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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, center, leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, July 5, 2004, after winning her appeal against a four-year jail term for alleged theft and fraud. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (js
Johannesburg   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela   murder   		 Baltimore Sun 
Winnie Mandela may face inquiry after apartheid-era activists exhumed
Tue 12 Mar 2013
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities may launch a murder inquiry involving Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela, after police exhumed the remains on ... (photo: AP/Themba Hadebe)
Malawi vice president Joyce Banda at Mudi House in Blantyre, Malawi.
Malawi   Photos   Politics   Protest   		 Mail Guardian South Africa 
Malawi ex-ministers arrested over 'coup plot'
Mon 11 Mar 2013
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has been commended by the international community for implementing a series of economic reforms.(AFP) | More Coverage | The group are accused of trying to prevent then v... (photo: Creative Commons)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, with his wife Graa Machel, left, as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.  Austin American Statesman  Sat 9 Mar 2013
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)
Hospital   Nelson Mandela   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela  
We visited a Catholic Parish in a rural area of Kenya where this group of women -- all HIV positive come together to support each other. 92% of women in rural areas that are HIV positive, have been infected by their husbands. In these rural areas ARV's are rarely available and very costly for women to obtain (transportation is a huge issue).  The Guardian  Thu 7 Mar 2013
Link between violence and HIV must be made explicit, say African ministers
Ministers from Liberia, Zimbabwe and Ghana shed light on reality of violence and infection in their countries, as campaigners at UN conference press for action | UN Women's Michelle Bachelet (right) i... (photo: Creative Commons)
Africa   Health   Liberia   Photos   Wikipedia: United Nations Commission on the Status of Women  
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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 Tue 5 Mar 2013
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)
Africa   Crime   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Oscar Pistorius  
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 Mon 4 Mar 2013
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 f... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Africa   Photos   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
humanitarian news and analysis IRINnews Mon 4 Mar 2013
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a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |        - Select a country - Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Ben... (photo: WN / Dziubiska)
Afghanistan   Humanitarian   Photos   UN  
South African singer Miriam Makeba The Inquisitr Mon 4 Mar 2013
  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. Accordi... (photo: AP)
Miriam Makeba   Music   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Miriam Makeba  
Miriam Makeba's 81st birthday celebrated by Google doodle The Times Of India Mon 4 Mar 2013
Miriam Makeba's 81st birthday celebrated by Google doodle
NEW DELHI: Google on Monday commemorated the legendary South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba on her 81st birthday with a colorful doodle. | Today's... (photo: GFDL / Roland Godefroy)
Google   Miriam Makeba   Photos   Singer   Wikipedia: Miriam Makeba  


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Malawi vice president Joyce Banda at Mudi House in Blantyre, Malawi. Malawi ex-ministers arrested over 'coup plot' Mail Guardian South Africa
In this photo provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and taken on Friday, June 17, 2011, former South African President Nelson Mandela reads an advance copy of his latest book titled "Nelson Mandela By Himself" , at this home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Relief in South Africa as Mandela leaves hospital Newsday
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, with his wife Graa Machel, left, as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. South Africa: Mandela in hospital for tests Austin American Statesman
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We visited a Catholic Parish in a rural area of Kenya where this group of women -- all HIV positive come together to support each other. 92% of women in rural areas that are HIV positive, have been infected by their husbands. In these rural areas ARV's are rarely available and very costly for women to obtain (transportation is a huge issue). Link between violence and HIV must be made explicit, say African ministers The Guardian
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, left, looks on as Pope Benedict XVI kisses the Canterbury Gospels relic during a Celebration of Evening Prayer, at Westminster Abbey in central London on Friday Sept. 17, 2010. How will the next pope be chosen? The Guardian
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