14-15 in Nairobi, Kenya at the Ole Sereni Hotel. Go to pivot25.com for tickets and info. Video by [...]

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Swaziland: King Mswati Cancels Silver Jubilee Celebrations

His Majesty King Mswati III has stopped the much talked about Silver Jubilee celebrations in light of the economic crisis.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105310089.html

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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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Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens

President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305726.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Monday 30 May 2011

13 Somalis die in mortar attacks in capital; AU arrests 3 soldiers for wounding civilians

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A medical official says 13 people died in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502670.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Rwanda 'forced exhumation' claim

A Rwandan opposition party accuses the government of forcing people to exhume remains of relatives killed during the 1994 genocide.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13582150

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Olatunbosun Obayomi at the BMW Guggenheim Lab

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Mobile Web Content in East Africa [Report]

Vodafone recently concluded a policy paper on “Broadband in Emerging Markets”, also titled “Making Broadband Accessible for All“. The position and reason for this paper is best summarized below. “The success story of mobiles in the developing world is well known. Yet in the case of extending data services in emerging markets, there is a [...]

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U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi's forces 'very effective'; Libyan leader pledges 'long, drawn-out war'

After 24 hours of strikes on air defenses and ground forces, Gaddafi calls foreign forces "Nazis," promises drawn-out war

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/19/AR2011031903274.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Libyan rebels launch offensive; coalition continues pounding Gaddafi's forces

Despite the airstrikes, Gaddafi's forces were digging in outside Ajdabiya, which straddles highways that go north to Benghazi and east across the desert to Tobruk.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032101758.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Op-Ed Contributor : The Many Qaddafis

Over the 42 years of iron-fisted rule, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has taken on many roles.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c7aa881c9cdabe610fdad2923ba7b6ab

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Sunday 29 May 2011

Imbe-Queen of Fruits

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The African Yam Bean

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Swaziland

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Obama praises Brazil as a model of democracy

With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama sticks to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032001952.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Beyond Fossil Fuels: African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power

As small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper and more reliable, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people far from electricity grids and fuel pipelines.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62ec5abb0a2f750d2a3ef23c300fcc04

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South Africa Exults Abroad but Frets at Home

South Africa has joined an elite group of emerging powers, but at home, it faces an erosion of confidence in the government.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=310b9f7b5fd4f2e5bd132c7870b74689

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Libya's Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America

CARACAS, Venezuela - As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500154.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Saturday 28 May 2011

Obama keeps his eye on independent voters

President Obama's Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House's position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/12/AR2011031203508.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Western Sahara

Key facts about the territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/3466917.stm

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Forgive and forget?

Will victims of Ivory Coast 'war crimes' ever see justice?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13528781

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Lost Egyptian pyramids spotted from space

Seventeen lost pyramids are among buildings identified from new infra-red images in a satellite survey of Egypt.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-13522957

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Madagascar

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Obama visits Brazil with Libya on his mind

With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama stuck to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil, arriving Sunday morning in a once-notorious slum that Brazilian officials now hold up as a symbol of a rejuvenated country.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032002586.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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World Briefing | MIDDLE EAST: Economic Aid to Egypt and Tunisia

The World Bank said that it was willing to provide up to $6 billion to support political and economic change in Egypt and Tunisia.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dfc394188c134f9fbb967ccaf002a293

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The Lede: Following Obama's Middle East Speech on Twitter

Readers of The Lede can watch live video of President Obama's speech on the Middle East, which is scheduled to begin at 11:40 a.m. ET.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8f24076871e2ccc3d96267d95808f6e8

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Friday 27 May 2011

Cost of revolution

Can Egypt meet the rising economic demands of its people?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-13522365

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Ernest Cole: Photographer

Images from the exhibition in South Africa.

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Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolves much hated state security agency

CAIRO - Egypt's interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country's widely hated state security agency, which is accused in torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502767.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Obama offers tempered support for Libya rebels

President Obama on Friday offered only tempered support for Libya's rebels and played down the feasibility of Western military intervention to aid their cause, raising questions about how far he is willing to go to help fulfill his declaration last week that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi "must le...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031105448.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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The African Yam Bean

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Lost Egyptian pyramids spotted from space

Seventeen lost pyramids are among buildings identified from new infra-red images in a satellite survey of Egypt.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-13522957

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Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolves much hated state security agency

CAIRO - Egypt's interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country's widely hated state security agency, which is accused in torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502767.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace

The country hopes to collect millions of dollars in flyover fees if it regains authority over traffic in its airspace, which the United Nations has controlled since 1996.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b7a0a641a95563a71dbb598d74c4f554

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Thursday 26 May 2011

Tunisia: Growing Frustration in Choucha Transit Camp

Tensions have escalated among third country nationals who fled violence in Libya and have been living in Choucha transit camp in Tunisia, and the situation could get worse, an aid worker warns.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260951.html

