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Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke speaks to people at a fund raising campaign for American presidential candidate Barack Obama in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday Aug. 11 2008. The event, held by a group calling itself "Africans for Obama 08," drew hundreds of people from the Nigerian business elite. Each paid more than $2,000 to munch on grilled snails, sip from flutes of Veuve Cliquot and Moet & Chandon and join in a lively, if poorly executed, series of the "fist bumps" popularized by Obama and his wife, Michelle.
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'Africa Needs Common Stock Exchange Platform'
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, has urged African countries to establish a common stock exchange platform that will enable their... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Nigeria President,Goodluck Jonathan, visits the site of the police headquarters bombed by a suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
Islamic   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: December 2011 Nigeria bombings		  Zeenews 
Will rein in Boko Haram threat: Nigeria President
Berlin: Nigeria's president is vowing that his government will rein in the threat from a radical Islamic sect that has waged an increasingly bloody sectarian fight in the... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
NIGERIA: Sickle-cell disorder killing 100,000 infants a year  IRINnews 
NIGERIA: Sickle-cell disorder killing 100,000 infants a year
Photo: Sarah Simpson/IRINMustapha Kabiru is three years old and crippled by polio - he has only partial use of his right legKANO, 21 August 2008 (IRIN) - At least 100,000 infants die from the... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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British Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Heathrow terminal 5 in London, Thursday, May 20, 2010.  All Africa 
Senate to Sanction Air France, British Airways Over Tax Evasion
[Daily Trust] The Senate Committee on Aviation... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen)
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Agricultural land with sugarcane crop in the field - India The Siasat Daily
Agiculture a potent way to alleviate poverty:Ikeazor
Hyderabad, April 17: Agriculture is one of the most potent ways to alleviate poverty and create significant income streams for the poor people of the semi-arid tropics... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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File - José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, speaks at today's round table discussion Al Jazeera
Will the World Bank change direction?
The next president of the World Bank is expected to be named next week, and for the first time the US is facing a real challenge over the bank's leadership. The... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
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Airplane - Clouds - Sky Independent online (SA)
Airlines expanding into Africa
Africa is attracting more airline services and more hotel companies as business opportunities increase and tourism industries grow. Low-cost airline 1Time, which is still... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
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The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. China Daily
World Bank should focus on job creation
World Bank presidential... (photo: Creative Commons / Shiny Things)
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Police in riot gear warn local residents against violence as they crowd around to watch ballot counting at a polling station in Jamestown in the Odododiodoo Constituency of Accra, Ghana Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Joy Online
Ghana Police Service is incomparable in Africa - Nigerian businessman
Dr Furi Oduaran, a Nigerian businessman whose double cabin Toyota Pickup was stolen in Nigeria but recovered in Ghana has praised the police in Ghana as being... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
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In this photo taken Saturday, April 14, 2012, a Tuareg separatist rebel from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) gestures from his vehicle, in a market in Timbuktu, Mali. West Africa's regional bloc is recommending the deployment of a regional force to Mali after Tuareg rebels declared an independent state, dubbed Azawad, following a military coup last month. Regional bloc ECOWAS said Friday, April 13 that the force would help Mali secure its territory and serve as peacekeepers. Azawad: The latest African border dilemma Al Jazeera
Availability of Pure drinking water to many residents in Freetown is fast becoming a big issue as the population of the city continues to grow and water distribution is still a problem; most people are forced to get water form public street taps such like this along the Wilkinson road in Freetown. Face Africa supports sustainable clean water The Examiner
File - Street Children on the roadside footpath in Kolkata in Eastern India City. Poor diet kills 2.6 million infants a year, says survey by Save the Children The Guardian
Terrorism
A member of the women society known as bondo dance during a cultural display at mambo village, Sierra Leone. female mutilation: not so secret anymore The Examiner
U.N Sends Truce Monitors into Syria U.N Sends Truce Monitors into Syria The Examiner
Accused Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik arrives at the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday April 17, 2012. The anti-Muslim fanatic who admitted to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre is set to take the stand in his terror trial. Anders Behring Breivik will have five days to explain why he set off a bomb in Oslo's government district, killing eight, and then gunned down 69 at a Labor Party youth camp outside the Norwegian capital. Norway's Breivik demands acquittal or death Al Jazeera
Oil
Rising oil prices fuel piracy Rising oil prices fuel piracy Independent online (SA)
An unidentified woman lays clothes out to dry on an oil pipeline running through the Okrika neighborhood of Port Harcourt in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region, in this Oct. 7 2006 file photo. Oil prices dropped nearly $2 a barrel, Tuesday, May 29, 2007 on hopes that the inauguration of a new president in OPEC member Nigeria would contribute to a stable supply from the Niger Delta region Nigeria losing 150 000 barrels of oil per day Independent online (SA)
A cabbage cleaner stands in front of fuel trucks in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. More strikes and unrest in Nigeria after fuel price talks break down The Independent
Democracy
West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau The Star
Revolutionary fighters, beside an anti-aircraft machine gun, center, demonstrate in favor of the National Transitional Council, NTC, at Tripoli's main square, Libya, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Libya bans religious parties from politics Al Jazeera
In this photo taken Saturday, April 14, 2012, Tuareg fighters from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) sit in their vehicle, in a market in Timbuktu, Mali. Imperialism and the Crisis in Mali All Africa
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