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In this photo taken, Thursday, Sept.13, 2012. A staff member wears a T-shirt bearing the name of Google Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria. With all its cutting-edge technology, Google Inc. has turned back to the text message in its efforts to break into Nigeria’s booming economy. The search engine has started a service in Nigeria, as well as Ghana and Kenya, allowing mobile phone users to access emails through text messaging. That comes as the company’s office in Lagos has begun working with small business owners in this nation of more than 160 million people.

Africa Google Photos Technology Wikipedia: Kenya

News24
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 Hub where voters, campaigners and... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)

South Korean workers of Hyundai Heavy Industries work on a cargo ship at its dock in Ulsan, south of Seoul, Friday, May 6, 2005. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's top shipbuilder, expects to swing to an operating profit in 2005 from an operating loss a year ago, as the South Korean company reaps the benefits of cost cutting efforts and currency hedging, the company's chief executive said Friday.

Business Nigeria Photos S.Korea Wikipedia: Hyundai Heavy Industries

Baltimore Sun
Nigerian police say Hyundai paid some $190,000 for hostages
ABUJA (Reuters) - An arrested gang leader told Nigerian authorities that South Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries paid a 30 million naira ($192,100) ransom to release six workers kidnapped in... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)

Diddier Drogba from Ivory Coast, left, fights for the ball with Kone Bakary from Burkina Faso during a World Cup qualifying game held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009

Independent online (SA)
Last chance for Drogba
Lagos – Didier Drogba hopes to finally lead the Ivory Coast to a second Nations Cup triumph in South Africa after two close misses. “We have a team capable of great things at the 2013... (photo: AP / AP Photo)
African Cup of Nations Diddier Drogba Photos Soccer Wikipedia: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Secretary-General to provide, at once, military and security planners to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (A.U.), and partners, to help frame a response to a request by Malian transitional authorities for an international military force to restore the country’s unity.

News24
Ecowas authorises troop deployment in Mali
Lagos - The chairperson of west African bloc Ecowas on Friday authorised the immediate deployment of troops to Mali, a statement said amid an offensive against Islamists who control the country's... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
ECOWAS Lagos Mali Photos

French President Francois Hollande, center, reviews troops, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, of the twelfth cuirassiers regiment in the military base of Olivet, near Orleans, central France, before delivering his New Year's greetings to French army forces.

The Star
France launches military operation in Mali
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France's armed forces began a military intervention in Mali on Friday to help the government stem a push south by Islamist rebels who control... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
France Islamist Mali Military Intervention Photos Wikipedia: 2012–present Northern Mali conflict

Lions in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

The Himalayan
West African lions on verge of extinction
Added At: 2013-01-10 9:13 PM Last Updated At: 2013-01-10 9:13 PM... (photo: Creative Commons / Dfg13)
Africa Extinction Himalaya Lions Photos Wikipedia: Lion

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, second right, celebrates with his fellow teammates after he scored against Osasuna, during their Spanish La Liga soccer match, at Reyno de Navarra stadium in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday March 31, 2012.

Goal
Player Ratings: Real Madrid 4-0 Celta Vigo (Agg 5-2)
Goal.com was on hand to cast a critical eye over events at the Santiago Bernabeu, as Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick led los Blancos into the quarter-finals of the Copa del... (photo: AP / Alvaro Barrientos)
Madrid Photos Real Madrid Vigo Wikipedia: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Dutch coach Johan Cruyff

Goal
Cruyff's coaching career ends with Nigeria draw
The former Netherlands attacker was unable to bring the curtain down with a win after his Catalunya side were denied by a second-half equaliser from the West Africans... (photo: AP / Manu Fernandez, File)
Netherlands Nigeria Photos Soccer Wikipedia: Johan Cruyff

File - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) police officers arrive in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma after the rebel group known as M23 withdrew from the city, 1 December, 2012.