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Obama concerned about Gaddafi's gains but says noose is tightening on Libyan leader

Obama administration edges closer to Libya's formal opposition but stops far short of recognizing the rebel transitional council as the legitimate government.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/10/AR2011031006555.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Clinton visits Cairo's Tahrir Square, decries violence in Bahrain

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails the "power of the human spirit" in a surprise visit to Cairo's Tahrir Square, a bright spot in a trip mostly focused on ominous developments elsewhere in the Middle East.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031601641.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Nigeria: Govt Budgets for E-Learning

The Federal Ministry of Education's plan to introduce e-learning in schools in Nigeria would cost N5.4billion as was disclosed on Monday by Chairman of the implementation committee Professor Godswill Obioma.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260594.html

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Israel intercepts ship it says carried Iranian weapons bound for Gaza

The Israeli navy on Tuesday intercepted what officials alleged was a ship carrying Iranian weapons destined for Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502795.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Cape Verde

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Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens

President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305726.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Guinea

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Wednesday 25 May 2011

Quick Hits Around African Tech

Umbono: Google’s South African Incubator In Cape Town, Google has initiated a tech incubator that gives 6 months of free space, $25-50k startup funding and access to an extensive mentoring network. The secret sauce here is in the angel & mentor network, who will be providing 50% of all investment money, while Google provides the [...]

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Mozambique

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SA driver fired over train crash

South African rail authorities fire the driver of a commuter train which smashed into a stationery train last week, injuring hundreds of people in Soweto.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13549944

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Djibouti

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Sudan Official Resigns Post Over Assault at Border Town

The minister, an influential southern politician, said he had lost all faith in President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dd3353cd13510a37313a21c4f5591ffb

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Vuvuzelas 'may spread diseases'

The noisy horns used by football fans celebrating the World Cup may spread diseases via fine droplets of saliva, say experts.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-13509220

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Warnings of All-Out War in Fight Over Sudan Town

The Sudanese Army invaded the flashpoint town of Abyei over the weekend, alarming Western and United Nations diplomats who warned Sunday that it could lead to war.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b7e5a7d9966ab4564d961e677b51797a

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Guinea

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Tuesday 24 May 2011

Mali

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The great escape

Has Gaddafi unleashed migrants in revenge for Nato strikes?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13510380

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Separating Free Speech From Hate in South Africa

Julius Malema, the leader of the governing party?s youth wing, is defending his right to sing a song with the seemingly bloodthirsty line ?Shoot the Boer!?

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9fce1cdaa6bb61ee0bc116724b26eb7e

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In Libyan capital, a revolution crushed

In Tripoli, Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold, the real battle for Libya appears already to have been fought and won by a regime that was willing to use live ammunition against its opponents.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/18/AR2011031801907.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Nigeria: Jonathan Invites Buhari to Presidential Inauguration

President Goodluck Jonathan has invited his main challenger and presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Congress (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari as well as candidates of other political parties to his presidential inauguration billed for Sunday, May 29 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The CPC is currently challenging the Jonathan's election at the election tribunal.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105240797.html

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Nigeria: My Mission, By Ban Ki-Moon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that his mission in Nigeria was to strengthen the UN and Nigeria "traditional partnerships" in areas of peacekeeping operation, health and MDG's.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105240748.html

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US moves closer to Libya rebels

US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman says Libya's anti-Gaddafi rebels have accepted an offer to open an office in Washington.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13516446

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Monday 23 May 2011

Malawi

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Questions raised about U.S. role and goals in Libya

Administration officials and military leaders came under a barrage of questions - raised by members of Congress, outside experts and reporters - about the parameters of U.S. participation and the operation's goals, especially if Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi does not capitulate.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032004198.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Ghana

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In Libya, Gaddafi's forces dig into populated areas

Opposition fighters cheered and flashed victory signs as allied jets streaked across the sky Monday over the strategic city of Ajdabiya,

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032104702.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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South Africa Exults Abroad but Frets at Home

South Africa has joined an elite group of emerging powers, but at home, it faces an erosion of confidence in the government.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=310b9f7b5fd4f2e5bd132c7870b74689

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Libyan rebels' stronghold becomes ghostly war zone

Moammar Gaddafi's troops enter the eastern rebel stronghold, forcing thousands to pack their cars and flee in the direction of the Egyptian border.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/19/AR2011031901463.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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On Libya, Obama willing to let allies take the lead

President Obama is content to let other nations publicly lead the search for solutions to the Libyan conflict, his advisers say, a stance that reflects the more humble tone he has sought to bring to U.S. foreign policy but one that also opens him to criticism that he is a weak leader.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905672.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Somalia

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Sunday 22 May 2011

For Bahrain protest movement, democratic hopes give way to sectarian concerns

Many of the nation's majority Shiites fear their demands for greater influence in the country will not be met anytime soon.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/19/AR2011031903478.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Sudan: Former West Darfur Governor Reunites With Rebel SLM - Al-Nur

In a move aiming to reunite all the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) factions, former West Darfur governor Abu Al-Gasim Imam Mohammed Al-Haj who is the leader of the (SLM- The Mother) today reintegrated the mainstream group led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur .

