somalias modernday pirates are using their lucrative trade to fund fighters on both sides of the countrys escalating conflict according to a maritime expert in kenya. four ships were seized by gunmen in 48 hours last week from the gulf of aden or along somalias southern coastline making it the busiest ever period for the pirates who make the region one of the worlds most dangerous for shipping. wh...
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zimbabwes new parliament got off to a stormy start on tuesday as the opposition flexed its newfound political muscle by heckling president robert mugabe in the most hostile legislature the veteran leader has faced in 28 years. angered that a power struggle remains unresolved over his refusal to cede executive power months after a flawed presidential poll opposition mdc deputies roundly booed mugab...
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gee who could they be somalia plane makes emergency landing after bullet damages from the shabelle media network mogadishu august 26 thanks to jeffrey imm a plane that transports khat to kismayo town has unpredictably landed at km50 airport in lower shabelle region after unknown armed groups have opened fire on the plane while it was planning to land at kismayo airport that redirect the plane t...
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i came to some startlingly common sense realizations while in africa. for instance its now clear to me that sustainable environment practices and africa are inextricably linked. they arent separate matters or concerns or causes. to act on one is to act on the other. heres the obvious part. africa and the entire global south as it is often called stands to lose the most from planetwide enviro...
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the economist issues a glowing report on efforts made by ellen johnsonsirleaf the first woman in africa to become a democratically elected head of state at the halfway mark through her presidency of liberia. already considered my hero among the young her determination her resolve and her unstinting efforts to bring peace and economic development to her nation are an unexpectedly welcome counterpoi...
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islamist insurgents in somalia say they have taken control of the southern port of kismayo amid fighting that has left dozens of people dead. a spokesman for alshabab mukhtar robow told the bbc his militia had wrested the city from a local clan militia during a third day of clashes. a un official said about 100 people had been killed and up to 25000 displaced. there has also been fierce fighting i...
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...s published by ediaaes novembroep may indicate that there is a growing interest in the angolan economy according to manuel miguel de carvalho wadijimbi deputy minister of social communication reports allafrica.com. according to allafrica.com the paper launched last tuesday will help publicise locally and abroad the advances in agriculture industry expansion of the countrys electric network and other ...
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at least 50 people have reportedly been killed in clashes in the somali capital mogadishu and the port of kismayo. some 30 people have been killed in two days of fierce fighting between islamists and a clan militia in kismayo a bbc reporter says. some mortars landed near the compound of president abdullahi yusuf who is currently out of the country. another landed near a mosque in the busy bakara m...
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a push to increase icebreakers in the arctic a growing array of military leaders arctic experts and lawmakers say the united states is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard arctic waters even as climate change and high energy prices have triggered a burst of shipping and oil and gas exploration in the thawing region. the national academy of sciences the coast guard and others have warned ...
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...ly h5n1 strain which can be fatal if passed on to humans is being developed with the help of nottingham trent university. experts from the universitys school of......
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...hing your feet before prayers how will the line be automatically drawn if no one is willing to draw it nigeria mob kills 50yearold man for blasphemy by yushau a. ibrahim in the daily trust abuja via allafrica.com august 11 thanks to james a 50yearold muslim man who allegedly made a blasphemous statement against prophet muhammad was beaten to death in kano on saturday. the man was killed at sheka a...
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un hombre musulman de 50 aaos que segan se dice hizo una declaracian blasfema contra el profeta mahoma fue golpeado hasta la muerte en kano el sabado. el hombre fue asesinado en sheka aci lafiya cuando algunos javenes enfadados musulmanes sitiaron su casa y lo golpearon.etiquetas religian islam blasfemia asesinosnoticia original......
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... will be the keynote speaker at a pandemic flu preparedness conference logistics health inc. will host at its la crosse headquarters from 10 to 3 p.m. sept. 4 nigeria new bird flu strain detected allafrica.coma strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza previously not recorded in subsaharan africa has been detected in nigeria for the first time fao said today. nigeria has recently reported two n...
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nigeria how banks interswitch battle atm fraud nuruddeen m. abdallah 10 august 2008 the introduction of the automated teller machine atm as a banking instrument in 2006 was lauded by several customers as an expedient alternative to the frustrating queues that characterize the countrys banking halls. less than two years after bank customers have taken solace in the atms the succour is gradually b...
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...ospitalised with suspected bird flu have all tested negative for the h5n1 virus. three people died and another thirteen including a sevenyearold girl and an eight......
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former teacher and selfproclaimed healer mohammed bello abubakar was recently interviewed by the bbc. the 84 year old nigerian claimed to communicate directly with the prophet mohammed the most important symbol of the islamic faith. while such a claim is enough to generate significant discussion what was most interesting about abubakars story is that he is apparently married to 86 women and has be...
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clearly laurie blakeman has trouble understanding that throwing money at problems does not solve them how could we in the third millennium be dealing with the levels of syphilis that are out there in this province with this amount of money she asked. this province doesnt know what to do with health so they keep shifting everything around hoping it will all work and this time out i think theyve imp...
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...post now where did i put that kid she writes about her mom losing her in the mall when she was a child. it seems that everyone has a lost kid zimbabwe mbeki to travel to country for further talks allafrica.compresident thabo mbeki will travel to zimbabwe later on saturday to meet the ruling party and opposition leaders involved in talks to resolve the countrys political crisis. the trip by presid...
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living simply provides economic shelter chicago ap keri rainsberger isnt rich. she works in the nonprofit world for a relatively lowprofit salary. yet as many americans are scrimping for every penny she hardly feels the pinch. she still tithes 10 of her income to her church even as other members have cut back. she rarely worries about rising gas and food prices. and she never bothers to balan...
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...be aware they are ignoring a growing market waiting to be exploited. the african web news market is already jostling with competitors so if they do not leap now they could miss out completely.sources allafrica.com business daily international labour organisation daily nation le jour......
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nigerias former corruption czar nuhu ribadu was publicly demoted yesterday by nigerias police service commission. in reality news of his demotion hit the newsstands almost a month earlier with quoted sources claiming that ribadus upcoming demotion was due to his rapid rise through the ranks of the police force and becauseribadu has stepped on toes many officers in the nigeria police cannot tolerat...
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the canadian government has advised against all holiday and nonessential travel to zimbabwe until talks between the mdc and zanu pf are concluded. canadas ambassador to zimbabwe roxanne duba following the presidential runoff election which took place on june 27 2008 there has been ongoing talks between the main political parties in zimbabwe. as the outcome has yet to be determined the political ...
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several nations around the world have launched national programs to increase energy efficiency cut carbon emissions and build environmentally friendly buildings to slow the effects of global warming. some question the importance and motivation of environmentally protective policies but many countries remain undeterred in the face of occasional resistance. spain which has the highest dependency...
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