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Africa Cup of Nations: Gabon v Morocco Morocco's Marouane Chamakh is hoping to be fit to face Gabon in Libreville. | The Arsenal striker has been hit by food poisoning but expects to recover for a game Morocco must not lose if they ar... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)) BBC News Africa Photos Soccer Sport Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations |
Two Sudans' oil dispute deepens as South shuts down wells | Newly founded South Sudan says northern neighbour is stealing oil and charging too much for access to it pipelines South Sudanese people turn out to hear a speech by their president, Salva Kiir. The... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka) The Guardian Oil Photos Politics South Sudan Wikipedia: South Sudan |
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Kenya ICC: Kenyatta and Muthaura 'won't be sacked' Kenya's deputy prime minister and civil service head will not have to resign despite a ruling that they will face trial for crimes against humanity. | The attorney genera... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) BBC News Africa Kenya Photos UN Wikipedia: 20072008 Kenyan crisis |
Somalia May Be Kenya's Afghanistan, but Its Army Doesn't Get It iMaverick (Johannesburg)- Kenya just doesn't seem to get it. Lost in the minutiae of military detail, a Kenyan army colonel claimed they were at the halfway point of thei... (photo: UN / Stuart Price) All Africa Africa Kenya Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab |
How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory | Demand from Asia is driving the killing of Africa's elephants for their tusks, with seizures hitting a record high in 2011 following a ban in 1989 2011 saw the highest ... (photo: Creative Commons / Excel23) The Guardian Animals Asia China Ivory Photos Wikipedia: Ivory |
France to vote on Armenia 'genocide' bill | French senators are set to vote on a bill that would make it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago amounted to ... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere) Al Jazeera Armenia France Genocide Photos Wikipedia: Armenian Genocide |
Prominent Kenyans await court ruling over poll violence The International Criminal Court (ICC) is due to rule whether two Kenyan presidential hopefuls and four other officials should stand trial over violence after the 2007 el... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) BBC News Africa Election Kenya Photos Wikipedia: 20072008 Kenyan crisis |
Officials: U.S. drone strike kills Somali insurgent | MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. drone strike killed an al Qaeda official of Lebanese origin fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said late Saturda... (photo: US Navy / Mass communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky () The Washington Times Insurgency Mogadishu Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Insurgency |
AU troops battle al-Shabab in outer Mogadishu | Intense fighting has raged in Somalia's capital with African Union (AU) peacekeepers encountering fierce resistance from al-Shabab fighters as they ... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Al Jazeera Fighting Mogadishu Photos Somalia Troops |