Al Jazeera
UN slaps sanctions on DR Congo rebels
The United Nations Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies, the FDLR, amid a flare-up of violence in the Democratic... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Africa Congo Photos UN Wikipedia: 2012 East D.R. Congo conflict

Poverty

	Why Africans will be basketball stars of tomorrow CNN
	Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank The Guardian
	A Ritual of Hope Huffington Post

Terrorism

	France set to triple size of force inside Mali Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
	U.S. watches French intervention in Mali warily; Hagel is no Luddite on cyber; Why the DOD IG feels ignored; Mil suicides exceed combat deaths; Wal-Mart to hire 100k veterans, and more. Foreign Policy
	U.S. has no plans to send troops to Mali: Panetta Daily Press

Oil

	Official: Nigeria owes its state-run oil firm and only gasoline importer $8.1B in subsidies Star Tribune
	Nigeria Has Lost An Absolutely Staggering Amount Of Oil Money To Corruption Business Insider
	Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch case with global reach France24

Democracy

	Mali crisis: Who's who? BBC News
	Mali seeks French help against extremists Independent online (SA)
	African Union And US Commend Ghana For Being The Pride Of Africa Peace FM Online

Nigeria Headlines

Coach’s high-risk approach may be what Nigeria need

Ibori Loot - Court Grants Babalakin Bail On Self-Recognition

Local Govt Starts Payments to Pregnant Women

Mobile Phones Have Reduced Corruption in Agriculture - Minis

Detention - Ubah Slams N10billion Suit On IGP, Access Bank B

Africa Headlines

Agency to mark flood-prone Pointe Larue road edges

Strong odour drives revenue commission staff out of offices

Two escape unhurt as fire guts car on 5th June Avenue

Seychelles welcomes President Rajoelinas decision not to st

Algeria attack planned before French strike in Mali: officia

Security Council Debates Counter-terrorism Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Security Council open debate on a comprehensive approach to counter-terrorism.

Ban urges Central African parties to abide by agreements forged to end crisis

Malian soldiers helped by French troops, move a broken helicopter out a hangar to make room for more incoming troops at Bamako's airport Tuesday Jan. 15. 2013. French forces led an all-night aerial bombing campaign Tuesday to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp. A a convoy of 40 to 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepares for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days.

France expected to more than triple Mali troop numbers

US troops man a high vantage point on the Iraqi side of the border crossing with Syria, in this file photo dated Nov. 6, 2004, at the al-Qaim border point. The presence of the US military inside Iraq just a few kilometers from Syria will enable the US to tighten security on the border and to help withhold insurgents. Washington accuses Syria of not doing enough to control the border, though Syria says it is doing all it

Panetta: No US troops on the ground in Mali

President Mahama To Attend Emergency ECOWAS Summit On Mali Peace FM Online
Mali Need Not Be France’s Afghanistan The New York Times
U.S. hesitant in Mali fight Detroit news
Codeine to Be Classified As Narcotic Soon - Minister All Africa
War in Mali an opportunity and a risk for France Business Day
Mali moves to keep militants out of another town; EU mission The Los Angeles Times
Fugitive Ivorian Youth Leader Ble Goude Arrested in Ghana Voa News
With no end-game in sight U.S. moves cautiously on Mali Reuters
COLUMN - Why intervening in Mali was the right thing to do Reuters
Is French intervention bringing attention to terrorists in M The Washington Times
Opinion: Mali concerns everyone! Deutsche Welle
EU to deploy military trainers to Mali Deutsche Welle
Regional Leaders to Meet Over Mali Crisis Voa News
EU Steps Up Support to Mali Operation Voa News
Going to Mali Indian Express
Ghana arrests Ble Goude, wanted in Ivory Coast San Francisco Chronicle
Mahama to attend Emergency ECOWAS Summit on Mali Joy Online
Algeria attack planned before French strike in Mali-official Reuters
Pushing Africa aside in Mali The Hindu
In Algeria And Mali, Al Qaeda-Tied Terrorists Pose Challenge Huffington Post

Atm Swiping Machine - Supermarket Counter

ATM Cards To Be Used For Shopping

View of a Safecon fule station at Lumley in Freetown. 10th January, 2012.

Sierra Leone stricken by fuel shortage

President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor listens to a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, unseen, following their meeting at Blair's official residence No. 10 Downing Street, central London, Wednesday March 14, 2007.

