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Breaking News Sun, 20 May 2012
Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top left, is hugged by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Bombing   Libya   Lockerbie   Photos   Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi  
 The New York Times 
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
	AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
Africa   Kampala   Photos   Sudan   Uganda   Wikipedia: African Union  
 Wall Street Journal 
AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
By NICHOLAS BARIYO | KAMPALA, Uganda—The African Union has mounted pressure on oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan as it seeks to bring the two back to the negotiating table amid hostilities alo... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors  The Guardian 
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
| Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A mother and her child shelter from ... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Africa   Doctors   Health   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains  
 Violence erupted again in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as Lendu militia, who were driven out of Bunia yesterday by rival Hema fighters, have regrouped and launched a counter-offensive to regain control of the town, the United  Al Jazeera 
Thousands flee DR Congo violence
| Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | The fighting has been most intense in the hills of the... (photo: UN)
Africa   DR Congo   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Top Stories
The R339 road at the Prince Alfred Pass over the Langkloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa BBC News
South Africa targets rainbow tourists
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across th... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA)
Africa   Market   Photos   Tourism   USA   Wikipedia: South Africa  
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya The Guardian
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 ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Africa   Photos   Refugees   Somalia   Violence   Wikipedia: Somalia  
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. BBC News
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 ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Africa   Aid   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development  
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 Zeenews
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 s... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Washington   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
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. BBC News
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)
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. The Independent
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)
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. France24
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)
Egypt   Election   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
South African Airways Business Day
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)
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: South African Airways  
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment Joy Online
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)
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana  
BUSINESS & ECONOMY TERRORISM
- The Bank of Ghana
- Oil Revenue Shores-Up Investment in Road Sector - PIAC Repor
- 68 Escape Death in Ugly Mbarara Jaguar Bus Accident
- Continental Summit to Address ICT Challenges
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful.
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
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- >Ethiopian court says 11 will face terror charges
- US mulls Nigeria's Boko Haram for terror watch list
- Hwedza Reign of Terror Ends
- Help Me Curb Terrorism, Jonathan Tells Nigerians
Pakistanis check local newspapers, featuring on the front pages former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, displayed for sale on a roadside in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19, 2011.
How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life
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RELIGION ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
- A nation-by-nation look at Arab Spring's progress
- Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
- Catholic Bishops Body Holds Strategy Workshop in Nairobi
- Muslim Brotherhood's rhetoric reveals intent in Egypt
David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
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- Water Sector Calls for Accurate Budgeting, Local Experts Uti
- 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
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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HEALTH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics
- MP Donates Ambulances To 4 Communities
- Lifestyle Risks for the People
- IFAD President Welcomes G8's 'New Alliance' On F
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
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- Strong winds wreak havoc in southern Ghana
- Botanists launch bid to rescue the world's threatened ha
- Ghana Ranked 1st in Broadband Speed in Africa
- HP Launches New Notebooks
I-80 in the Sierra Nevada near the Yuba Gap exit. Crossing the Sierra Nevada, I-80 regularly gets snow at higher elevations from fall to spring
Sierra Nevada growing ever so slowly
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REFUGEES HUMAN RIGHTS
- Holocaust through the eyes of a refugee in SA
- AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
- Sudan's President Bashir 'believes in need for pea
- Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics
	AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
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- UN human rights chief visits Zimbabwe
- UN Human Rights Chief Visits Zimbabwe
- Violent clashes erupt in Damascus: monitors
- An Introduction To A Rebellious And A Sinking Nation, Ghana
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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