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Al-Qaeda spreads to N Africa
Posted by on Feb 8, 2007, 15:11
Tetouan - The Hsida Mosque stands at the edge of the slum of Jamia Mezouak, where the hillside plunges into a valley whose opposite face is peppered with gravestones.
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Africa: Stolen Wealth
Posted by AfricaFocus on Apr 16, 2006, 10:35
"Corruption is bleeding Africa to death and the cost is borne by the poor. ... Much of the money is banked in Britain or our overseas territories and dependencies. ... We want our government to get tough on corruption." - Hugh Bayley, MP, Chair of the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group
Crude Futures Up as Market Digests Nigeria News
Posted by LONDON, Dec 22, 2005 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) By Tim Falconer Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES on Dec 23, 2005, 09:52
Crude futures rose Thursday as speculators worked through the implications of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSB.LN) Nigeria division declaring force majeure on 180,000 barrels-a-day of oil after a recent attack on its pipeline in the Niger Delta.
Africa Wants Veto Powers at Security Council-Mbeki
Posted by Yahoo News on Feb 1, 2005, 21:46
ABUJA (Reuters) - Africa wants veto powers for two new permanent seats it hopes to get on the Security Council in an historic reform of the United Nations expected this year, South African President Thabo Mbeki said
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Singapore ban after bird flu case
Posted by on Aug 19, 2004, 01:24
Singapore has suspended poultry imports from Malaysia after scientists there found a potentially deadly form of bird flu in chickens.
Kerry faults Bush plan on redeploying troops
Posted by on Aug 19, 2004, 01:21
John Kerry told a veterans' group on Wednesday that President George W. Bush's plan to withdraw troops from Europe and Asia was the "wrong signal to send at the wrong time."
Doubts over Sadr peace deal
Posted by on Aug 19, 2004, 01:19
The radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was reported last night to have accepted a peace deal that could end the violent two-week uprising in Najaf and see his militia leave the city's Imam Ali Shrine.
UN concerned by lack of Darfur progress
Posted by on Aug 19, 2004, 01:17
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations says it is concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
Clinton reopens book on Iraqi bid to buy uranium in Africa
Posted by on Jul 19, 2004, 22:39
Tony Blair's ally and former US president Bill Clinton yesterday reopened the sensitive issue of Saddam Hussein's attempts to buy uranium in Africa
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How Nigeria Can Help Us - Sao Tome
Posted by ThisDay on Jun 28, 2004, 13:22
President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Mr Fradique Melo De Menezes, yesterday solicited Nigeria's assistance in the exploitation of his country's oil and gas resources.
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