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 The Independent Sun 13 Jan 2013
Somalia: A failed state is back from the dead
| Eighteen months ago, central Mogadishu was like an African Stalingrad. The heat may have been equatorial but everything else seemed strangely familiar: a dirty cat-and-mouse war, often fought hand t... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
African Union Photos Somalia Troops Wikipedia: Mogadishu |
 IRINnews Sat 12 Jan 2013
humanitarian news and analysis
a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | - Select a country - Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central Af... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubiska)
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 Herald Tribune Sat 12 Jan 2013
Kenya president rejects lavish pay for legislators
| NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's President has vetoed legislation in which members of parliament gave themselves a hefty send-off package in a late-evening vote on the last day... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi)
Lawmaker Nairobi Photos Politics Wikipedia: Mwai Kibaki |
 The New York Times Sat 12 Jan 2013
A Trail of Bullet Casings Leads From Africa’s Wars to Iran
The first clues appeared in Kenya, Uganda and what is now South Sudan. A British arms researcher surveying ammunition used by government forces and civilian militias in 2... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Africa Diplomacy Iran Photos Politics Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Iran |
 Al Jazeera Fri 11 Jan 2013
Peace deal signed for CAR after Gabon talks
| Central African Republic President Francois Bozize, the rebels who sought to overthrow him, and the political opposition have reached a deal to create a gover... (photo: AP / Joel Bouopda Tatou)
Central African Republic Diplomacy Gabon Peace Photos Rebels Wikipedia: 2012present Central African Republic conflict |
 News24 Thu 10 Jan 2013
Google launches election tracker tool
| Cape Town - Google has launched a platform that promises to change the way citizens participate in election processes. | The internet giant launched a Kenya Elections H... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Africa Google Photos Technology Wikipedia: Kenya |
 Otago Daily Times Thu 10 Jan 2013
Poachers shot dead after elephants killed
| Kenyan police and wildlife service rangers have shot dead two poachers who had killed four elephants, authorities say, days after the slaughter of 12 animals sparked na... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi, File)
Animal People Photos Wildlife |
 The Daily Telegraph Tue 8 Jan 2013
Horror as entire family of elephants slaughtered for ivory
Armed wildlife rangers last night fanned out across eastern Kenya in pursuit of ivory poachers who killed an entire family of 12 elephants in the country's worst single s... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Ivory Photos Poaching Wikipedia: Ivory trade Wildlife |
 Middle East Online Tue 8 Jan 2013
Connecting the Dots in the Triangle of Threat
| Just as the temperature of ‘security threat’ slowly declines in Somalia, it rises in other parts of East Africa. Elements of mainly political, religious, and clan/ethni... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Africa Photos Security Somalia Wikipedia: Somali Civil War |
