January 21, 2014
Africa: Empowering Women Builds Better Futures [document]
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Melinda Gates says everyone wins - and lives are saved - when teenage girls are in school rather than having babies. Excerpted from the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the… Read more »
January 20, 2014
Central African Republic: Mayor of Bangui Named Interim President
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Mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza has been elected the Central African Republic's interim president by the transitional parliament, according to an Al Jazeera Television… Read more »
January 16, 2014
Central African Republic: More CAR Peacekeepers May Be Needed
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Amid fears that the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could descend into a genocide, a senior member of the Obama administration's foreign policy team says the time… Read more »
Africa: Kenya's Lupita Nyong'o Nominated for Oscar
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Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has been nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts… Read more »
January 15, 2014
Africa: Leveraging the Continent's Resources for Infrastructure - Kaberuka [interview]
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Donald Kaberuka has ambitious targets for his second and final five-year term as President of the African Development Bank. At the Bank's annual luncheon earlier this month, he… Read more »
January 06, 2014
Africa: Africans Give Govts Failing Marks On Power, Water Supplies
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Although two of every three Africans believe their governments are performing well in the fight against HIV and Aids, fewer approve of their delivery of basic health services and… Read more »
January 03, 2014
Madagascar: Former Finance Minister Wins Polls
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According to the electoral commission (CENIT), ex-finance minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina has won Madagascar's run-off presidential election, Reuters says. CENIT leader Beatrice… Read more »
December 30, 2013
Africa: Egypt One of Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists
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Egypt has become one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists, says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »
Africa: Journalists Killed in Somalia in 2013
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Biographies from the Committee to Protect Journalists of the media workers killed in Somalia in 2013: Read more »
Egypt: Journalists Killed in Egypt in 2013
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Biographies from the Committee to Protect Journalists of the media workers killed in Egypt in 2013: Read more »
December 27, 2013
Africa: Championing a Development Agenda Beyond 2015 [guest column]
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Molly Elgin-Cossart, senior fellow at the New York University Center on International Cooperation, reflects on lessons learned from the United Nations High-Level Panel on the… Read more »
December 24, 2013
South Sudan: 'Lost Boys' of Sudan Cry for Christmas Peace [guest column]
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As 'Lost Boys' of Sudan who know the pain of conflict, we are appealing to the leaders of our young nation to observe a Christmas ceasefire. Read more »
December 22, 2013
Madagascar: Both Presidential Candidates Claim Victory in Run-Off
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AFP reports that Madagascar election results are slowly coming in, as both presidential candidates claim victory in run-off polls. Read more »
Kenya: Train Derails, Crashes in Kibera
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A cargo train has derailed and crashed into homes in Kibera, where about one million people live. Read more »
December 20, 2013
Uganda: Parliamentarians Pass Anti-Gay Bill
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Uganda's parliament has adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, AFP reports. Read more »
December 17, 2013
South Africa: Not to Praise Zuma, But to Bury Him [guest column]
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Every single word that President Jacob Zuma has uttered in praise of Nelson Mandela in recent days is rendered hollow and meaningless by his treatment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read more »
December 15, 2013
South Africa: South Africa Buries Mandela - and Apartheid [analysis]
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Today, South Africa buries Nelson Mandela and, with him, once and for all, apartheid, too. Racial conflict is no longer the distinguishing characteristic of South African society. Read more »
Malawi: President Joyce Banda's Speech at Mandela's Burial in Qunu [document]
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Your Excellency Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Madam Graca Machel; Mama Winnie Madikizela- Mandela; The Mandela Family; Your Excellencies, Heads of… Read more »
December 14, 2013
South Africa: Tutu to Qunu for Mandela Funeral
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu will attend Nelson Mandela's state funeral in Qunu, South Africa Sunday, following popular protests - many using the Twitter hashtag #Tutu2Qunu - demanding… Read more »
December 13, 2013
Madagascar: Plague Claims More Than 30 Lives
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An outbreak of plague more vicious than the bubonic strain called the Black Death has killed 39 people in Madagascar, the government said, according to an AFP report. Read more »
December 12, 2013
South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial [opinion]
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Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »
Africa: We Must Continue the Long Walk - Ambassador [document]
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An address delivered by Ebrahim Rasool, South African ambassador to the United States, to a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC: Read more »
December 11, 2013
Africa: Major Progress in Malaria Fight - Report
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Despite an increase in the number of people at risk for malaria, mortality rates have dropped dramatically since 2000 through the use of a handful of tools that global health… Read more »
December 10, 2013
South Africa: Boos & Cheers Greet Leaders At Mandela Service [analysis]
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The world was treated to a display at the official memorial service for Nelson Mandela of how South Africa was freed from apartheid and became a democracy: a feisty, even… Read more »
South Africa: President Obama's Full Speech at Mandela Memorial [document]
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U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a powerful speech at former South African president Nelson Mandela's memorial service: Read more »
