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Breaking News Tue, 29 May 2012
Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia
Ivory   Kenya   Nigeria   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union  
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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  
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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 docu... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment  Joy Online 
Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North – comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions – are considered the po... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana  
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 c... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Health   Mining   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic  
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Soldiers stand guard to secure the perimeter while coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, not pictured, addresses journalists at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali Friday, March 30, 2012. BBC News
Mali Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree on Islamist state
Two rebel groups that seized northern Mali two months ago have agreed to merge and turn their territory into an Islamist state, both sides say. | The Tuareg MNLA, a secul... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
Africa   Islamist   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état  
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. France24
Tuareg, Islamists join forces to run north Mali
| AFP - Tuareg rebels and the Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine announced they are joining forces and creating a body to rule northern Mali as an independent Islamic state.... (photo: AP)
Africa   Islam   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: Ansar Dine  
Tuareg clansmen are silhouetted as they herd cattle in the land between Koygma and Timbuktu, in northern Mali in this March 1997 file photo. Tuareg rebels in Niger's northern desert said Wednesday that they have agreed to release a Chinese uranium worker taken hostage last week, and are only waiting for Red Cross workers to take him in. Wall Street Journal
Rebel Groups Agree on Islamic State in Mali
| BAMAKO, Mali—The two rebel groups that seized control of the northern half of Mali announced Saturday that they have agreed to fuse their movements and work toget... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay, File)
Islamic   Mali   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Tuareg rebellion (2012)  
Soldiers drive through a street one week after a military coup, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday, March 28, 2012. France24
Mali's rocky path to democracy
Mali’s path to democracy is looking increasingly rocky, after its interim President, Dioncounda Traoré, was assaulted in his Bamako headquarters by supporters of the f... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
Democracy   Mali   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mali  
Cement, gravel and sand - Construction materials Graphic
Cement shortage hits market as Diamond Cement shuts down
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE | There is an acute shortage of cement on the local market, with distributors and retailers taking advantage of the situati... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Commodity   Market   Photos   Shortage   Wikipedia: Cement  
US Airways Boeing 757 N208UW departing from Dublin International Airport The Times Of India
US Airways flight lands safely after security fears midair
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetA US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina, was diverted to an airport in Maine where it landed safely after reports of a passe... (photo: Creative Commons / Trainler)
Aerospace   Paris   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: US Airways  
Politics Defense & Terrorism
- Bangladesh troops lead global peacekeeping
- Gallery drops 'Zuma spear' image from website
- Somali president unscathed in ambush
- UN office in Guinea-Bissau condemns recent use of force agai
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fire a mortar near the outskirts of Afgooye, a town to the west of Somali capital Mogadishu, 24 May, 2012.
Will stability finally return to Somalia?
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- Passenger vomits drug capsules
- Depakote and dry mouth
- Drug trafficking in West Africa directly harms Americans 
- Somali president unscathed in ambush
Rwanda 'supporting DR Congo mutineers'
Rwanda 'supporting DR Congo mutineers'
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- 'Opportunity to Sell Cameroon's Mineral Potentials&#
- Public Works Budgeting - Experts Upgrade Knowledge in Yaound
- Decentralisation - Stakeholders Share Experiences on Public
- Market opens week down
seafood market
Vietnam to earn 10.9 bln USD from agricultural, forestry, seafood exports in 5 months
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- 'Opportunity to Sell Cameroon's Mineral Potentials&#
- Child Adoption From Africa On The Increase
- Nigerian president makes anniversary pledge to fight insurge
- Market opens week down
Plastic waste water bottles after water used
EDITORIAL: Waste For Wealth
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Health Society & Culture
- Interview: Peacekeeping and partnerships
- STATEMENT: CHRAJ Boss Must Go...She Is Grossly Incompetent!
- Depakote and dry mouth
- Ex-Black Stars captain Emmanuel Quarshie gets throat cancer
A monkey in the forest - animal - nature
Monkey meat could lead to pandemic
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- Gallery drops 'Zuma spear' image from website
- Man Slashes Rival's Male Organ
- Nigerian students protest university name change
- Nigerian Students Protest University Name Change
A youth in a angry mood
5 Signs You're Not Happy
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- Depakote and dry mouth
- Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan Gets Mixed Reviews After Yea
- Methodist Church Ghana, REP develop rural tech facility for
- Ghana Chamber Of Telecommunications Partners CSR Foundation
seafood market
Vietnam to earn 10.9 bln USD from agricultural, forestry, seafood exports in 5 months
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- A New Campaign Begins for Indomitable Lions
- Eto' Foundation Seeks to Foster Country's Young Tale
- Depakote and dry mouth
- FIFA: Mali-Algeria qualifier at neutral venue
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, scores against Getafe during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 10, 2012.
Lionel Messi Leads African literacy Bid
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