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 Al Jazeera Sat 19 May 2012
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 most intense in the hills of the... (photo: UN)
Africa DR Congo Photos Violence Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 BBC News Sat 19 May 2012
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 poverty and crippling corruption. ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
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 BBC News Sat 19 May 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)
Africa Market Photos Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
 The Guardian Fri 18 May 2012
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)
Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 BBC News Fri 18 May 2012
US to announce food security plan for Africa
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 ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Africa Aid Photos US Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development |
 Zeenews Fri 18 May 2012
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 Kenya... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 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 s... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria Photos Terrorism Washington Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 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... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Children Malnutrition Niger Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
 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 |
