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General Assembly Holds Debate on Future of UN Peacekeeping John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana, addresses the General Assembly's thematic debate, "United Nations Peacekeeping: Looking into the Future".
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Show personal responsibility in tackling poverty - Kufuor
Share Twitter Ghana News plugins View Comments Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has underscored the importance of eradicating poverty and hunger adding that “the President himself must be... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, of Ghana, celebrates a mass at St. Liborius' parish church in Rome, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up time repeatedly as strong contenders for the job. Turkson, archbishop of Cape Coast, is among those considered to have a credible shot at the papacy.
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Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson Is Africa's Best Hope For Pope
ACCRA, Ghana -- Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. The 64-year-old head of the Vatican's peace... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, with his wife Graça Machel, left, as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.  Austin American Statesman 
South Africa: Mandela in hospital for tests
Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up and doctors say there is no cause for "alarm," the... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
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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.  Peace FM Online 
Kufuor Calls For Space For African Youth
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has asked African leaders to give more space for the youth in political and social discourse to enable them to fully exploit their potentials for the good of the... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)
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No 'silver bullet' for car makers
Geneva - Car makers are going back to the drawing board in the hunt for fuel-saving technologies as hopes that electric vehicles will be the silver bullet for CO2... (photo: EC / © EU)
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Development must be about freedom from fear and freedom from want The Guardian
Development must be about freedom from fear and freedom from want
People need good living standards but they also need civil and political freedoms to ensure the benefits of development are evenly spread France, Mali, Burkina Faso and... (photo: WN / Dziubińska)
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FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, in court in Pretoria, South Africa, for his bail hearing charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. BBC News
Oscar Pistorius family row over South Africa crime
The family of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murder, has distanced itself from his father's comments that guns are needed because of high... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
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SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 09 November, a young Somali woman looks on as a Ugandan police officer serving as part of a Formed Police Unit (FPU) with the African Union Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks past during a foot patrol in the Kaa'ran district in the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM's FPUs are working with their counterparts in the Somali Police Force (SPF) in helping to provide security in Mogadishu in addition to training and mentoring the SPF on policing techniques and practises. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. News24
Don't lift Somalia arms embargo, UN told
New York - The human rights group Amnesty International warned the UN Security Council on Monday not to lift the 21-year-old arms embargo in place for Somalia as called... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
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a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Select a country - Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Benin... (photo: WN / Dziubińska)
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South African singer Miriam Makeba The Inquisitr
  Miriam Makeba: World Music Star Celebrated
Posted: March 4, 2013 Miriam Makeba, the late South African singer and activist known as “Mama Africa,” has been honored today with a Google doodle. According... (photo: AP)
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