NPP Youth Vow To Stop Kufuor From Attending Mahama's Inauguration

Mali Islamists tougher than France anticipated -envoys Reuters
U.S. agrees to French request for airlift help for Mali oper Reuters
Harcourts plants flag in the Bay Area, partners with Platt I Business Journal
President Mahama to attend emergency summit on Mali Peace FM Online
RPT-UPDATE 2-West African troops arrive in Mali to aid Frenc Reuters
Hostage crisis shows Mali intervention justified: Hollande Sun Sentinel
Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organizati All Africa
82 Million Dalasi Generated From National Documents and Perm All Africa
UPDATE 2-EU states agree on military training mission to Mal Reuters
UPDATE 1-French surround Malian town, await African troops Reuters
France asks Canada to extend one-week C-17 Mali contribution Reuters
Unbridled Imports Killing Steel Industry All Africa
Mali towns marked by fighting, airstrikes Palm Beach Post
Ghana Risks Having Her Export Products To EU Market Reduced Peace FM Online
Mali Conflict: What It Means For Randgold Resources Seeking Alpha
UP Youth Wants Varney Sherman Resign All Africa
Public Split Over Taylor's Benefit - U.S.$225,000 At Stake All Africa
Cabinet Donates Farm Produce to President Jammeh All Africa
NSE Index Hits Four-Year High As Bulls Consolidate All Africa
Commission Withholds Federation's Afcon Money - Gombe All Africa

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves while walking with Romanian President Traian Basescu, background, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Tuesday, May 31, 2011.

Back in Politics, Berlusconi May Not Win, but He Sure Can Stir Things Up

File - Staff and advisors talk as President Barack Obama is briefed before a bilateral meeting at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 20, 2012.

Israel mum over Obama's Pentagon pick

In this photo taken May 11, 2011, Carolina, 23, waits for customers at Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal. The government is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29.

Ahead of Brazil World Cup, free English classes planned for prostitutes

Italy at election cross roads CNTV
Top tips on community engagement – part two The Guardian
Professionals call for open tenders Independent online (SA)
Dakile to shine in the Big Apple Sowetan Live
Miriam Makeba. "Pata Pata" and "Soweto Blues" Axis of Logic
Review: 'Rabbi's Cat' lovely to watch, hard to categorize U~T San Diego
Inauguration Weather Prediction: Obama Promise Of Warmer Tem Huffington Post
Review: 'The Rabbi's Cat' is a chatty rationalist Daily Press
Unseen photos of bunker where Hitler killed himself unveiled The Times of India
Weekend watch: New reality show and more blockbusters New Straits/Business Times
Sorry, Spike: "Django Unchained" is now Quentin Tarantino's Baltimore Sun
'Sugar Man' Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury Billboard
What's new to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los LA Daily News
Venice's Biennale College Filmlab Officially Presents 15 Sem The Hollywood Reporter
Spare Times for Children for Jan. 18-24 The New York Times
Bon Jovi ticket sales skyrocket for upcoming 'Because We Can The Examiner
A great night at The Classic Stuff
Chicago Sinfonietta’s Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther Ki The Examiner
Mugabe, rivals agree draft constitution News24
Obama's 2013 Inauguration: Massive Undertaking Involves 250, Huffington Post

SOMALIA, Kismayo: In a handout photograph taken 05 October and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 06 October, a soldier serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is seen standing infront of an armoured personnel carrier through a bullet hole in the gate the former compound housing the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) while a combat engineering team sweeps the area for unexploded ordinace and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo. The last bastion of the once feared Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab, Kismayo fell after troops of the Somali National Army (SNA) and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade supported by Kenyan AMISOM forces entered the port city on 02 October following a two month operation across southern Somalia which saw the liberation of villages and centres along a distance of 120km from Afmadow to Kismayo. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.

Al-Qaida presence in Mali, Yemen and Afghanistan

Mariame Kanfando, 10, with her father, wait outside the morgue in in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013, in an attempt to get the bodies of her mother and two sisters killed in a stampede on new year's eve. Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along a main boulevard, causing the crush of people. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara ordered three days of national mourning and launched an investigation into to the causes of the tragedy but two survivors, in interviews with The Associated Press, indicated why so many died in what would normally be an open area, the Boulevard de la Republic. An estimated 50,000 people had gathered in Abidjan's Plateau district to watch the fireworks.

