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Post-traumatic stress disorder lingers even 20 yrs after war
In a study focusing on a region of Liberia, researchers found that the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) remains high nearly two decades after...
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Somali Jihadis launch online news channel to promote terrorist propaganda
Somalia's Al Qaeda-backed militant group Al-Shabab has launched an on-line "news" channel called Al Kataib, and its first propaganda newscast, in English, uses graphic footage...
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Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor
It's a daily journey that could be made easier as a bridge spanning the bay goes under construction later this year, part of the $1,5-billion...
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Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor
MAPUTO (AFP) - Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her...
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Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor
Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her across Maputo Bay...
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Russian trade delegation to visit Ghana
A 17-member Russian and Belarus trade delegation including five ministers of state is scheduled to arrive here next week to discuss trilateral investment cooperation, according...
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Over 20 killed, many more injured in fatal traffic accident in Ethiopia
A fatal traffic accident occurred in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday, killing more than 20 people and injuring many more, the city administration...
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South Africa against UK fugitive bail application
The South African state is opposing the bail application of British fugitive Darren Finch who is in detention in Cape Town, local radio reported on...
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South Africa: Murder Charges in Death of Mandela’s Great-Granddaughter
Nelson Mandela ’s great-granddaughter died after the World Cup opening concert on June 11 has been charged with murder, attempted murder and driving under the...
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Video offers window on rights abuses in Indonesia province
A video of an activist in restive Papua province being taunted and viciously killed by police bolsters allegations that the military and police there act...
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Three Kenyans Charged for Kampala Bombings
Three Kenyans have been charged with the bomb attacks that killed 79 people watching the football World Cup final on television in the Ugandan capital,...
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Odinga Back on Referendum Campaign Trail
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's push for an endorsement of a new constitution has received a major boost this weekend. Prime Minister Raila Odinga hit the...
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Sudan to monitor UN peacekeepers
Peacekeepers will now have their bags searched at airports, and will have to inform the Sudanese government before moving on roads, even within cities.
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Sudan to monitor UN peacekeepers
Peacekeepers will now have their bags searched at airports, and will have to inform the Sudanese government before moving on roads, even within cities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
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Many Haitians still homeless more than six months after quake
Then the lightning bolt hit a support, spraying holes in her tent and injuring two family members, during a severe storm that blew down more...
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Japan women step up to make big purchases in slow economy
More women are making their mark in a once male-dominated corporate workplace. Both single and married, Japanese women are earning more, analysts say, and they're...
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Zanzibar Referendum to Set Scene for Power-Sharing
In Tanzania, the offshore archipelago of Zanzibar held a referendum Saturday which is likely to mean that a coalition government is formed. The referendum...
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Tribal Associations Give Students a Sense of Belonging
opinion The 1995 Constitution recognises 65 indigenous communities in Uganda as at February 1, 1926. This implies that Uganda as we know it today...
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BURKINA FASO: Race to Achieve Goals on Sanitation
The government of Burkina Faso has embarked on the construction of 55,000 latrines each year to improve access to proper sanitation for the population from...
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MALAWI: Innovative Campaigning by Women Candidates
You will find Beauty Kasonda on her campaign trail at funerals, weddings, church functions or just about any local gathering in her community. Kasonda does...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Realising Trade in Virtual Water
The vegetables Omphemetse Monyi sells at the Francistown bus rank come from 400 kilometres away in South Africa. One approach to development might seek to...
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KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures "Aid" Counterfeiters
A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures
to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit
medicines to enter...
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POLITICS-GUINEA: Women Amongst Also-Rans in Presidential Elections
Celou Dalein Diallo gained a significant advantage over Alpha Condé, his main rival for the Guinean presidency, when a third candidate said he would back...
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ZIMBABWE: Badly Needed Work Begins on Bulawayo Water System
Dispersing feasting flies and angry residents from a manhole cover spewing sewage from people's homes and into the road: another day in the working life...
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MADAGASCAR: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to...
