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In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 file photo, army trucks carry Egyptian tanks in a military convoy in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. On Monday, May 20, 2013 Egypt army ready to release kidnapped soldiers
CAIRO - The Egyptian army sent more troops to Sinai Peninsula on Monday, getting ready for a possible military operation to release the seven kidnapped soldiers, a... (photo: AP) China Daily
Egypt   Military   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Sinai Peninsula
File - Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 15 March, 2006. South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press= JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house,... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Guardian
Nelson Mandela   Photos   Politics   South Africa   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
Cement duct is made for compost of dried leaves and kitchen waste Agric Ministry to support production of compost for agriculture
Share Twitter Ghana News plugins View Comments Mr Sarfo (right) explaining a point to Mr Humado (left) at the plantThe Minister for Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Clement... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Graphic
Agriculture   Compost   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Compost
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and wave his campaign posters outside the Presidential palace, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president staged rival rallies Friday after he assumed sweeping new powers, a clear show of the deepening polarization plaguing the country. Egypt: Echoes of the revolution far from Cairo
The streets of Nagaa Hammadi are much quieter than those of Cairo Continue reading the main story Egypt changing Egypt's challenge: The economy Sexual harassment... (photo: AP / Ahmed Abd el Fatah) BBC News
Culture   Egypt   Photos   Revolution   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
Gold medalist South Africa's Oscar Pistorius poses with his medal during the ceremony after winning the men's 400 meters T44 category final during the athletics competition at the 2012 Paralympics, in London. Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South Africa. Police say Pistorius, a double-amputee known as "Blade Runner," was taken into custody after the shooting early Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his home in a gated complex in the country's capital. Pistorius 'not mentally and physically' fit to run
Oscar Pistorius. (Felix Karlsson, M&G) Our Coverage More Coverage The decision means Pistorius will miss out on the August 10-18 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) Mail Guardian South Africa
Athletics   Oscar Pistorius   Photos   Sportstar   Wikipedia: Oscar Pistorius
People run away from tear gas during a demonstration against the deployment of 11,000 police and soldiers in the city of Kairouan, to prevent the ultraconservative Muslim group Ansar al-Shariah from holding its annual conference, Sunday May 19, 2013. Tunisian police clash with Salafists over banning of annual congress
Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the... (photo: AP / Amine Landoulsi) The Daily Telegraph
Photos   Police   Protests   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Tunisian revolution
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Sinai abduction: Egypt President Morsi rules out talks
The Egyptian president has ruled out negotiating with the abductors of seven members of the security forces seized last week in the Sinai peninsula. In a statement,... (photo: AP / Ghiath Mohamad) BBC News
Egypt   Gaza   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Sinai Peninsula
Egyptian soldiers keep guard as heavy equipment destroy smuggling tunnels beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2013. Egypt will not tolerate a two-way flow of smuggled arms with the Gaza Strip that is destabilising its Sinai peninsula, a senior aide to its Islamist president said, explaining why Egyptian forces flooded sub-border tunnels last week.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN The KFC smugglers of Gaza
People are paying a fortune to have fast-food chicken brought in from Egypt in underground tunnels. But local food-stall owners aren't happy about it Link to video: KFC... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
Egypt   Gaza   Palestinians   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addresses a press conference in Harare, Monday, Feb, 18, 2013. Tsvangirai called on Zimbabweans to prepare for a referendum on a new constitution set to be held on the March 16. Tsvangirai also announced that funds for the holding of the referendum would be mobilized locally as opposed to seeking assistance from outside the country. Zimbabwe PM: We will end police, military abuse
GILLIAN GOTORA Associated Press= HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police,... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) The Guardian
Military   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Morgan Tsvangirai   Zimbabwe
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election. With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country... (photo: AP) Daily Press
Algeria   Business   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Building on the way to Curepipe, Mauritius. December 2006 Sleepy island of Mauritius waking up fast
Related articles Mauritius acts as a gateway for SA companies’ African property funds Mauritius to grow slightly below potential, says IMF IT IS a common scenario in a... (photo: WN / Sanyogita) Business Day
Economy   Island   Mauritius   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Mauritius
Rwanda President Paul Kagame speaks during the London Summit on Family Planning organized by the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in central London Wednesday July 11, 2012. Is Kagame Africa's Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwanda's tragic history?
