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Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top left, is hugged by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Bombing   Libya   Lockerbie   Photos   Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi   		 The New York Times 
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
Mon 21 May 2012
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 1, 2012.
Africa   Immigration   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu   		 Atlanta Journal 
Netanyahu: African migrants could overrun Israel
Sun 20 May 2012
| JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that Israel could be swamped by illegal migrants from Africa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a press confere... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa  Scoop  Sun 20 May 2012
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)
Civil   Photos   Somalia   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Somalia  
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors  The Guardian  Sun 20 May 2012
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 mother and her child shelter from ... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Africa   Doctors   Health   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains  
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Violence erupted again in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as Lendu militia, who were driven out of Bunia yesterday by rival Hema fighters, have regrouped and launched a counter-offensive to regain control of the town, the United 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 mo... (photo: UN)
Africa   DR Congo   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful. 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 pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Revolution   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
The R339 road at the Prince Alfred Pass over the Langkloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa 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  
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya 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  
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. 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  
President Barack Obama stands with his head bowed in prayer during a ceremony to award posthumously the Medal of Honor to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., US Army, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in 1970 in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. 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  
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 s... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Washington   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  


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The R339 road at the Prince Alfred Pass over the Langkloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa South Africa targets rainbow tourists BBC News
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. US to announce food security plan for Africa BBC News
South African Airways SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba Business Day
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Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors The Guardian
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. Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children BBC News
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
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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. Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children BBC News
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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
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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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