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Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
Ivory   Kenya   Nigeria   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union		  Joy Online 
Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos to start a major civil war in... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence
Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Washington   Wikipedia: Boko Haram		  Zeenews 
US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram
Zeenews Bureau Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a "foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency said on Friday. Citing a document,... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick.  Al Jazeera 
Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning
A deadly lead poisoning outbreak that began two years ago in northern Nigeria continues to claim young victims even today, an aid agency official has said. Ivan Gayton of Doctors Without Borders... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Health   Mining   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic
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Bharti Airtel unit's service best in Nigeria, says sectoral regulator
Tweet ABUJA: Airtel Nigeria, a unit of Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel, has emerged as the best among four major GSM operators in the country in service quality parameters, according... (photo: WN / jayshree)
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1,500 children in Nigeria village suffer lead-poisoning
International medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that 1,500 children in a mining village in northwest Nigeria have suffered lead-poisoning and are... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger of France speaks during a press conference in Athens, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Arsenal will face Olympiakos for the Champions League Group F soccer match on Tuesday. The Daily Mail
Wenger accepts compromise over Arsenal's pre-season tour to Far East and Nigeria
Arsene Wenger accepts Arsenal had to make a 'sporting compromise' with their pre-season summer tour to the Far East and Nigeria. The Gunners broke with tradition in 2011... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
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People gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack on the street in Jalingo, Nigeria Monday, April 30, 2012 The Independent
Nigeria suicide attack targets police chief, killing ten
The attacker rode a motorcycle into the convoy in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state in north-east Nigeria, before detonating his explosives. The attack targeted police... (photo: AP / Lynn Adda)
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A woman stands at the scene of a bomb explosion in Kaduna, Nigeria, Monday, April 9, 2012. The weekend explosion killed at least 38 people and the target for the blast seems unclear as people from all sections of society were caught in the explosion. Wall Street Journal
Suicide Blast Kills 10 in Nigeria
JALINGO, Nigeria—A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber drove into a convoy carrying a top police official in northeast Nigeria on Monday, detonating his explosives and... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Taraba State
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... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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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
US Airways Boeing 757 N208UW departing from Dublin International Airport US Airways flight lands safely after security fears midair The Times of India
Pattaya Floating Market stalls are much diverse, selling clothing, food, services, and souvernirs. Fears grow for the Gambia as food insecurity increases The Guardian
The marble statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates stands in front of the headquarters of Bank of Greece, in central Athens, on Friday, July 23, 2010. Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears 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
Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during the handover of a Swiss female hostage for transport by helicopter to neighboring Burkina Faso, at a designated rendezvous point in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Tuareg, Islamists join forces to run north Mali France24
Soldiers drive through a street one week after a military coup, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Mali's rocky path to democracy France24
Protesters carry a coffin marked with the name of interim president Dioncounda Traore in Bamako, Mali, Monday May 21, 2012. They were protesting Traore's nomination to transitional president for the next 12 months. Mali's interim president beaten unconscious by mob The Daily Telegraph
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