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Workers march to protest high power prices, Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Mining officials say their key industry was among the hardest hit by Wednesday's strike, called by the powerful Congress of South African Trade U
Economy   Labour   Money   Photos   S Africa		  The Independent 
South Africa hit by strikes
South Africa's giant mining companies were badly hit by a strike today over rising power, food and fuel prices that threatened to bring the continent's biggest economy to a standstill. As global... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, right in front row, leads a group of African leaders as they head to a round table session at the summit of the forum on China Africa cooperation in Beijing, China Sunday Nov. 5, 2006. China launched a sweeping effort to expa
Africa   China   Human Rights   Photos   Politics		  London Evening Standard 
How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried
On June 5, 1873, in a letter to The Times, Sir Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin and a distinguished African explorer in his own right, outlined a daring (if by today's standards utterly... (photo: (AP /Elizabeth Dalziel))
FBI and Kenyan investigators comb the wreckage of the suspected car bomb in Nairobi Thursday August 13, 1998. The FBI and the Kenyan authority are interogating five suspects in connection with the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, and are making some progress about identifying the vehicle that delivers the bomb. The bomb on Friday killed 247, including 12 Americans, and injurded more than 5  News24 
Lawless Somalia 'a threat'

Nairobi - Peace in Somalia is essential to guarantee security in Kenya, Prime Minister Rail Odinga said on Thursday in a speech marking the deadly 1998 US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es... (photo: AP / John McConnico)
Kenya   Photos   Al Qaeda   Somalia   Terrorism
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, second from left, accompanied by young victims, is seen at the memorial for the victims of the U.S embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. Kenya and Tanzania have marked the 10th anniversary of deadly bombings at the countries' U.S. embassies, as police conducted a manhunt for the al-Qaida suspect believed to have masterminded the att  BBC News 
Somalia 'threatens' Kenya peace

Kenya's struggle with terrorism will continue as long as neighbouring Somalia remains lawless, the prime minister has said. Kenya and Tanzania are marking the 10th anniversary of the US embassy... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi)
Kenya   Photos   Somalia   Terrorism   US
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FF+: Strikes not the solution
Strikes were not the solution to the increase in food prices and the general cost of living, Freedom Front Plus labour spokesperson Willie Spies said on Wednesday after a... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
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Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary-General Tendai Biti speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, May 2, 2008. Philadelphia Daily News
Zimbabwe opposing parties jointly condemn violence
The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe's main opposition party and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party issued a joint communique condemning... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Africa   Johannesburg   Photos   Violence   Zimbabwe
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Major developments in Mauritania
(AP) - Major developments in Mauritania: __ PEOPLE: Mauritania is a desert nation of 3.4 million that straddles sub-Saharan Africa and Arab-influenced North Africa. While... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Desert   Mauritania   Nation   People   Photos
Pedestrians walk beneath an opposition election banner in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday April 9 2008. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, jsa1 BBC News
Zimbabwe parties call for peace
Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties have issued a joint call for an end to post-election violence. A statement called on... (photo: AP / AP)
Elections   Peace   Photos   Politics   Zimbabwe
Rwanda Genocide - A family that fled the fighting in Rwanda rests in a camp in Bukavu, Zaire, 25 July 1994. Al Jazeera
Rwanda accuses France of genocide

Rwanda has accused senior French officials of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial. Among those named in a report by a Rwandan... (photo: UN file / John Isaac)
Africa   France   Genocide   Photos   Rwanda
Ishmael Beah, himself a boy soldier in Sierra Leone, spoke on the plight of children ABC News
Excerpt: 'A Long Way Gone'
Aug. 5, 2008 FONT SIZE Ishmael Beah was only a boy when he became a soldier in his home country of Sierra Leone. In his best-selling memoir, "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of... (photo: 2008 NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference / NAFSA)
Africa   Memoirs   Photos   Sierra Leone   War
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