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Prayers as Mandela stays in hospital
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Prayers as Mandela stays in hospital
Share | Twitter | Ghana News plugins | View Comments | Prayers have been said in churches across South Africa for former President Nelson Mandela, who is spending a second day in hospital for treatmen... (photo: AP / Nelson Mandela Foundation, Debbie Yazbek)
Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, northern Mali, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.
Mali   Peacekeepers   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Northern Mali conflict (2012present)  
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U.N. say Mali still precarious, future peacekeepers need equipment
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in Mali continue to pose a serious security threat to the entire region while African troops forming the core of a U.N. peacekeeping mission deploying next mont... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
File -  Nelson Mandela (left), President of South Africa, enters General Assembly Hall to address its fifty - third session. At his side is United Nations Chief of Protocol, Nadia Younes, 21 September, 1998.  Al Jazeera 
Mandela in 'serious but stable condition'
Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is in a "serious but stable" conditon in hospital with a lung infection, a statement from the presidency has said. | Fri... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Health   Photos   South Africa   Treatment   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela  
In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Zambia's President Rupiah Banda gestures at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia. Zambians are preparing to elect a president Tuesday, choosing between an incumbent riding high on copper prices and a main rival who has lost three previous races.  Al Jazeera 
Zambia's ex-president barred from exit
Zambia's ex-president Rupiah Banda has been blocked from leaving the country but said he was unfazed by his "persecution". | Zambian immigration authorities on Friday prevented the 76-year-old from le... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Corruption   Court   Photos   Wikipedia: Rupiah Banda   Zambia  
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Indian Elephant  rest inside the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata in Eastern India City Deutsche Welle
Africa's elephants threatened
With militia groups in Africa suspected of arming themselves through the illegal ivory trade, elephant poaching is not only causing concern among conservationists, it is ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Africa   Elephants   Photos   Wikipedia: African elephant   Wildlife  
Soldiers gather at a former camp for Islamic extremists near Marti, Nigeria, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Newsday
Challenges at frontline of Nigeria extremist fight
Photos | MARTE, Nigeria - (AP) -- Islamist extremists raised their black flag over this village in the remote plains of northeast Nigeria, setting fire to a church, shutt... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, talks during a presser following his meeting with Grand Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, not pictured, at Al Azhar headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. BBC News
Ahmadinejad: Iran's populist and pariah leaves the stage
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be replaced as Iran's president in the country's presidential elections late this month. An official visit to Ghana offered a glimpse o... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Ahmadinejad   Election   Iran   Photos   Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013  
This photo released by the Nigerian Army claims to show soldiers and civilians inspecting a displayed arms cache recovered from a house in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Al Jazeera
Nigeria arrests trio over 'Hezbollah cell'
Nigerian authorities have have arrested three Lebanese men in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being members of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah. | Soldiers unco... (photo: AP / Nigerian Army)
Hezbollah   Israel   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Hezbollah  
Kilimanjaro Safaris. Joy Online
Nigeria, South Africa sign visa waiver
Nigeria and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make it unnecessary for nationals of both countries holding official or diplomatic passports t... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
Africa   Diplomatic   Nigeria   Photos   Visa   Wikipedia: Visa (document)  
A man reads a local newspapers with the headline 'We've killed 7 foreign hostages' on a street in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, March. 10, 2013. The United Kingdom's military says its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria's capital city were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali, not to rescue kidnapped foreign hostages. The Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the planes had ferried Nigerian troops and equipment to Bamako, Mali. An Islamic extremist group in Nigeria called Ansaru partially blamed the presence of those planes as an excuse for claiming Saturday that it killed seven foreign hostages it had taken. The New York Times
AP Interview: Nigeria Sees Outside Extremist Help
ABUJA, Nigeria — Islamic extremists who control portions of northeast Nigeria received anti-aircraft guns and other military-grade weaponry from outside sources, the na... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Help   Islamic   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigeria  
Politics Terrorism
- U.N. mediator sees breakthrough in Guinea election talks
- Tabulation Of Election Results – IDEG Calls For Reforms
- Reckless Talk By Politicians - Arthur Kennedy Writes
- Minister Seeks Support For Entrepreneurs In Upper West
Justine Greening
At London Hunger Summit, Global Leaders Make $4 Billion Pledge
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- Nigeria Islamists hide guns in coffin, kill 13 - witnesses
- Queen's Birthday honours list 2013
- Nigeria Islamists hide guns in coffin, kill 13: witnesses
- Nigeria Islamists hide guns in coffin, kill 13: witnesses
Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, northern Mali, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.
U.N. say Mali still precarious, future peacekeepers need equipment
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- RP exporters urged to watch for Africa as trade partner
- Moghalu's Insight Into Africa's Economic Path, Quest
- The Tallest Hotel, Intercontinental Lagos, Opens
- Residents Appeal to Fashola Over Collapse of Idimu-Ejigbo Ro
In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Zambia's President Rupiah Banda gestures at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia. Zambians are preparing to elect a president Tuesday, choosing between an incumbent riding high on copper prices and a main rival who has lost three previous races.
Zambia's ex-president barred from exit
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- RP exporters urged to watch for Africa as trade partner
- Nigeria Islamists hide guns in coffin, kill 13: witnesses
- Indian firm to generate electricity in Nigeria
- Big bucks in Zimbabwe for brave investors
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington
Kerry backs private West Bank economic plan, but little detail
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Health Society & Culture
- Queen's Birthday honours list 2013
- Salah stars as Egypt stay on course for World Cup Finals
- It’s perform or perish time for South Africa and Pakistan
- Lawmaker Builds 38-Bed Hospital for Constituency
Prayers as Mandela stays in hospital
Prayers as Mandela stays in hospital
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- Queen's Birthday honours list 2013
- Dominant Vettel takes pole to flag win in Canadian Grand Pri
- Salah stars as Egypt stay on course for World Cup Finals
- Hezbollah unites clans to raise border force
File -  Nelson Mandela (left), President of South Africa, enters General Assembly Hall to address its fifty - third session. At his side is United Nations Chief of Protocol, Nadia Younes, 21 September, 1998.
Mandela in 'serious but stable condition'
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- Queen's Birthday honours list 2013
- Supercontinent: how the world is moving together
- Freedom of press critical, says internet founder
- Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana
Justine Greening
At London Hunger Summit, Global Leaders Make $4 Billion Pledge
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- Egypt and Togo claim victories
- Egypt and Togo claim victories in World Cup qualifying
- Player Ratings: Brazil 3-0 France
- Egypt moves closer to WCup, Cameroon slips up
England's Wayne Rooney, center, celebrates with teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, right, after scoring against Brazil during an international soccer friendly at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 2, 2013. To the right is Brazil's Marcelo.
Brazil 2-2 England: Oxlade-Chamberlain & Rooney on target at the Maracana
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