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Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Joy Online
Ivory   Kenya   Nigeria   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union  
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Tuesday, May, 8, 2012. Obama to tout $3B pledge for food security
| WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is set to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges aimed at alleviating hunger in Africa and urge the world's biggest economies t... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The Boston Globe
Obama   Photos   President   Security   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
The marble statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates stands in front of the headquarters of Bank of Greece, in central Athens, on Friday, July 23, 2010. Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
| Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
Economy   Eurozone   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger
| AFP - Anti-poverty campaigners are urging leaders of rich nations to commit at a weekend summit to feeding the world's poor, warning that hunger is taking a devastating... (photo: EC / European Commission 2012) France24
Humanitarian   Hunger   Leaders   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Hunger  
South African Airways 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) Business Day
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: South African Airways  
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The Daily Telegraph
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment 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) Joy Online
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana  
Cargo Ships India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta) Newstrack India
India   Photos   Trade   Washington   Wikipedia: Trade  
A lady selling food.   Une dame en train de vendre la nouriture . Togo and Africa Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
| NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to s... (photo: WN / Eteh) The Star
Africa   Development   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Africa  
Sable Mining Africa Says Initial Drill Results Confirm High Prospectivity of Nimba Project Sable Mining Africa Says Initial Drill Results Confirm High Prospectivity of Nimba Project
Sable Mining Africa Limited | Sable Mining Africa Limited, the AIM listed resource company, is pleased to announce that initial results from the Company's reconnaissance ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Mineweb
Africa   Guinea   Mining   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Guinea-Bissau  
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare speaks at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's 'father of independence' to retire
Papua New Guinea's "father of independence", Sir Michael Somare, will not contest the forthcoming elections after more than four decades at the centre of the Commonwealth... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft) The Daily Telegraph
Business   Elections   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Michael Somare  
How to export the principles of the peace process How to export the principles of the peace process
| Could the Northern Ireland peace process help resolve divisions elsewhere? Five experts in conflict resolution believe so, as they tell MARY FITZGERALD  | LAST WEEK DEL... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Irish Times
Export   Ireland   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe  
Canopy walkway 40 m above ground in the Kakum National Park, Ghana.The rainforest is divided into five different layers, each with different plants and animals, adapted for life in the particular area. These are: the ground layer, the shrub layer, the understory layer, the canopy layer and the emergent layer. Tourism can stimulate trade, development – UNCTAD XIII
| Kakum Park - One of Ghana's best tourist site | Participants at the just-ended United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) have underscored the... (photo: Creative Commons / ZSM) Ghana Business News
Development   Ghana   Photos   Tourism   Trade   Wikipedia: Ghana  
File - In this Wednesday, April 11, 2012 photo, a Tuareg separatist rebel from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) stands guard at a checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali. Mali's military leaders 'repel counter coup'
| Mali's ruling military leaders have said in a message aired over state television said that they are in control of the state broadcaster building, t... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Africa   Democracy   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état  
People gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack on the street in Jalingo, Nigeria Monday, April 30, 2012 Nigeria suicide attack targets police chief, killing ten
| The attacker rode a motorcycle into the convoy in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state in north-east Nigeria, before detonating his explosives. | The attack targeted po... (photo: AP / Lynn Adda) The Independent
Nigeria   Photos   Police   Violence   Wikipedia: December 2011 Nigeria bombings  
A woman stands at the scene of a bomb explosion in Kaduna, Nigeria, Monday, April 9, 2012. The weekend explosion killed at least 38 people and the target for the blast seems unclear as people from all sections of society were caught in the explosion. Suicide Blast Kills 10 in Nigeria
| JALINGO, Nigeria—A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber drove into a convoy carrying a top police official in northeast Nigeria on Monday, detonating his explosives a... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Wall Street Journal
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Taraba State  
A Syrian refugee who fled violence in her country to Lebanon, weeps as she attends a demonstration to show her solidarity with the Syrian revolution, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday March 21, 2012. The The plague of war in Syria
| The conflict in Syria has burned to a hurting stalemate, punctuated by barrages of cannon fire. It is likely to go on this way for some time. | Participants in the stru... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Conflict   Mideast   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
a mosquito - insect - it spreads malaria disease Malaria affects economic growth - Mrs Binka
An Executive Secretary of African Media Malaria Research Network (AMMREN), Mrs Charity Binka has observed that malaria affected the socio-economic development and wellbei... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Joy Online
Africa   Malaria   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Malaria  
File - Six-month old Christelle Jean Pierre sleeps on her mother's shoulder, as they wait for medical assistance at a cholera treatment center of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its affiliated non-governmental organization AVSI. Doctors slam mothers who refuse vaccines
| Ghana has celebrated the introduction of two new vaccines to prevent pneumonia and diarrhoea - two of the biggest killers of children worldwide. | The unprecedented sim... (photo: UN / UNICEF/Marco Dormino) The Independent
Ghana   Health   Photos   Vaccine