Ivory Coast New Year's Death Toll Rises to 64

In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 photo, supporters of legislative election candidates from the party of president Alassane Ouattara march through the streets of the Abobo neighborhood, Abidjan, on the final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday legislative elections, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Country Profile: Ivory Coast

Intervention in Mali China Daily
Islamists claim two more villages as French forces mass in c The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Children involved in Mali fighting IRINnews
Africa mining industry could benefit from encouraging local Mining Weekly
Largest iron-ore reserve in West Africa enters feasibility Mining Weekly
Overcoming the threat of indigenisation in Africa Mining Weekly
Jimmy Carter: Guinea worm cases decreasing Herald Tribune
First African troops arrive in Mali News24
Former President Carter: Guinea worm cases dwindling, markin Star Tribune
>Jimmy Carter: Guinea worm cases decreasing Seattle Post
Publishers' Association of South Africa says 2013 textbooks Business Day
EU approves military training mission to Mali Houston Chronicle
National Education Policy Is the Key All Africa
In Africa, success against AIDS: School of Public Health rev PhysOrg
World Bank Provides $50 Million For Revised Projects In Ghan Peace FM Online
Town 90 miles from Mali capital on alert Houston Chronicle
NUSA - Zion Branch Leaders Call for Audit All Africa
Fire Guts Offices At Kwara Poly All Africa
Yuguda - No Going Back On Screening of Teachers All Africa
Four Major World Bank Assisted Projects In Ghana Revised Peace FM Online

Central African Republic President Francois Bozize, right, shakes hands with Michel Djotodia, leader of the Seleka rebel alliance, as heads of state and other participants applaud, during peace talks in Libreville, Gabon, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.

Peace deal signed for CAR after Gabon talks

File - 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.

Rebels capture Mali government troops

File - Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN and President of the Security Council for December, briefs the press on the situation in the Central African Republic, 28 December, 2012.

UN council calls on CAR rebels to withdraw

US to provide French air transport in Mali Al Jazeera
Nigerian forces kill two Islamists in Kano battle, arrest fi Daily Press
Mali minister warns of global threat News24
Lethal weather on 'world's most dangerous lake' CNN
Mali’s Secret Infrastructure CounterPunch
I Will Be Vindicated Soon - Alfred Woyome Peace FM Online
GNPC to host Offshore West Africa 2013 Joy Online
France increases troop deployment to Mali Al Jazeera
EU OKs sending military training mission to Mali Herald Tribune
There Is Just Too Much Oil Sloshing Around The World Right N Business Insider
Misconceptions And Realities Of Investing In Africa Business Insider
Tourism Association Asks for Intervention Fund All Africa
A Meaningful Poverty-Reduction Strategy Must Be Dynamic All Africa
Hostage siege: Mali war turning global News24
Search Ghana Business News Ghana Business News
Creativity and the Nigerian Marketing Communications Industr All Africa
2 000 Ecowas troops in Mali within 10 days News24
ICC launches Mali war crimes probe News24
We don’t need anybody’s help: Antara Mali The Times of India
Mahamas appointments show advancement of the Better Ghana Joy Online

President John Dramani Mahama, second left, takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony, in Accra, Ghana, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in Monday for a new four-year term in the West African nation's capital of Accra after winning a closely fought election in December.

Full text of Prez Mahama's inaugural Address

Darfur peacekeepers killed in ambush

Darfur peacekeepers killed in ambush

organic fruit stall in the fruit market - healthy food

Farmers urged to grow organic fruits and vegetable

African Agriculture Receives Boost All Africa
Environment - Mainstreaming Agricultural Practice in Environ All Africa
...to Procure N1 Billion Fertilizer Chemicals All Africa
French forces unseen as Mali town prepares for possible Isla Star Telegram
France Mali Ground Assault And 'Direct Combat' To Be Launche Huffington Post
Mali: a guide to the conflict The Guardian
Director Wants Strategic Interventions in Agriculture All Africa
FG Plans Dry Farming Initiatives for Flood Victims All Africa
Fear, rumour and relief as air strikes continue in Mali IRINnews
Has agricultural smuggling stopped in Ghana? Joy Online
French troops to engage Mali rebels 'within hours' France24
United States and Liberia Sign Partnership Agreement Voa News
French say Islamists in Mali remain ‘agile, motivated,’ stil Star Telegram
French say Islamists in Mali remain ‘agile, motivated The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Australian Government Assists Buea Prison All Africa
Kessano Foundation Supports Lepers Up North All Africa
Tunisia against foreign Mali intervention News24
France Mali Bombing Campaign Lasts All Night In Diabaly Huffington Post
Slow progress on fake drug war in northern Nigeria IRINnews
Islamists seize a village in Mali as French forces continue The Tribune San Luis Obispo

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