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An image of former South African president Nelson Mandela is projected on a screen at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of his memorial service Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Nelson Mandela's Rivonia speech anniversary aims to keep history alive
Fifty years on from 'I am prepared to die' declamation, South Africa allows famous holding cell graffiti to disintegrate Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 during the famous... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) The Guardian
Africa   Leader   Photos   Rivonia   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting on the conflict between Chad and Sudan at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, March. 12, 2008. A promised peace deal between Chad and Sudan was at least delayed and potentially scuttled when the Sudanese president failed to show for talks in Senegal's capital on the eve of an Islamic summit. Wade, who declared last week that he had brokered a deal between the feuding nations and only the formal signing remained, said the talks would go forward Thursday morning on the sidelines of the summi Million may face South Sudan famine
The UN chief has warned that up to a million people could face famine in conflict-torn South Sudan in the coming months unless the world takes immediate action. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) Belfast Telegraph
Famine   Photos   Sudan   UN   Wikipedia: Famine
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 Nigeria's President Calls Special Meeting to Address Violence
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his National Security Council to a Thursday meeting in Abuja, after suspected militants carried out a string of deadly attacks and abducted more than... (photo: AP / Maja Hitij/dapd) Voa News
2014 Abuja bombing   Boko Haram attacks   Goodluck Jonathan   Photos   Terrorism in Nigeria   Wikipedia: April 2014 Abuja bombing
Colin Keating, former Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of April 1994, briefs the Security Council at its meeting on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He said, “This briefing provides a fitting opportunity, for me in my capacity as former President of the Council, to apologise for what we failed to do in 1994.” UN apologises for Rwanda inaction
The diplomat who was president of the UN Security Council in April 1994 apologised today for the council's refusal to recognise that genocide was taking place in Rwanda and for doing nothing to halt... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Belfast Telegraph
Genocide   Photos   Rwanda   UN   Wikipedia: Rwandan Genocide
Lion's Head as seen from Table Mountain cable car in Cape Town' Wealthy see holidays ‘as a necessity, not luxury’
Related articles Treasury to allocate R100m to promote domestic tourism West Africa a tourism focus as Nigerians, Ghanaians visit SA Weak rand draws few tourist complaints Cape Town tourism cheer as... (photo: Creative Commons / Entropy1963) Business Day
Africa   Holidays   Luxury   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Cape Town
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