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President Carter tries to comfort 6 year old Ruhama Issah at Savelugu Hospital as a Carter Center Volunteer, Adams Bawa, dresses her extremely painful guinea worm wound.
Disease   Ghana   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Dracunculiasis		  Star Tribune 
Ghana wins 23-year fight, eradicates painful parasitic disease of Guinea worm
ACCRA, Ghana - Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches- (centimeters-) long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana. That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president... (photo: The Carter Center / Louise Gubb)
White Rhino Mother and Juvenile in Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Rhino   Wildlife		  The State 
Ranger arrested in rhino poaching at SAfrican park
PRETORIA, South Africa - Officials say a game ranger at South Africa's flagship Kruger National Park has been arrested in... (photo: Creative Commons / Susan Adams)
A porter hauling hay in Mali.  Independent online (SA) 
Mali's leaders have a tough task ahead
Fortune has not smiled upon Mali recently. An alarming new report by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security initiative predicts that global climate change will curb agricultural output in... (photo: Creative Commons / Jelle Jansen)
Agriculture   Climate   Mali   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali
A displaced woman holds her malnourished child in central Somalia: A new report says Somalia has one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world, with up to 240,000 children under five affected (file photo)  The News & Observer 
UN declares famine in parts of Somalia
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- For months, people have been trudging out of the desert, leaving their dead children behind and carrying those who have managed to survive. On Wednesday, the horror of... (photo: IRIN News / Abdullahi Salat)
Africa   Famine   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela waves inside Parliament at Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. Independent online (SA)
Take Mandela at his word
After 27 years of enforced silence, Nelson Mandela emerged from prison in 1990 and proceeded to speak and write, becoming one of the most quoted people in the world. He... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam, Pool)
Africa   Democracy   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
A child stands after singing in celebration of former South African President Nelson Mandela birthday at a museum near his house in Qunu, South Africa, Monday, July 18, 2011. Millions of school children around the country sang 'Happy Birthday' to former South African President Nelson Mandela, to celebrate his 93rd birthday. The Star
Nelson Mandela celebrates 93rd birthday
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Millions South African schoolchildren sang to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday Monday, leading a worldwide chorus of birthday wishes sent to... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Leader   Nelson Mandela   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, sits next to his wife Graca Machel as they are driven across the field ahead of the World Cup final soccer match between the Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, July 11, 2010 Independent online (SA)
67 reasons why we love SA
Today (July 18, 2011) is Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday. Mandela Day - launched in 2009 - to remember Mandela's contribution to the creation of a democratic South... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Apartheid   Birthday   Photos   S.Africa   Wikipedia: Mandela Day
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David Cameron on trip to bolster UK trade with Africa
David Cameron has arrived in Johannesburg for the start of a trip to bolster Britain's business links with Africa's fastest growing economies. On his first visit to... (photo: Creative Commons / conservativepartyuk)
Britain   Johannesburg   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: David Cameron
A giant birthday card stands next to a sculpture of Nelson Mandela, jsa1 The Independent
South Africa swaps bling for charity on Mandela day
Breaking with their image of favouring bling over benevolence, thousands of middle-class South Africans are today expected to mark Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday by... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Cape Town   Photos   Birthday   South Africa   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
In this photo provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and taken on Friday, June 17, 2011, former South African President Nelson Mandela reads an advance copy of his latest book titled "Nelson Mandela By Himself" , at this home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Al Jazeera
Nelson Mandela: From prisoner to president
As South Africans celebrate the birthday of their national hero Nelson Mandela all the accolades again praise him as a peacemaker, moderate, and a saint. This image of... (photo: AP / Nelson Mandela Foundation, Debbie Yazbek)
Peace   Photos   Politics   Apartheid   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
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Amina Husein, a two-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia awaits treatment in Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu fleeing drought and famine. Somalia's 20-year-old civil war is partly to blame for turning the drought in the Horn of Africa into a famine. Analysts warned that aid agencies could be airlifting emergency supplies to the failed state 20 years from now unless the U.N.-backed government improves. Somalia: the Real Causes of Famine GlobalResearch
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are "unbreakable", Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011. After a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state, Obama is focusing on the deep U.S.-Israeli friendship and alliance. Obama honours Mandela on 93rd birthday, calls him 'beacon for global community' Newstrack India
Ban Ki-moon 20090129 UN chief urges global movement for Madiba Independent online (SA)
Business
Britain's Conservative party leader, David Cameron speaks to the media as he leaves his house in London, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he is anxious to resolve Britain's political impasse and hopes his party can make an announcement on its decision as quickly as possible. David Cameron cuts Africa trip short over phone-hacking crisis The Guardian
Students from a school adjacent to the hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela, fondly known as "Madiba", is said to be undergoing routine tests make their way past a giant get well card Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. SA gets into the spirit for Madiba Independent online (SA)
Yiu On Estate (耀安邨) is a public estate and TPS estate located in Ma On Shan in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Most expensive cities for expats: cost breakdown The Daily Telegraph
Culture
Residents of the Shiite Muslim village of Malkiya, Bahrain, look over the makeshift barricades they said they replaced Sunday, March 20, 2011, after they were cleared when riot police and tanks moved through town earlier in the day. Bahrain Shiites pull out of reconciliation talks The Daily Telegraph
Snapshot of WWE HD trucks on a parking lot Truck WWE Smackdown Live Tour in South America: Sin Cara get luggage stolen (photos) The Examiner
A Palestinian woman reacts after a mosque was vandalized in the West Bank village of Yasuf south of Nablus, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 Israel and U.S. Should Attend Durban Summit on Racism WorldNews.com
Sport
England's Alastair Cook, left, is struck by a ball hit by India's VVS Laxman, right, during the 3rd day of the first test match at Lord's cricket ground, London, Saturday July 23, 2011. India will bounce back says VV Laxman DNA India
FC Porto's South African striker Benni McCarthy, right, goes for a header with Benfica's Petit during their Portuguese League match Saturday, Oct. 15 2005, at Porto's Dragao stadium in Porto, northern Portugal. Benni McCarthy considering Ajax Cape Town move Goal
John Isner of the USA during his match against Mardy Fish of the USA on Day 7 Finals of The Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Fish won 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) - July 25, 2010 Isner outlasts Blake in second round at Atlanta CBS SportsLine
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