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 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) Wall Street Journal
Africa Kampala Photos Sudan Uganda Wikipedia: African Union |
 UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United Nations envoy in Somalia, Aug... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Scoop
Civil Photos Somalia UN Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
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 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 moth... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy) The Guardian
Africa Doctors Health Photos Sudan Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains |
 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 mo... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera
Africa DR Congo Photos Violence Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News
Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 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) BBC News
Africa Market Photos Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
 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) The Guardian
Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (ÂŁ1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Africa Aid Photos US Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development |
 US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenyaâ€... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 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) Zeenews
Nigeria Photos Terrorism Washington Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 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) BBC News
Children Malnutrition Niger Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
