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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.
Food Insecurity - Africa   Malnutrition in Africa   Photos   Sahel Region   Wikipedia: Sahel Region		  Al Jazeera 
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 humanitarian chief Valerie... (photo: AP / Jean-Marc Bouju)
Britain's business secretary, Vince Cable, right, and Nigerian billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, left, attend a global business environment meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
2014 World Economic Forum   Aliko Dangote   Dangote Group   Photos   Wikipedia : Dangote Group		  Independent online (SA) 
Dangote sees company in top 100 by 2017
Davos, Switzerland - Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote said his Dangote Group would join the ranks of the world’s biggest 100 companies within three years as he invests in cement,... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
nouvelles et analyses humanitaires  IRINnews 
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DAKAR, 3 février 2014 (IRIN) - Over 20 million people in the Sahel will need humanitarian assistance in 2014, up 8.7 million over the number of people in need in 2013, estimates the UN, which launched... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Dakar   Humanitarian   Photos   UN Security   Wikipedia: Dakar
Nigeria / wam2  BBC News 
The day my double appeared on the radio
There is only one person by the name of Mohaman Babalala working for the BBC. So, as he explains, it was quite a shock when another was heard on a Nigerian radio station. It happened on 9 November, a... (photo: Public Domain Leigh Bowden)
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In a picture taken on Tuesday April 24, 2012, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni address the ruling party members in Entebbe about 42kms east of the capital Kampala. The Los Angeles Times
Ugandan president slams gays while refusing to sign anti-gay bill
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni refused to sign into law a tough anti-homosexual bill passed by parliament last month. But the tone of his... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera)
Gay Marriage in Africa   Photos   Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill   Wikipedia : Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill   Yoweri Museveni
In this Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 photo, a supporter of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida wears a wig in the colors of Nigeria's flag and a tee-shirt with a likeness of Babangida, during a campaign rally to kick off his bid for president, in Abuja, Nigeria. Babangida, a general who took power after a 1985 coup, promised to serve only one, four-year term in office if elected. However, many remember Babangida for annulling the presidential election of June 1993, which Nigerians and foreign observers considered to be the country's freest and fairest. Stuff
Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill on Monday that criminalizes same-sex relationships, defying Western pressure over gay rights and provoking criticism... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Goodluck Jonathan   LGBT in Nigeria   Photos   Same Sex Marriage in Nigeria   Wikipedia : Same-sex marriage in Nigeria
In this artist rendering, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, right, stands with his attorney Miriam Siefer in federal court in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Toronto Sun
Underwear bomber's life sentence upheld by U.S. court
Tweet Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who tried to set off an explosive hidden in his underwear while aboard a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day in 2009, on Monday... (photo: AP / Carole Kabrin)
2009 Christmas Day Plot   Photos   Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab   Underwear Bomber   Wikipedia : Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
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India breaks free of polio in boost to global immunization drive
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Monday marked three years since its last reported case of polio, paving the way for it to be declared free of the crippling virus and... (photo: PIB of India)
India   Photos   Viral Diseases   Wikipedia: Pulse Polio   World_Health_Organisation
Yaya Toure, Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder, speaks moments he was declared African soccer player of the year Newstrack India
Yaya Toure is CAF African Player of the Year
Tweet Lagos, Jan 10 (IANS) Ivoirian and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure was crowned the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Best Player of the Year 2013 for the... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
African Footballer of the Year   CAF Awards   Photos   Wikipedia : African Footballer of the Year   Yaya Toure
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CT Scan, Cancer Patient Cancer Overtakes AIDS, Malaria, TB As The Leading Killer Peace FM Online
AU summit: Too little, too late AU summit: Too little, too late Al Jazeera
Poverty in Italy hits record levels Poverty in Italy hits record levels Swissinfo
Terrorism
News analysis: 2014: Three challenges put Africa to the test News analysis: 2014: Three challenges put Africa to the test CNTV
Violence in Central African Republic displaces nearly 1 million - U.N. Violence in Central African Republic displaces nearly 1 million - U.N. Swissinfo
West Africa: West African livelihoods weakened by graft West Africa: West African livelihoods weakened by graft IRINnews
Oil
This Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 photo shows a Chevron sign in Miami. Panel Rules For Chevron In Ecuador Amazon Case Huffington Post
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. Nigeria’s Politicians Profit From �Industrial Scale’ Oil Theft, Report Says The New York Times
Enrique Pena Nieto, candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and apparent winner of Mexico's presidential election, speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Monday, July 2, 2012. MEXICO’S PRESIDENT BRINGS LIGHT TO LONG ECONOMIC TUNNEL U~T San Diego
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A girl walks past a row of makeshift toilets, with signs indicating costs to use the shower (5 cents) or the toilet (10 cents), in an informal camp housing an estimated 100,000 displaced people, at Mpoko Airport, in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Eight candidates to seek CAR presidency Independent online (SA)
Mali, Niger evacuate citizens from Central African Republic Mali, Niger evacuate citizens from Central African Republic Swissinfo
Holiday hotspots: where to go in 2014 Holiday hotspots: where to go in 2014 The Guardian
Nigeria Headlines
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Full StoryNigerians demand compensation for evictions
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Full StoryLecture series to focus on ancient Greece, Egypt and Africa
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