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South African Youth Leader Claims Innocence in Graft Case
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Expelled African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema was granted bail after being charged with graft. He proclaimed his innocence … see more »
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Somalia's Hawa Aden Mohamed Wins Nansen Refugee Award
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Mama Hawa Aden Mohamed oversees a tailoring class at the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development (GECPD) in Somalia. see more »
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New Monkey Species Identified in DR Congo
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In June 2007, a previously undocumented monkey known locally as "Lesula" was found in the forests of the middle Lomami Basin in central Democratic … see more »
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Refugees From Mali Find Hope And Food
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A little girl crouches in the sand at the refugee camp near M'bera, Mauritania where between 60,000 and 70,000 refugees have come to escape the … see more »
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Angola Faces New Era With Third Election
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Angola's democracy is about to turn another page as the nation votes under its new constitution. Women wait outside a polling station in Sumbe town, … see more »
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Flooding Crisis in Niger
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Torrential rains have swept away crops, tools and homes in Niger, a landlocked country that was already in the throes of a major food shortage. see more »
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Senegal's Catch Of A Lifetime
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Fishing licences have been cancelled in Senegal to curtail the destructive fishing practices of European countries. see more »
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Local Irrigation Solutions Boost Yields for African Farmers
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A man digs in raised beds for crops planted close to the waters of Lake Tanganyika in Zambia. see more »
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First-Ever Gay Play in Uganda
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A theatre play on homosexuality is being staged for the first time in Uganda - a country which has proposed an Anti-Homosexuality Bill. "In Ugandan … see more »
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South Africa: Malema Fans The Flames of the Mine Killings?
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Striking Lonmin miners gathered to discuss the deaths of some 34 of their colleagues two days previously. They were addressed by strike leaders and … see more »
