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Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
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Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
Fri 18 May 2012
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality has been particularly vicious' s... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
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.
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US to announce food security plan for Africa
Fri 18 May 2012
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 aimed at alleviating shortages... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
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  Fri 18 May 2012
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 said on Friday. | Citing a docu... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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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  Fri 18 May 2012
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 there, and about 18 million i... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
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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 Fri 18 May 2012
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 Thu 17 May 2012
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 Thu 17 May 2012
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)
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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. The Daily Telegraph Wed 16 May 2012
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)
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Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment Joy Online Wed 16 May 2012
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  
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. BBC News Wed 16 May 2012
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to sp... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
Africa   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012. Al Jazeera Wed 16 May 2012
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore)
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South African Airways SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba Business Day
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 The Daily Telegraph
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012. Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN BBC News
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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 The Independent
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana Joy Online
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya The Independent
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Vegetables at a market-food-India. DA: food prices hurt the poor Independent online
A girl suffering cholera symptoms receives treatment at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Nov. 12, 2010. 20 per cent of Ghanaian children are not immunised Peace FM Online
Sudan and South Sudan fighting risks children being sucked into conflict Sudan and South Sudan fighting risks children being sucked into conflict The Guardian
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South African Airways SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba Business Day
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity. Zille speech interrupted Independent online
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. Obama is traveling to the West Coast for a series of campaign fundraisers. Obama Raises $1M Within 90 Min of Endorsing Gay Marriage Peace FM Online
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