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Africa   Photos   Poverty   Trade   Wikipedia: New Partnership for Africa's Development		  Independent online (SA) 
Zuma: Trade key to African growth
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Trade between African countries would reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth, President Jacob Zuma said in Ethiopia on Saturday. “Intra and inter-regional trade is not an option, it is an... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
Praia Dona Ana in Lagos, a coastal beach typical of the Algarve.
Business   Nigeria   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Nigeria		  The Guardian 
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa – review
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Noo Saro-Wiwa's sharply observed Nigerian travelogue reveals another side to the African giant A fish vendor in Lagos. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images... (photo: Creative Commons)
A Nigerian soldier stands in a building that was destroyed in resent violence at Jos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.  BBC News  Sat 28 Jan 2012
Nigeria army kills 11 Boko Haram Islamists
The Nigerian military has shot dead 11 members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, a spokesman said. They died... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Islamists   Military   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: December 2011 Nigeria bombings
A man kisses the Tunisian flag during a demonstration in Tunis, Tunisia, against high prices and unemployment, Saturday Jan. 8, 2011.  Sydney Morning Herald  Sat 28 Jan 2012
8000 protest conservative Islam in Tunisia
AP More than 8,000 Tunisians marched on Saturday through Tunis denouncing violence committed by ultraconservative Islamist groups in recent months. Since the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's secular... (photo: AP / Hassene Dridi)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta delivers a speech prior to the introduction of keynote speaker Reverend Samuel BBC News Sat 28 Jan 2012
Leon Panetta concern over Bin Laden 'informer' Shikal Afridi
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
Al Qaeda   Pakistan   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Death of Osama bin Laden
Indian Railway - railway line The Times of India Sat 28 Jan 2012
Ethiopia seeks India's financial muscle for its rail project
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia wants $300 million more from India for an ambitious railway project that would connect it with neighbouring Djibouti, a venture that India backs as... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Ethiopia   India   Photos   Railway   Wikipedia: Indian Railways
President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir (in hat) and Vice President of GoSS Riek Machar along with other senior ministers bid farewell to President Bashir's delegation before they depart to Khartoum. President Bashir visited Juba 5 days before the start of the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination. During the visit President Bashir discussed preparations for the plebiscite and other outstanding issues with his counterparts in the Government of Southern Sudan. BBC News Sat 28 Jan 2012
South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. The presidents of both countries... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
Oil   Photos   Sudan   Talks   Wikipedia: South Sudan
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The Star Sat 28 Jan 2012
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for... (photo: AP)
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade
Youssef Hadji of Morocco (left) and Paul Ulrich Kessany of Gabon (right) during an international match of their national teams. Gabon won the match against Morocco with 2-1. The New York Times Sat 28 Jan 2012
Gabon and Tunisia Advance
The Times's soccer blog has the world's game covered from all angles. Go to the Goal Blog Bruno-Zita Mbanangoye scored from a stoppage-time free kick in host... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske))
Gabon   Photos   Soccer   Sport   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say Dayton Daily News Sat 28 Jan 2012
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012


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African leaders attend the closing session of the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. African leaders hold first post-Gadaffi summit Independent online (SA)
A man holding an Egyptian flag walks by as a family take photographs of newly-painted murals on a street leading off from Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military leaders dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution Sunday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been keeping up pressure for immediate steps to transition to democratic, civilian rule after forcing Hosni Mubarak out of power. Egypt’s youth move to reclaim streets in creative ways through graffiti and street art The Washington Post
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Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns The Star
Cast member George Clooney, left, Brittish actress Lisa Snowdon, center, and cast member Brad Pitt arrive for the premiere of "Ocean's Twelve," at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) The Many Revolutions of Brad Pitt The Hollywood Reporter
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press
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