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President Blaise Compaore of Bukino Faso speaks to reporters outside the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 during the last day of the sixth African Union summit. African leaders handed the African Union presidency to the Republic of Congo Tuesday, officials said, after Sudan's bid to lead the 53-nation bloc failed due to concerns over allegations it sponsored genocide in its western Darfur region.
Burkina   Islam   Photos   Protest  
 The New York Times 
Burkina Faso: President Deplores Muslim Violence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Blaise Compaoré calls on Muslims to stop using violence as a way of expressions. | Compaore, who is a convert to Islam, said that violence shoul... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim)
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listens during a session on the 17th African Union Summit theme of youth empowerment, at the Sipopo Conference Center, outside Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, June 30, 2011. Foreign military intervention has caused massive suffering in Africa and should only be carried out with the consensus of African nations, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said Thursday at the opening of the body's biannual summit.
Gambia   Lawmaker   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Yahya Jammeh  
 The Times Of India 
Gambia's president suspends executions, for now
SHARE | AND | DISCUSS | Tweet | BANJUL: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has placed a moratorium on the execution of the remaining 38 prisoners on death row in the west African state following appeals ... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
A Ritual of Hope  Huffington Post 
A Ritual of Hope
| Across the country, a ritual has begun. Activities escalate as children and parents embrace the new school year. New teachers or a new school, preparation for classes, maybe an excited, sleepless ni... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi)
Children   Parents   Photos   School   Wikipedia: Educational stage  
Congo rebels commit widespread rights abuses: Human Rights Watch  The Times Of India 
Congo rebels commit widespread rights abuses: Human Rights Watch
SHARE | AND | DISCUSS | Tweet | KINSHASA: Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are reported to be receiving support from neighbouring Rwanda have committed widespread war crimes includin... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Congo   Human   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Congo  
Top Stories
Sierra Leone cholera epidemic claims 255 lives, says UN PhysOrg
Sierra Leone cholera epidemic claims 255 lives, says UN
| The epidemic was declared a national emergency in mid-August, with the densely populated capital Freetown the worst affected area in the west African country. | WHO spo... (photo: UN)
Cholera   Epidemic   Photos   Sierra   Wikipedia: Cholera  
The world according the UN human rights chief Foreign Policy
The world according the UN human rights chief
| In Geneva today, the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, surveyed the world's human rights landscape. She addressed specific developments in several dozen co... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Geneva   Human   Photos   Rights   Wikipedia: Geneva  
No breakthrough after regional meeting on Congo unrest Gulf News
No breakthrough after regional meeting on Congo unrest
| Kampala: A regional meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo ended Saturday with no breakthrough on a lasting solution to the chronic unrest in the east of the count... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Congo   Kampala   Photos   Unrest   Wikipedia: Republic of the Congo  
Top DRC opposition figure seeks asylum from South Africa in Burundi Sun Sentinel
Top DRC opposition figure seeks asylum from South Africa in Burundi
| The worsening political chaos threatens to undermine President Joseph Kabila's ability to push through reforms in the country - a potential mining and oil giant - after... (photo: UN)
Africa   Asylum   Burundi   Photos  
File - A Cuban doctor assists a patient, who suffers from cholera symptoms, at the medical center of L'Estere, north of Port au Prince where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working to contain the cholera outbreak, 31 October, 2011. Canberra Times
Canberra doctor fighting deadly ebola
| Kamalini Lokuge, wearing the hat, with other Médecins Sans Frontières volunteers and a family in Uganda who lost 11 members to the deadly virus. | CANBERRA doctor Kam... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Ebola virus disease  
Youth in the Gambia stay put thanks to government farming initiative The Guardian
Youth in the Gambia stay put thanks to government farming initiative
| Operation No Back Way to Europe is deterring illegal emigration by supporting agriculture in vulnerable districts of the Gambia | Women in the Gambia collect water to i... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Europe   Farming   Gambia   Photos   Wikipedia: The Gambia  
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- Fugitive Congo opposition figure heads to France - lawyer
- End The Vilification Of Religious Leaders - Presiding Bishop
- Islamists hack off hand of 1 more robber in northern Mali, s
- IEA Trains Women Parliamentary Aspirants
President Blaise Compaore of Bukino Faso speaks to reporters outside the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 during the last day of the sixth African Union summit. African leaders handed the African Union presidency to the Republic of Congo Tuesday, officials said, after Sudan's bid to lead the 53-nation bloc failed due to concerns over allegations it sponsored genocide in its western Darfur region.
Burkina Faso: President Deplores Muslim Violence
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- Zuma must answer for SANDF deployment: Lekota
- Police block protesting miners
- Soldiers deployed in Marikana
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UN: Liberia lacks resolve on blood diamonds
UN: Liberia lacks resolve on blood diamonds
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- Business forum: Local African businesses hit milestone
- Islamists hack off hand of 1 more robber in Mali
- Sada Introduces Hybrid Maize Variety
- MTN, UNDP Hand Over ICT Centre to Kpong
UN: Liberia lacks resolve on blood diamonds
UN: Liberia lacks resolve on blood diamonds
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- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Player Ratings: Torino 0-2 Inter
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
Mobile phone towers - telecom
Mobile phone towers attacked in north Nigeria
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Health Society & Culture
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Villages as Laboratories in Debate on Africa Aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
Sierra Leone cholera epidemic claims 255 lives, says UN
Sierra Leone cholera epidemic claims 255 lives, says UN
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- Villages as Laboratories in Debate on Africa Aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
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- Islamists Hack Off Hand of 1 More Robber in Mali
Students hold plea cards shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration against the controversial film 'Innocence of Muslims' in Srinagar on September 15, 2012. Video-sharing website YouTube has blocked access in India to an anti-Islam film that surfaced in the United States and has since sparked deadly protests in the Muslim world, Google said on Friday.
West urges end to film protests
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
- Villages as Laboratories in Debate on Africa Aid
- Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
Youth in the Gambia stay put thanks to government farming initiative
Youth in the Gambia stay put thanks to government farming initiative
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- Player Ratings: Torino 0-2 Inter
- Al Ahli avoid semi-final with cup holders Esperance
- Player Ratings: Reading 1-3 Tottenham
- Akono wants Eto'o to return to Cameroon team as captain
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, right, and Ricardo Carvalho from Portugal react during the Spanish La Liga soccer match against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.
Player Ratings: Sevilla 1-0 Real Madrid
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