Pressing the flesh: with Bill Clinton, who described Kagame as ‘one of the greatest leaders of our time’. Photograph: Ed Ou/Getty Images Paul Kagame is angrier than I've... (photo: AP / Carl Court) The Observer
Africa   Paul Kagame   Photos   Rwanda   Wikipedia: List of awards and honours bestowed upon Paul Kagame   Wikipedia: Paul Kagame
Golfe de Tunis et port de Sidi Bou Saïd.jpg Golfe de Tunis et port de Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisie. Tunisia: after the revolution
Making waves: Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis and the Bay of Carthage. Photograph: Idealink Photography/Alamy Sidi Bou Said's signature blue-and-white houses are framed with... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul SKG) The Observer
Nature   Photos   Tourism   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Sidi Bou Said
In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria. Nigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes"
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris... (photo: AP / Abdukareem Haruna) BBC News
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
Rebel soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, the widely recognized winner of an election that millions once hoped would reunite the West African nation, advance towards the Government army in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. Gunfire and explosions shook Ivory Coast's main city Thursday as supporters and security forces loyal to the two men claiming to be president clashed in the streets, killing at least 15 people and bolstering fears the world's top cocoa producer is teetering on the edge of another civil war. Ivory Coast Militia Leader Arrested for 2011 Massacre
Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Voa News
Human Rights   Ivory Coast   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Second Ivorian Civil War
US Navy 081008-N-1082Z-045 Pirates leave the merchant vessel MV Faina for the Somali shore Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 while under observation by a U.S. Navy ship Seychelles cells: The Somali pirates jailed in paradise
There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles. The... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT) BBC News
Photos   Pirates   Prison   Somalia   Wikipedia: Piracy in Somalia
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols 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. Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Star
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
In this file photo taken, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 file photo, Nigeria secret service officers stand guard, during a court hearing in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria Imposes Curfew in Military Campaign
Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Voa News
Boko Haram   Islamists   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
FEMA - 44808 - FEMA Mobile home page on a smart phone screen Huawei launches Windows 8 phone in Ghana
Huawei and its authorised distributor in Ghana, IPMC have unveiled the new Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 Phone in the country. The involvement of IPMC as the sole wholesale... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT) Joy Online
Ghana   Huawei   Photos   Wikipedia: Windows Phone 8   Windows Phone 8
Love Birds in a cage for sale Biodiversity: Unloved love birds
I was in Nagpur last week. I was told of an illegal bird market and so I went on Sunday morning. I saw hundreds of small cages with budgerigars and pigeons in them. Of... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Hindu
Biodiversity   Birds   Love   Photos   Wikipedia: Love Birds
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Health
A woman with her child with the back Une femme avec son enfant au dos Togo and Africa At least 30 countries in Africa at risk of yellow fever: WHO Newstrack India
We are in the big market of the capital Lome Togo, e, a country in West Africa. between BENIN, Burkina Faso and Ghana on the West Coast of Africa Nous sommes dans le grand marché de Lomé la capital e du Togo, un pays de l'Afrique de l'ouest. situe entre le BENIN , le burkina faso et le Ghana sur la cote ouest de l'Afrique une revendeuse d'eponge on wednesday, january 05, 2011. Africa has chance to achieve sustainable, inclusive growth Business Day
Capacity building is key to delivering development in Africa Capacity building is key to delivering development in Africa The Guardian
Oil & Energy
black clouds in the sky - monsoon weather - climate Climate Policies Must Break Free From Big Oil CounterPunch
An Esso gas station in Stabekk, Norway. Esso is an international trade name for Exxon Mobil and its related companies. Pronounced /ˈɛsoʊ/ ("S-O"), it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. New technology propels 'old energy' boom Denver Post
File - Workers drilling for oil on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga Al Jazeera
Human Rights
File - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Miguel Mejiacontrera takes a blood pressure reading from a detainee at the Camp 6 Medical Center. Physician dismisses force-feeding concerns Al Jazeera
Potato - stem - vegetable - healthy food Potato famine blight strain named Belfast Telegraph
Indigenous culture, youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session Indigenous culture, youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session United Nations
The "Returning" as palestinians attend "camp of return" to mark refugees' ties to lands lost, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on May 15, 2013, to mark the 65th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe). 65 Years of Palestinian Nakba The People's Voice
Poverty
Dominique Strauss-Khan (left), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), flanked by Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, addresses Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Africa Steering Group press conference. South Sudan Could be Africa Powerhouse: ex-IMF head Voa News
FILE- Striking mine workers armed with machetes, sticks, and spears march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, Wednesday, Sept, 12, 2012. Anglo American Platinum Ltd., the world's largest producer of the precious metal announced Monday Feb. 4, 2013 an operating loss of $715 million in 2012 due to violent labor unrest in South Africa. Lonmin South Africa workers strike, raise fears of mine unrest The Star
Johannesburg aerial view looking towards the south-east. Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of South Africa known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1,753 meters (5,751 ft). Tourism Indaba to focus on Africa Independent online (SA)
Technology
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again? CNN
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Chief Executive Officer of the European Financial Stability Facility Klaus Regling during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, March 4, 2013. En Garde! Wall Street Journal
Michele Bachmann speaking to students at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. Michele Bachmann: Every Weekend People Tell Me They Want Obama Impeached Huffington Post
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