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105220006.html

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Africa: Big Brother Africa- Jossy Evicted, Four Others Face Same Fate

Last Sunday night, the second live eviction show of M-Net's Big Brother Amplified (DStv Channel 198) delivered yet more surprises as Namibia's Jossy was sent home after receiving the fewest votes from Africa this week. Confidence, Vimbai, Vina and Weza returned to the Heads' house to continue with the game; Ethiopia's Danny got sent to the Tails' house; and Botswana's hip-hop stars Vie and Scar had kicked off the show and set the bar for the evening high by delivering an electrifying performance.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105220016.html

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Sudan: Opponents of South Sudan Draft Constitution Must Give Us a Break!

I must state first here that opponents of the South Sudan Draft Transitional Constitutional ought to give a break to whining each passing moment in our political journey, especially after this period when we almost settling. They must read the document again, think through why each clause was drafted that way before they embark on a hullabaloo to discredit the government the parties that drafted the Constitution. Everyone thought we have graduated from small politics of 'unless it done by my man or women' that whatever must be rejected and criticize.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105220001.html

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Missing Photographer in Libya Is Presumed Dead

The family of Anton Hammerl, a South African photojournalist who has been missing since early last month, said that they think he died after being shot on April 5 in the desert.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4d930756ad3376162cb01456af091409

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Cape Verde

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U.S., allies' jets poised to fly over Libya as other nations mull strategy

Fighter aircraft from France, Britain and the United Arab Emirates converged on bases in and around Italy late Friday to begin operations over Libya under the command and control of the United States at its naval base in Naples, according to U.S. and European officials.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/18/AR2011031805090.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Royals end 10-day honeymoon in Seychelles

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge return to the UK after their 10-day honeymoon in the exclusive Seychelles resort of North Island.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13482458

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Saturday 21 May 2011

The iHub Robotics Initiative

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South Africa Assails Libya Over Death of Photographer

South Africa on Friday accused Libyan leaders of spreading ?misinformation? about the fate of a South African photojournalist by saying he was alive when they knew him to be dead.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e4f121b1c54e7c3703ea4ba1a4ced235

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Benin

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Burundi

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A look at the 17 nations holding more than 850 Somali pirate suspects for prosecution

A look at the 17 nations prosecuting more than 850 pirates captured off East Africa. The overwhelming number of pirate suspects are Somali.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031503115.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Obama administration seeks more U.N. authority to intervene in Libya

The Obama administration pressed Thursday for greater United Nations authority to confront Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces by land, air and sea, while insisting that Arab governments play a central role in any possible military action.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031604860.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Friday 20 May 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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Egyptian mummy - 'first heart disease victim'

An Egyptian princess who was alive 3,500 years ago is now thought to be the first known person to have had heart disease, say researchers.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-13422630

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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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E.U. no longer recognizes Gaddafi as Libya's leader but resists bolder steps

BRUSSELS - European governments declared Friday that Moammar Gaddafi can no longer be considered the leader of Libya and must step down immediately, but they stopped short of formally recognizing the Libyan rebel movement or endorsing military action to support its armed struggle.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031101009.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion

CAIRO - If it's true that Egypt pulled off a so-called Facebook revolution, then the nation is about to confront a status change in its relationship with democracy: "It's complicated." Very.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031403441.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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U.N. confirms probe into allegations of torture by Gaddafi's forces

The torture inquiry, the latest international move to bring pressure on Libya's Moammar Gaddafi, is confirmed as NATO ministers meet to weigh options for intervention.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030903905.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Defending Misrata

The Libyan footballer now trying to tackle Gaddafi's forces

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13462311

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On a Small Scale, Sustainable Energy Transforms Lives

Tiny renewable energy systems that light just one home at a time are playing an epic, transformative role in the lives of poor people in developing countries who live far the electricity grid.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c1119fe76c66ff49d7cd741fb43553c7

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Thursday 19 May 2011

In Cairo, Hillary Clinton pledges millions in U.S. aid to Egypt

CAIRO - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the wellspring of Egypt's pro-democracy revolution on Tuesday to pledge tens of millions of dollars in U.S. financial aid and business incentives while also appealing for Arab help in ending the escalating violence in Libya and Bahrain .

