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File - Hundreds of newly trained Shabaab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18Km south of Mogadishu on Thursday Feb. 17, 2011.
Africa   Al Qaeda   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab		  Al Jazeera 
Al-Shabab 'join ranks' with al-Qaeda
Fri 10 Feb 2012
Somalia's armed Islamist movement al-Shabab have joined ranks with al-Qaeda, the latter's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a video message posted on online forums. "I will break the good news... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Uganda military police arrest a man during riots in Kampala, Uganda, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The unrest began Thursday after the government prevented a representative of the traditional ruler of the Buganda kingdom from traveling to a region northeast of the capital for a political rally. Members of the kingdom make up Uganda's largest ethnic group but there is friction between the Buganda and members of the smaller Banyara tribe, who claim the Buganda refuse to recognize them.
Bill   Gay   Photos   Uganda   Wikipedia: Uganda		  Joy Online 
Uganda anti-gay bill 'not backed by government'
Fri 10 Feb 2012
Uganda's government has defended its right to debate an anti-gay bill but says the draft legislation does not have official backing. MP David Bahati this week retabled his bill after it was shelved... (photo: AP / Marc Hofer)
Sentech Tower is a 237 metres (780 ft) high TV tower in the Brixton suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a well-known and easily identifiable landmark in the city, alongside its architectural cousin, the Hillbrow Tower.  Al Jazeera  Fri 10 Feb 2012
S Africa's Zuma outlines economic plan
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, has revealed an ambitious set of infrastructure projects designed to rescue South Africa from the effects of a global recession that has hit the nation... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA)
Economy   Photos   Projects   South Africa   Wikipedia: Economy of South Africa
Woman carries boiled eggs on her head as she passes the Rokel Commercial Bank at the Congo Cross in Freetown.Such street trading is a common feature in a country with low unemployment .  Ghana Business News  Tue 7 Feb 2012
African banks say it is possible to buy a European bank in next 5-10 years
Euromoney Panel: From left to right - Mr Aithnard, Andani, John Baskott, Speidel and Wessels Two key African banks namely the Ecobank Group and the Standard Bank Group believe that buying a European... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa   Business   Europe   Photos   Wikipedia: Ecobank
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A Sampa( dancer for the Bondo society-female genital mutilation secret society dancer) performs during a unveiling ceremony of a village school at Mothem Village in Sierra Leone. United Nations Mon 6 Feb 2012
Nearly 2,000 African communities end female genital mutilation - UN
Ceremonial knives used in FGM/C by members of the Bondo society in Sierra Leone. Photo: IRIN/Bryna Hallam6 February 2012 – A new United Nations report shows that almost... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa   Human Rights   Photos   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Female genital mutilation
A crowd watches the independence ceremony of South Sudan from a tree in a field in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, 2011. France24 Fri 27 Jan 2012
South Sudan: ethnic tensions threaten Africa's newest nation
We take a closer look at the violence rocking a newly independent South Sudan. We then drive through the streets of Abidjan as authorities seek to restore order to Ivory... (photo: AP / Andrew Burton)
Ethnic   Photos   Politics   South Sudan   Wikipedia: Politics of South Sudan
Elephant at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. E2ride bike tours opened in 2009 and is the area's only historical bicycle tour company in Riverside-Avondale, San Marco, Olde Mandarin, Springfield and Jacksonville Beach The Guardian Mon 23 Jan 2012
How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
Demand from Asia is driving the killing of Africa's elephants for their tusks, with seizures hitting a record high in 2011 following a ban in 1989 2011 saw the highest... (photo: Creative Commons / Excel23)
Animals   Asia   China   Ivory   Photos   Wikipedia: Ivory
AU troops battle al-Shabab in outer Mogadishu Al Jazeera Fri 20 Jan 2012
AU troops battle al-Shabab in outer Mogadishu
Intense fighting has raged in Somalia's capital with African Union (AU) peacekeepers encountering fierce resistance from al-Shabab fighters as they... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Fighting   Mogadishu   Photos   Somalia   Troops
President Ernest Bai Koroma takes the presidential salute during Sierra Leone Independence Day. The Guardian Thu 19 Jan 2012
Africa begins to rise above aid
Many African countries are moving out of aid dependency as the private sector boosts economic growth on the continent Kenyan workers building part of the Thika road under... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Economy   Kenya   Photos   Sierra L:eone   Wikipedia: Africa


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boy - child - kid - India Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 10-16 The New York Times
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the World Political Forum, on the right, and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Member of the EC in charge of External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Gorbachev: Putin has 'exhausted' his potential Austin American Statesman
ILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, from left, Lenovo Group Limited President and Chief Operating Officer Rory Read, Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing, Chairman of the Board Liu Chuanzhi and Chief Financial Officer Wong Wai Ming, show Lenovo products before announcing its fiscal profit in Hong Kong. Lenovo Group, the world's No. 3 personal computer manufacturer, said Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, its profit in the latest quarter nearly doubled on strong sales in emerging markets. Profit for the three months ending June 30 was $108 million, or 1.11 U.S. cents per share, up 98 percent from a year ago, the company said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) Lenovo beats Q3 net forecasts by raising market share Canada Dot Com
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Conference organizers say the global diamond industry's oversight body has failed to reach a hoped-for compromise with Zimbabwe to export its vast stockpile of diamonds. Israel Diamond Institute spokeswoman Sharon Gefen said talks by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme ended Thursday without a deal.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File) Mugabe general 'killed in blaze' cannot be exhumed, says court The Independent
FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File) What Israel Really Fears about Iran Middle East Online
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive' Al Jazeera
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File - A sprawling refugee camp in Malkadiida, Ethiopia, where thousands of Somalis have taken up residence, fleeing drought and famine in their home country, 25 Augut, 2011. UN declares Somalia's famine over, but says millions across East Africa still in crisis Star Tribune
Condoms Faulty condoms doled out at ANC bash, 1.35m recalled NZ Herald
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and South African President Jacob Zuma, right, shake hands as they met at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. African Union summit, food crisis in the Sahel and global hunger figures The Guardian
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