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Breaking News Tue, 12 Jan 2010
A Nigerian police officer walk pass a poster of Governor Umaru Yar'Adua's who is a leading presidential candidate at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong field. Protest in Nigeria Over Ailing In-Absentia Leader Wed 13 Jan 2010
| ABUJA, Nigeria - Hundreds of angry Nigerians marched down this capital's broad avenues Tuesday to protest the long absence of their country's president, who has been aw... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The New York Times
Nigeria   Politics   President   Protest  
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addresses pupils of the Jamhuri High school in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 as he officially launched free secondary education for all Kenyan children. Kenya steps up fight against HIV/AIDS Tue 12 Jan 2010
Written By:pps   , Posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | The Government has stepped up the fight against HIV/AIDS to reduce its prevalence rate in the country. ... (photo: (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) / ) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Aids   Fight   Government   Mwai   Photos  
Water Conservation - Hand Washing Mombasa water shortage to continue Tue 12 Jan 2010
Written By:KNA   , Posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 | Caption: Several estates within Mombasa Island are still experiencing water shortages despite the recen... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Commodity   Mombasa   Photos   Shortage   Water  
YEMEN: IDPs beyond the reach of aid agencies YEMEN: IDPs beyond the reach of aid agencies Tue 12 Jan 2010
web | Photo: Adel Yahya/IRIN SANAA, 12 January 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern Yemeni governorate of Al-Jawf, some 270km ea... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran) IRINnews
Africa   Humanitarian   Photos   Sudan   Yemen  
Human rights activists dissatisfied with the Obama administration's failure to close the Guantanamo prison, protest in front of the White House wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods, in Washington on Monday Jan. 11, 2010. Call to throw out Guantanamo case Tue 12 Jan 2010
| The criminal case against the first Guantanamo detainee standing trial in a US civilian court should be thrown out because he was denied the right to a speedy trial, de... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin) Al Jazeera
Detainee   Guantanamo   Human Rights   Photos   US  
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., participates in a roundtable discussion on nuclear non-proliferation held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Obama said Wednesday that two goals of his administration would be to secure all loose nuclear material during his first term and to ultimately rid the world of nuclear weap A dose of Realpolitik Tue 12 Jan 2010
The first sign came last July when US President Barack Obama bypassed Nigeria in favor of Ghana. He didn’t choose to go to Kenya, the land of his father’s birth: that... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) Business Day Online
Leader   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   US  
Palestinians wait in front of a fence for food distribution near to the rubble of their destroyed houses in eastern Jebaliya, northern Gaza strip, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel Israel orders new fence to keep out African migrants Tue 12 Jan 2010
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the construction of two massive fences along his country's southern border with Egypt in a bid to keep out African... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) The Independent
Africa   Defence   Gaza   Israel   Photos  
Palestinians returning from the Hajj pilgrimage hold hands with relatives on the other side of the fence as they cross back from Egypt into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Israel unveil details of border fence with Egypt Tue 12 Jan 2010
| Israeli officials gave details yesterday of the fence they are planning to build along the Egyptian border to thwart migrants and arms smugglers. | The Defence Ministry... (photo: AP / Eyad Baba) The Times
Defence   Egypt   Gaza   Israel   Photos  
Nicole Kidman. (dy1) NO! Is No! In any Language Mon 11 Jan 2010
| These are the words of Nicole Kidman, UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador and international spokesperson for the campaign Say No! Unite to End Violence against Women. Nicole Kid... (photo: WN) Pravda RU
Actress   Celebrities   Entertainment   Hollywood   Photos  
african elephant at National park Zambia walking safari offers more animals, fewer tourists Mon 11 Jan 2010
| LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK, Zambia - "Whatever you do, don't run if we encounter a hostile animal," warns guide John Pereira. Also Online | Browse all travel destinati... (photo: GFDL / Ikiwaner) The Dallas Morning News
Animals   Photos   Wildlife   Zambia   islands  
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks at a press conference in Tbilisi on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Claims that the United States gave Georgia the green light to forcibly retake separatist South Ossetia, sparking a five-day war with Russia, are "utter nonsense," President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Friday. McCain awarded 'Hero of Georgia' order on visit, calls for Russia to respect its integrity Mon 11 Jan 2010
| TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decorated visiting U.S. Senator John McCain with a "National Hero of Georgia" order, recognizing... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov) Star Tribune
Georgia   Photos   Russia   Tbilisi   US  
YEMEN: "Unprecedented frost" hits farmers in Dhamar Governorate YEMEN: "Unprecedented frost" hits farmers in Dhamar Governorate Mon 11 Jan 2010
web | Photo: DHAMAR, 11 January 2010 (IRIN) - Severe frost since mid-December 2009 has destroyed crops in parts of Dhamar Governorate in southwestern Yemen, affecting the... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) IRINnews
Africa   Agricultura   Photos   UN   Yemen  
Shell Oil, energy, oil, industry, petroleum. tp1 Oil tops China-Nigeria talks agenda Sat 9 Jan 2010
| ABUJA--China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with Nigerian officials Friday on oil exports to energy-hungry Beijing. | China was looking for imports but negot... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Inquirer
Company   Economy   Energy   Photos   Production  
Streuobstwiese (in temperate, maritime climate of continental Western Europe). While Streuobstwiesen were a rural community orchard (19th and early 20th century) for productive use of stone fruit, today such landscapes are often endorsed for its ecological biodiversity. Fashionistas to the fore in UN battle to preserve biodiversity Fri 8 Jan 2010
| 8 January 2010 � The United Nations is mobilizing the fashion and cosmetics industries in an "eco-fashion" battle to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's biodiver... (photo: Creative Commons / Ulrichstill) United Nations
Biodiversity   Fashion   Photos   UN   World  
Female African elephant with calf, in Kenya. American mom, baby killed by elephant in Kenya Fri 8 Jan 2010
| (01-08) 04:00 PST Nairobi, Kenya -- | Sharon Brown was hiking with family and her 1-year-old daughter in a Kenyan nature reserve when suddenly their unarmed guide froze... (photo: Creative Commons / Closedmouth) San Fransisco Chronicle
Animal   Bet   Death   Elephant   Photos  
The Kenyan minister for Immigration Otieno Kajwang, right, meeting with Muslim activist Al Amin Kimathi, second right with his team at Nyayo House, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. A radical Muslim cleric who once led a London mosque attended by convicted terrorists was deported Thursday from Kenya to the West African nation of Gambia, an official said. Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal left on a Kenya Airways flight to Nigeria, where he will take a connecting flight to Banjul, Gambia. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release the information. El-Faisal was arrested in Kenya for violating the terms of his visa. He was taken into custody outside of a mosque in the coastal city of Mombasa. Jamaica foreign affairs minister says radical Muslim cleric will not face extra scrutiny Thu 7 Jan 2010
| KINGSTON, Jamaica - A radical Muslim cleric who has called for the killing of Americans, Hindus and Jews is unlikely to face extra scrutiny when he arrives in Jamaica, ... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim) Star Tribune
Islam   Jamaica   Kingston   Photos   Religion  
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and armed conflict Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy adressed the Human Rights Council at the ninth session. UN envoy says child soldier cases are pushing armed groups to release young fighters Thu 7 Jan 2010
| THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The U.N.'s special envoy on child soldiers said Thursday the prosecution of rebel leaders for exploiting children in war is persuading some gro... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferre) Star Tribune
Children   Congo   Court   Photos   UN  
Temperatures in al-Mazraq IDP camp, in Hajjah Governorate, can fall from 20 degrees Celsius in the day to near zero at night YEMEN: "Dire" IDP situation made worse by cold weather Thu 7 Jan 2010
web | Photo: Adel Yayha/IRIN SANAA, 7 January 2010 (IRIN) - The plight of tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in tents or deserted houses in t... (photo: IRIN News / Adel Yayha) IRINnews
Photo   Photos   Sanaa   Weather   Yemen  
Budalangio residents stranded as floods rage through one of their villages in Busia, more than 40,000 people have been displaced after River Nzoia broke a dyke at Makunda. Kenya, August 16, 2007. KENYA: Disease threat follows floods Wed 6 Jan 2010
web | NAIROBI, 6 January 2010 (IRIN) - Some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing ... (photo: IRIN News / Edward Kale) IRINnews
Africa   Health   Kenya   Nairobi   Photos  
File - A Somali Islamist militant watches through his binoculars in the streets of northern Mogadishu, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Jobless Kenyans admit fighting for al-Shabab Wed 6 Jan 2010
ASSIGNMENT | By Jenny Cuffe | BBC World Service | Two hundred kilometres of desert scrubland populated by nomads herding camels and goats lie between Garissa and Kenya's ... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) BBC News
Kenya   Photos   Poverty   Somalia   Terrorism  
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