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HEALTH: Uganda Authority Finding Less Counterfeit Drugs
Uganda's National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of
medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early...
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TRADE-NAMIBIA: EU Backs Off on EPA
European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading
European civil society organisations about the negotiations for a Southern
African economic partnership agreement...
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TRADE: Malawi Stands Firm on Conditions for Signing EPA
The Malawian government has again stood firm in the face of calls by the
European Union (EU) to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) --...
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Familiar Pledges on Child and Maternal Health in Africa
During the three-day summit of African Union heads of state, roughly 37,000 children and 2,000 women died across Africa, mostly from preventable causes, says a...
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SIERRA LEONE: Defining New Role for Traditional Birth Attendants
Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic birthing experience at the hands of her village traditional birth attendant (TBA).
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ZIMBABWE: Rural Children with HIV a ‘Lost Cause'
Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents...
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AFRICA: "Free Trade in Natural Resources Bad for Development"
While some believe that restrictions on natural resource exports should be done
away with, this could cause an increase in such exports that would be...
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Boycott Cedes Power To Burundi's Ruling Party
The coalition of 11 major opposition parties which boycotted July 23 national assembly elections will also boycott elections to the senate on July 28. The...
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Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor
Since its civil war ended in 1992, the country has spent billions of dollars to build and repair roads, enlarge harbours and rehabilitate railways.
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Uganda charges three with Kampala bombings
Three Kenyans have been charged with the bomb attacks that killed more than 70 soccer fans watching the World Cup final.
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Zim housing-blitz victims 'still homeless'
The government of Zimbabwe has failed to build houses for victims of mass evictions five years ago, a human rights group said on Friday.
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Al-Shabaab calls for attacks on Uganda, Burundi embassies
Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants have called for worldwide attacks on the embassies of Uganda and Burundi.
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At least 140 dead in DRC river disaster
At least 140 people have died after an ferry overturned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Thursday.
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Building a Jerusalem in Zimbabwe's pleasant land
Place names, schools, eloquent oratories and, of course, cricket can make Zimbabwe seem the most English of African countries.
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Civilians killed in Mogadishu clashes
Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist insurgents against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians.
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Gadaffi still dreams of United States of Africa
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said on Tuesday his dream of a United States of Africa was still alive.
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Africa readies troops for Somalia
African leaders are pledging thousands of new troops for Somalia to fight al-Qaeda-linked militants responsible for the twin World Cup bombings.
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Zim supreme court mulls Bennett appeal
Court considers whether to accept an appeal in the case of Roy Bennett, who was cleared in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.
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Somalia ovrshadows original theme of AU summit
An African Union summit in Uganda is this week being dominated by the Somali crisis.
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African Union agrees to beef up Somalia force
Leaders of the African Union agreed at a summit on Monday to reinforce the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia to counter al-Shabaab insurgents.
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Bishop Okoh's war on homosexuality
Nigeria's most senior Anglican cleric uses distorted readings of the Bible to support his viscerally homophobic message.
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African leaders turn attention to terror threat
African leaders met behind closed doors on Monday to discuss boosting the African Union's force in Somalia.
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Uganda calls on Africa to fight terror
Uganda's president has urged African leaders to unite agaisnt terrorism just weeks after Somali militants set off deadly twin bombings in Kampala.
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African nations divided over al-Bashir genocide charge
African countries are divided about whether they should arrest Sudan's president on suspicion of genocide, diplomats at a summit said on Sunday.
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Young Senegalese try to wrestle way out of poverty
Fame may be just around the corner for Aliou Faye, who quit his job earlier this year to devote himself full time to becoming a...
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Counting the cost of Zimbabwe's blood diamonds
Gemstone finds in the country's wild east have brought spies and paranoia and turned Mutare into frontier town.
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Africa boosts Somalia force
The African force battling al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mogadishu, Somalia, will be boosted by a battalion from Guinea.
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Two AU peacekeepers killed in Somali violence
Somali Islamist insurgents have killed two African Union peacekeepers in fighting in the capital, Mogadishu.
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