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UN agency warns thousands fleeing sectarian violence in Central African Republic
Africa   Mali   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Mali		  United Nations 
UN agency warns thousands fleeing sectarian violence in Central African Republic
Fri 7 Feb 2014
Print 7 February 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency warned today that the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has sent thousands of people streaming into neighbouring countries,... (photo: UN / UN)
File - A banana seller carries her child as she contiues to work on the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), 22 September, 2013. CAR has experienced extreme violence and disorder, with the ICC recently opening an investigation into possible war crimes.
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)		  BBC News 
ICC opens CAR 'war crimes' preliminary investigation
Fri 7 Feb 2014
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says she has opened a preliminary investigation into possible war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR). Fatou Bensouda... (photo: UN / Serge Nya-Nana)
Kofi Annan, left, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, arrives at the Great Hall of the People for talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 27, 2012.  Peace FM Online  Thu 6 Feb 2014
If Leaders Fail, People Will Lead - Kofi Annan
When leaders fail to lead, people take charge and leaders then have to follow, says Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and Nobel laureate. In an exclusive interview to TOI, Annan expresses... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Kofi Annan   Photos   The Elders   Wikipedia: The Elders (organization)   World Leaders
CT Scan, Cancer Patient  Peace FM Online  Tue 4 Feb 2014
Cancer Overtakes AIDS, Malaria, TB As The Leading Killer
Staggering statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that cancer accounted for 8.2 million deaths globally, more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB) combined in 2012. This... (photo: Creative Commons / StephLewis)
Aids   Cancer   Malaria   Photos   Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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A mother waits with her malnourished children for evaluation by French Action Against Hunger (ACF) doctors in Dalaad, 400 kilometers (248 miles) southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday April 15, 2000. The lives of millions of starving Ethiopians can be saved if international donors respond quickly to new requests for food aid, the U.N. special envoy to the Horn of Africa said Friday. Al Jazeera Tue 4 Feb 2014
Millions at risk in the Sahel food crisis
The UN is seeking $2bn this year to combat food insecurity in Africa's Sahel region, where 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of violence. UN... (photo: AP / Jean-Marc Bouju)
Food Insecurity - Africa   Malnutrition in Africa   Photos   Sahel Region   Wikipedia: Sahel Region
President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Peace FM Online Mon 13 Jan 2014
President Obama To Train More Ghanaians In YALI Programme
US President, Barack Obama, is expected to train more Ghanaians through his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme this year. This follows several applications... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Ghana   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Miami Field House in Coral Gables, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Peace FM Online Sun 12 Jan 2014
Obama To Train More Ghanaians This Year
President Barack Obama is expected to train more Ghanaians through his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme this year. This follows several applications that... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Barack Obama   Ghana   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
3 UN peacekeepers wounded in north Mali attack Herald Tribune Sat 11 Jan 2014
3 UN peacekeepers wounded in north Mali attack
BAMAKO, Mali - A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says three peacekeepers have been wounded while pursuing suspects in an attack near a military camp... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Mali   Military   Peacekeepers   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali
A central street in Villazón. Villazón is a town in southern Bolivia, on the border with Argentina. It sits directly across a river from La Quiaca in Argentina. The town is a busy trading hub, with large quantities of goods flowing north. Newstrack India Mon 6 Jan 2014
Bolivia hopes Dakar Rally will boost its tourism
Tweet La Paz (Bolivia), Jan 6 (IANS) A Bolivian minister has said that the Dakar Rally, which started Sunday in Rosario, Argentina, is expected to boost Bolivia as an... (photo: Creative Commons / Elemaki)
Argentina   Bolivia   Investment   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Argentina
African Union missing in action in conflicts from Mali to South Sudan The Guardian Mon 6 Jan 2014
African Union missing in action in conflicts from Mali to South Sudan
Weak leadership and rivalry between states have hampered African efforts to bring security to the conflict-hit continent A French soldier patrols Bossangoa, Central... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
African Union   Mali   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union Commission


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African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia—a tenuous link to relatives abroad. The World’s Best (Unaltered) Photos The New York Times
In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, French President Francois Hollande addresses the troops at the airport following his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali. France Sending Additional Troops to C.A.R. Voa News
XIV. Paralympische Sommerspiele, Leichtathletik, Maenner, 200 Meter, Finale T44, Sonntag (02.09.12), Olympiastadion, London, Grossbritannien: Oscar Pistorius (Suedafrika, r.) steht nach dem Lauf neben David Behre im Zielbereich. Oscar Pistorius Mourns Reeva Steenkamp One Year After He Killed His Girlfriend E! Online
US Vice President Joe Biden, right, laughs as he talks to Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, during the International Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. The new US-Russia Cold War Asia Times
A Muslim man walks past a church gate decorated with paintings of Jesus Christ in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday April 10, 2005. Winding its way across Africa is an invisible faultline between a mainly Muslim north and a majority Christian south. Across this fro A Christian-Muslim crisis of faith in Africa The Christian Science Monitor
Der Praesident von Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, traegt sich am Freitag (20.04.12) in Schloss Bellevue in Berlin in das Gaestebuch von Schloss Bellevue ein. Gauck traf sich mit Jonathan zu einem Gespraech Nigerian Senate Orders Audit of Unaccounted $20 Billion in Oil Revenue Voa News
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp carry their belongings as they flee the camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Third shipment of chemical weapons leaves Syria - UN BBC News
Hundreds of thousands of people protest in Tahrir Square on 4 February 2011 The US and the Arab Awakening: Deja vu? Al Jazeera
File - Internally Displaced Persons visit a health clinic at the Manik Farm camp to seek medical treatment, 23 May 2009, Sri Lanka. Is Sri Lanka turning into a rogue state? Al Jazeera
Central African Republic lynching a shock even in a country torn by violence Central African Republic lynching a shock even in a country torn by violence The Guardian
File - Women and children walk from the rebel held suburb of Moadamiyeh to the government held territory Tuesday Oct. 29, 2013 in Damascus, Syria. Syrian children enduring 'unspeakable' suffering BBC News
Staff open the doors of the morgue at the teaching hospital to add another body to the 24 already there, 20 of whom were killed from violence according to the staff, in Malakal, Upper Nile State, in South Sudan Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. South Sudan ravaged by ethnic violence Al Jazeera
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