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031603734.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Nigeria: Obasanjo to Quit Politics

One of Nigeria's foremost nationalists - as well as one of its most divisive personalities - former President Olusegun Obasanjo has indicated interest to finally retire from active politics.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105190288.html

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Angola

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Playing the colour card

How race still plays a key role in South African elections

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13144324

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China, after abstaining in U.N. vote, criticizes airstrikes on Gaddafi forces

China on Monday stepped up its criticism of the U.S.-led airstrikes against Libya, using the Communist Party's main media organs to say the military intervention undermines the United Nations charter.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/21/AR2011032102560.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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On a Small Scale, Sustainable Energy Transforms Lives

Tiny renewable energy systems that light just one home at a time are playing an epic, transformative role in the lives of poor people in developing countries who live far the electricity grid.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c1119fe76c66ff49d7cd741fb43553c7

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Wednesday 18 May 2011

Obama demands pull-back of Libyan troops; Tripoli declares cease-fire

President demands Libyan government move beyond cease-fire declaration and withdraw troops from cities captured by rebels or face "military action."

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/17/AR2011031703070.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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World Briefing | AFRICA: Uganda: Opposition Leader?s Wife Is Briefly Held

Winnie Byanyima, a senior director at the United Nations Development Program in New York, was on her way to the airport to fly to the U.S. when her car was stopped by security forces.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a9ca8c18aca9c02d3d7c6d1e81646f9f

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Missile strikes building in Libyan compound where Gaddafi lives

A missile struck a building on Sunday night in the compound in Tripoli where Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi lives, fueling the rage that has erupted among his supporters since U.N.-mandated airstrikes began on Saturday.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032004581.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 2

Former President Jimmy Carter and Nicholas Kristof answer a second round of readers' questions about Sudan.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cf99e10fec1f33c9f58b0e54b3adf7f2

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British Commander Says Libya Fight Must Expand

Gen. Sir David Richards said that although airstrikes had proved effective so far, a greater range of targets was needed.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5c893b2c7edffa8e1779ac35af4a9ed0

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Libya's Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America

CARACAS, Venezuela - As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031500154.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Tuesday 17 May 2011

Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya

Group says endorsement of no-fly zone was intended to prevent civilian casualties

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/20/AR2011032001965.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Clinton visits Cairo's Tahrir Square, decries violence in Bahrain

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails the "power of the human spirit" in a surprise visit to Cairo's Tahrir Square, a bright spot in a trip mostly focused on ominous developments elsewhere in the Middle East.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031601641.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 1

President Carter and I answer a first batch of reader questions about Sudan.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a21027a04d614b461792d321cf6e727e

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The Lede: Qaddafi?s Visit Puzzles Journalists

Journalists staying at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, where the Libyan government hosts - or confines - the foreign press corps, are asking how Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi manged to hold a meeting at the hotel on Wednesday night without any of them noticing.

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Rebel council seeks to transform Libya

Libya's rebels are a movement under siege and desperate for international recognition, assistance and a no-fly zone.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031404469.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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VIDEO: Tensions running high in Egypt

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen on tensions on the streets of Cairo following Egypt's revolution.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13356230

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Egypt's Interior Ministry building set on fire during police protest

The fire, during a protest by police officers, underscored an abiding concern by many Egyptians that the revolution has weakened law enforcement.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/22/AR2011032202271.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to Persian Gulf

Latest developments in the unrest sweeping the Arab world from North Africa to the Persian Gulf:

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031503123.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Monday 16 May 2011

The Battle for Libya | May 16, 2011

As the International Criminal Court in The Hague sought arrest warrants for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and one of his sons, fighting and protests continued across Libya.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=878d9994d1ea14165184235ac81aa0b4

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As Gadhafi struggles at home, AU moves forward on his pet project: the United States of Africa

JOHANNESBURG - As Libya's leader struggles to keep his grip on power, one of his pet projects appears to be moving ahead at the African Union, which took initial steps Tuesday toward creating his grand plan: the United States of Africa.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031502514.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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White House appears reluctant to take hard line with Arab monarchies

As Persian Gulf monarchs forcibly suppress street protests in the kingdom of Bahrain, the Obama adminstration has responded mostly with mild or muted objections - a sharp contrast from its demands for new governments in the republics of Egypt and Libya.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031604801.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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White House appears reluctant to take hard line with Arab monarchies

As Persian Gulf monarchs forcibly suppress street protests in the kingdom of Bahrain, the Obama adminstration has responded mostly with mild or muted objections - a sharp contrast from its demands for new governments in the republics of Egypt and Libya.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/16/AR2011031604801.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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Eritrea: World Fails Refugees

"If refugee flows are a sign of political meltdown, then Eritrea is a level seven nuclear disaster. Figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicate that Eritrea, with a population of only about five million, has been among the top ten refugee producing countries in the world for the better part of the decade." - Tricia Redeker Hepner

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105162044.html

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Libya gains control of more rebel territory

No-fly zone supporters fear international action could come too late to help rebels.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/13/AR2011031302761.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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