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With no official winner announced in the first round of Mali's presidential election on Sunday, supporters of the 27 candidates were waiting with baited breath for official results and trying to calculate their own. With some predicting that Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta could have won 50 per cent in the first round, his opponents were anxious that a second round be held.
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Twenty-seven candidates took part in Mali's presidential election. Here, election workers are checking results from villages at the headquarters of … see more »
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Africa's Population Domination in 2100 - 8 Things You Need to Know
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Africa is boosting its role in the world's demographics. The United Nations' updated population predictions have Africa in a unique position with … see more »
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Zimbabweans Rally for Change
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Thousands of supporters of outgoing prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai gathered in Harare on Monday to back his bid to become Zimbabwe's president. see more »
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Potty Talk: Why Toilets Matter
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2.5 billion people worldwide still do not have access to proper toilets, the majority of whom live in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. … see more »
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Agriculture in South Sudan
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South Sudan is rich in natural resources like minerals and timber. The most important resource is oil, from which 98 percent of the government's … see more »
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World Malaria Report Inconclusive on Africa
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The World Health Organization's World Malaria Report for 2012 marks a critical point in the race toward the Millennium Development Goals deadline in … see more »
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Eight Ways to Improve Child Nutrition in Developing Countries
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UNICEF recently published the Improving Child Nutrition report, an in-depth look at the current state of child malnutrition in the world. The … see more »
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Worst Places in Africa to Be an Elephant
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A recent report shows elephant poaching's resurgence in Africa. Over the past five years, elephant population numbers have dwindled to dangerous lows … see more »
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10 Worst African Countries to be a Newborn
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The three primary reasons for newborn deaths are prematurity, birth complications, and severe infections. To measure this statistic globally, Save The … see more »
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Top 10 Innovative African Countries
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Co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO, the 2013 Global Innovation Index (GII) is a ranking of 142 countries according to their … see more »
