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African Film Enjoys Rare Cannes Outing‘26-Year-Old African-American Is One To...
ABIDJAN, (AFP): African film is enjoying a rare invitation to cinema’s top table with a film by French-Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun competing for the coveted Palme d’Or, as the continent...
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U.S.-NATO installed Libyan regime requests assistance from imperialist...
Massacre in Benghazi illustrates failure of West’s regime-change strategy by Abayomi Azikiwe After more than two years of a full-fledged Pentagon and NATO-led war against the North African state of...
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Citizenship application process simplified for children born in Italy
The newly approved Legislative Decree No. 69/2013 contains an article that simplifies the procedures for acquiring citizenship for children born in Italy of immigrant parents. Integration Minister...
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Seven African countries cut child HIV infections by half
By Kate Kelland (Reuters) – Seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s worst-hit region in the global AIDS epidemic, have cut the number of new HIV infections in children by 50 percent since...
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What is middle class in Ivory Coast?
Two Ivorians, considered to be middle class by the African Development Bank, tell the BBC’s Tamasin Ford how they survive on between $2 (£1.30) and $20 a day. Konan Kouassi Vercruysses, 26, runs a...
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Africa’s music industry grows to its own beat
By JAKE BRIGHT Africa’s music business is booming, led by Nigeria, and data on its contribution to growth are starting to emerge Africa’s contemporary music scene, led largely by Nigeria, is...
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On the situation in Egypt: an insider’s viewpoint
Helmi Sharawy 2013-07-10, Issue 638 cc A M In essence, what we had witnessed on 30 June 2013 in Egypt was the ordinary people’s revolution against the Islamists governance that had dismantled their...
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Africa’s new suitor and the dilemma of many investment partners
Odomaro Mubangizi 2013-07-24, Issue 640 cc S MAmong the investment suitors lined up for Africa, Brazil has close historical and cultural links with Africa and this makes her a more likely partner...
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‘Oil threat’ to DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
Some of eastern DRC’s numerous armed groups are based in the park. The conservation group WWF is calling on a UK-based company to abandon its plans to explore for oil in Africa’s oldest national...
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In Africa, a Renewed Sense of Potential
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama (right) waves to the crowd with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. (AFP) Your Take: The African Union is finally living up to its promise, 50 years later,...
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Tackling Youth Unemployment in Sierra Leone: Umaru’s Story
STRICKEN WITH POLIO AT AGE 10, UMARU NOW SUPPORTS HIS FAMILY AS A SHOEMAKER (UNDP/T. TRENCHARD) Youth unemployment was a major cause of the 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone and remains a serious...
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Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nerve in South Africa
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Mormon Church Grows In Africa Because Converts Don’t Know Racist History
The Mormon Church spreads in Africa blackstarnews.com Lee B. Baker For several years now, every Tuesday evening I have had the great privilege of addressing the Christian and Mormon listeners of...
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Nelson Mandela dead at 95: How the late icon brought black America and Africa...
Opinion by David A. Love Nelson Mandela, the revered leader, statesman and human rights icon, has left an indelible mark on his native country of South Africa. The Nobel Peace Prize winner inspired...
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Modern Day Slavery: Lake Volta, Ghana
By Lindsay Boyle A Child Working On Lake Volta. Photo Taken By Eric Peasah In Ghana, European-built slave forts and castles scatter along the coast — most notably those at Elmina and Cape Coast — and...
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Genetically Modified Seeds And Ghana; The Debate
By Ghanaian Chronicle FRIENDSHIP CAN BE THE ART OF DISTANT BUT LOVE IS THE ART OF NEAREST By: akoaso,HH Germany More Quotes | Submit Quote Ghana is at the cross roads, debating the introduction of...
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Kenya to generate over half of its electricity through solar power by 2016
Government invests $1.2bn jointly with private companies to build solar power plants across the country Masinga hydroelectric power plant. Kenya gets most of its power from hydroelectricity, but there...
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Angry farmers hit the streets over GMO
By Myjoyonline.com Human beings like all other living things grow; therefore must die. By: Alex Dzumador More Quotes | Submit Quote Some farmers drawn from across the country are demonstrating in...
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Akon Launches “Akon Lighting Africa” To Bring Electricity To One Million...
by Yesha Callahan Akon With President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso Akon is stepping away from music to focus on supplying one million African households with electricity by the end of 2014. Akon’s...
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Nigeria: Enhancing the Transport System
Photo: Ben Parker/IRIN By John Iwori -allAfrica.com Enhancing the transport system in the country will help in addressing the current burden on roads. There is no doubt that water transport remains a...
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