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An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.
Africa   Corruption   Photos   Politics   Resources  
 The New York Times 
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
| NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the contin... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Resignation of Shirley Sherrod  
 The Star 
Obama seeks to mend rift with U.S. black community
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to repair damage to his relationship with the black community caused by his administration's firing of an African-American gover... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, left, during a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization after tendering his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas, right, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, March 7, 2009.  m&c 
Abbas in Cairo for Arab League peace talks
| Cairo - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Cairo Thursday for a meeting with the Arab League committee dealing with the group's regional peace initiative, as talks with Israel remained in a ... (photo: AP / Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Arab   Cairo   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Arab League and the ArabIsraeli conflict  
President-elect John Atta Mills holds a bible as he is sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in Accra, Ghana Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. The election of Mills, in the closest vote in Ghana's history, makes the West African nation one of the few African countries to successfully transfer power twice from one legitimately elected leader to another.  Joy Online 
President Mills returns from Kampala
President John Evans Atta Mills, returned home this afternoon from Kampala,Uganda, where he attended the 15th Summit of Heads of State and government of the African Union(AU). | He was accompanied by ... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
Government   Home   Kampala   Mills   Photos  
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after his arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Egyptian officials said President Mubarak will brief King Abdullah on the Egyptian efforts to convince Hamas to accept an immediate cease-fire with Is Daily Star Lebanon
King Abdullah kicks off Arab tour in Egypt
| Assad to accompany Saudi Monarch to Lebanon | By The Daily Star | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah held talks on Wedn... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar)
Egypt   Photos   Politics   Saudi   Wikipedia: Abdullah of Saudi Arabia  
Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar talk after their Ramadan prayers in al-Garbi mosque at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Sunday Sept. 16, 2007. Since Hamas' takeover in Gaza, violence has largely been contained to the roiling coastal strip _ where Israeli troops regularly battle Palestinian militants firing rockets into Israel _ while Israel has sought to bolster Abbas by reducing operations in the West Bank. Gulf News
Hamas wants dialogue with Europe
| Gaza: Hamas is open to negotiating directly with European countries and has welcomed a recent call by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to enter into talks with ... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
Europe   Gaza   Hamas   Photos   Wikipedia: Hamas  
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia attends the closing session of the Arab Summit in Doha, Qatar, Monday, March 30, 2009. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers." Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American a Gulf News
Abdullah's tour expected to ease regional tensions
| Riyadh: Saudi politicians and experts have concurred that King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz's regional tour will close Arab ranks and clear the atmosphere following a pledge... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar)
Mideast   Photos   Politics   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia  
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabwe is seen at the opening ceremony of the 28th summit of SADC heads of state and government in Sandton, South Africa, Saturday Aug. 16, 2008. When Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends a weekend summit he will face protests and pressure to surrender at least some of his power. Botswana said its president will not attend the southern African summit because Mugabe will be there, and once-supportive South Africans are to hold an anti-Mugabe march when the leaders me BBC News
'Military junta' rules Zimbabwe, says MDC's Bennett
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is little more than the front man for a military junta, a leading white politician has told the BBC. | Roy Bennett said Mr Mugabe remaine... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Military   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Roy Bennett   Zimbabwe  
Children receive nutritional drinks at a WFP (World Food Pragram) food distribution point in Harare in this Feb. 2003 file photo. Human Rights Watch said Thursday Oct. 23, 2003 that Zimbabwe's government is using food as a political weapon, denying it to opponents at a time when about half its people face starva Independent online
 Food security improving in Zimbabwe, says UN
| By Nelson Banya | Harare - Zimbabwe's troubled farm sector has started to recover from depths plumbed two years ago when it faced a food crisis, but funding problems co... (photo: AP)
Agriculture   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Zimbabwe   Zimbabwe  
Exhibition court . Egypt , Cairo , 16 th November , 2008 The New York Times
2 Egyptian Policemen Go on Trial for Brutality
| Filed at 10:12 a.m. ET | ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) -- The victim's lawyers in a trial of two Egyptian policemen involved in the death of a young man demanded Tuesday that ... (photo: WN / azza)
Alexandria   Egypt   Lawyers   Photos   Wikipedia: Trial  
Cervical Cancer Joy Online
Africa needs strategies to effectively prevent cervical cancer - Naadu Mills
First Lady Ernestina Naadu Mills on Monday called for increased cervical cancer awareness and strategies to ensure early detection and combat the spread of the devastatin... (photo: Creative Commons / euthman)
Africa   Cancer   Disease   Photos   Wikipedia: Cervical cancer  
Hard-line Islamist Al Shabab fighters conduct military exercise as they march in town in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood, Somalia, Friday Jan. 1, 2010. The Times Of India
African Union to reinforce Somalia force: Ethiopian minister
KAMPALA: Leaders of the African Union agreed at a summit on Monday to reinforce the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia to counter Shebab insurgents, Ethiopian foreign min... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
AU   Extremism   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Ade Coker Bemoans Poor Communication In NDC
-  Zuma intervenes in DG, minister dispute
- Official: PNC committed to CPP unity talk – NEC
- Kufuor Didn't Showcase Any Brainwork..He Was A Pepsodent
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama seeks to mend rift with U.S. black community
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- Cameroon journalist wins deportation reprieve
- UN rushing aid to flood-stricken areas of north-western DR C
- UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somali refugees
- Dozens killed in Somali violence; many more forced to flee
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China.
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
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International Relations Education
- Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis
- China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
- Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks
- Unholy trinity sets up bank failures
Italian Lower Chamber President Gianfranco Fini reads his statement during a press conference in Rome, Friday, July 30, 2010.
Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis
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- Ex-students fined in South Africa racist video case
- Student Starts First Tuition-free School in Africa's Lar
- NBR School Heads Trained on Leadership Skills
- Legon's ICT to Widen Tertiary Education Access
Tuberculosis Patients
Information officers tasked to educate the public on TB
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Iraq raises the pitch for fight against domestic violence
- Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
- The NPP - The Koreans And The Coops For The Cops
- How to counter rape as a weapon of war
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
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- Cameroon journalist wins deportation reprieve
- Biting Nominations After Reversed Eviction
- Country to Host Third Session of the AU Ministers of Culture
- Nupes Celebrate Yet Another Festival
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's seen at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. South African lawmakers sang Nelson Mandela's praises Thursday as the anti-apartheid icon settled into parliament's public gallery for a State of the Nation address scheduled in tribute to his 20 years of freedom.
Mandela Meets Renowned Author in South Africa
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Aids Terrorism
- Jacob Zuma to abolish six South African monarchies
- Economic Vision Renewal
- 400,000 Infected With HIV/Aids in Rivers
- New Eden Church Youths Sensitised On HIV/Aids, Others
Studies recommend repeat HIV testing during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child transmission
Newnan, Georgia man discovers natural treatment for HIV-positive children.
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- Uganda court charges 3 men on terrorism, murder, attempted m
- Uganda court charges 3 men on terrorism, murder, attempted m
- Innovation Needed After Losses From Terror Attacks
- Minister Warns of 'Terror' Threat for Joining AU For
Islamist insurgent fighters in a street in Mogadishu, Somalia, during clashes with Somali government soldiers in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood on Thursday, June 24, 2010.
Al-Shabab threatens AU peacekeepers
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