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Breaking News Fri, 18 May 2012
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
Africa   Photos   Refugees   Somalia   Violence   Wikipedia: Somalia  
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality has been particularly vicious' s... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) The Guardian
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger.
Africa   Aid   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development  
US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
President Barack Obama stands with his head bowed in prayer during a ceremony to award posthumously the Medal of Honor to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., US Army, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in 1970 in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenya”. | The simmering political r... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
Government   Obama   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram
Zeenews Bureau | Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a "foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency said on Friday. | Citing a docu... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Zeenews
Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Washington   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
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File - Niger Families Face Drought and Rising Food Prices: Mothers wait to have their children assessed and weighed at the a therapeutic feeding centre in Bargadja, Maradai Region, Niger. Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. | The charity says more than six million people are affected... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Children   Malnutrition   Niger   Photos   Wikipedia: Sahel drought  
Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry. G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serio... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) The Independent
Africa   Aid   Famine   Photos   Wikipedia: Sahel drought  
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood  Mohamed Morsi, right, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent netw... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid) France24
Egypt   Election   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
South African Airways SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterp... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1) Business Day
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: South African Airways  
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The Daily Telegraph
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern R... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Joy Online
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana  
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to sp... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) BBC News
Africa   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Politics Business & Economy
Algerian singing icon Warda dies in Cairo
Eritrean President Discusses Path to Development
Rousseff compensated for torture under military rule
Houston Rep. Al Green urges Justice Department to review Cha
President Barack Obama stands with his head bowed in prayer during a ceremony to award posthumously the Medal of Honor to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., US Army, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in 1970 in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
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Cargil among agribusinesses to invest $3B in African food pr
Sudan set to devalue pound amid oil crunch - sources
AGNI Steel developing Coega plant
Residents Block Murang'a Road in Protest Over Crash
South African Airways
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
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Education Health
Rock, Stiller come to Cannes with 'Madagascar'
Female students must dream big- Women's Activist
Sh21 Billion Needed to Expand Schools, Says Mudavadi
Wundanyi Man Gets 15 Years for Impregnating Schoolgirl
Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador
Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador
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UN imposes sanctions on Guinea-Bissau coup leaders
UN imposes sanctions on Guinea-Bissau coup leaders
Rock, Stiller come to Cannes with 'Madagascar'
IFAD President Welcomes G8's 'New Alliance' On F
File - Niger Families Face Drought and Rising Food Prices: Mothers wait to have their children assessed and weighed at the a therapeutic feeding centre in Bargadja, Maradai Region, Niger.
Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
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Environment Human Rights
Two Children Electrocuted As Four Die in Kilifi Road Crash
1,700 Displaced As Heavy Rains Hit Narok
CDF Gives Cash in Bid to Save Wundayi River
Lioness Killed in Mara As Car Runs Over Lion in Isiolo
Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.
G8 summit: The hunger game
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Eritrean President Discusses Path to Development
G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition
Head of UN mission in Syria 'pessimistic'
Syrian opposition buoyed by Aleppo rallies
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
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Rugby: Relegation on horizon for Lions
Pascal Feindouno left out of Guinea's 2014 World Cup qua
Ulster's climb to Heineken Cup final led by South Africa
Patrick Vieira: Senegal will have their say at the 2012 Olym
In this image made from the video provided by TPA via APTN, showing Togo national soccer team captain Emmanuel Adebayor, front, being helped by unidentified Togo team member, Friday Jan. 8, 2010, following a deadly attack by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola
Emmanuel Adebayor abandons Togo once more
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Private Companies Helping to Front Funds For African Food De
Cargil among agribusinesses to invest $3B in African food pr
U.S. agriculture companies set millions for Africa
US agriculture companies set millions for Africa
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger.
US to announce food security plan for Africa
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