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Breaking News Mon, 6 Feb 2012
Ghana's Andre Ayew clinches his fist after winning their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012.
African Cup   Ghana   Photos   Tunisia   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage  
Ghana march on in quest for fifth Nations Cup
| AFP - Ghana continued their march to a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 extra time win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals here Sunday. | The Black Stars will on Wednesday battle Zambia i... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
France24
Tasmanian mosquito
Disease   Health   Photos   Science  
Malaria Deaths Hugely Underestimated - Lancet Study
Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. | The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggest 1. 24 million people died fr... (photo: Wikipedia Commons / Noodle Snacks)
Peace FM Online
Sierra Leone Mohamed Poborsky Bangura reacts during the CAF African Nations Cup qualifying game against the pharaohs of Egypt. Bangura out for season
| Celtic have received an injury blow following news that Mohamed Bangura will miss the remainder of the season. | The Sierra Leone frontman had a scan on his right knee which revealed the need for an... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Sky Sports
Africa   Photos   Sierra Leone   Sports   Wikipedia: Celtic F.C.  
Liberian refugees walk toward the safety of a small town called Fire Stone, Liberia about 100 kilometers from Monrovia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003. Liberia refugees in Ghana to lose their status from July 1
Some 11,000 Liberian refugees in Ghana may end up being aliens if they do not take advantage of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR’s) voluntary repatriation program to return home... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam) Joy Online
Ghana   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Liberia  
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File - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor alights from the Nigerian government plane into the waiting handcuffs of United Nations Peacekeepers who effected his arrest at Monrovia's Roberts International Airport on his arrival from Nigeria, 29 March, 2006. Charles Taylor lawyers seek to reopen defense case to admit UN report on mercenaries
| AMSTERDAM - Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a U.N.-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defense case, saying a recentl... (photo: UN / Mathew Elavanalthoduka) Star Tribune
Africa   Crimes   Hague   Photos   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Police arrest a protester in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Tense Senegal braces for more protests as anger mounts
February 1, 2012 -- Updated 0719 GMT (1519 HKT) A Senegalese court has ruled that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for office again. | Dakar, Senegal (CNN) -- A tense Sen... (photo: AP / Gaby Barnuevo) CNN
Africa   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
Iron-ore is one of the state's leading export commodities African Minerals arranges $868m to fund Tonkolili expansion
| JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed African Minerals has arranged $868-million in financing for the continued expansion at its Tonkolili iron-ore proj... (photo: Creative Commons) Mining Weekly
Africa   Johannesburg   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: Sierra Leone  
Cocoa Hershey Company to invest $10m to improve conditions in cocoa communities in West Africa
| The Hershey Company on Monday said it would expand and accelerate programmes to improve conditions in cocoa communities by investing $10 million in West Africa and cont... (photo: Creative Commons / Wilfredor) Ghana Business News
Cocoa   Company   Photos   West Africa   Wikipedia: The Hershey Company  
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon delivers a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Sunday Dec. 7. Ban Ki-moon Should Fight Kwashiorkor Not For Gay Rights - Prof. Ocquaye
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, has challenged African leaders to remain resolute and should not give in to pressure from the West to legalis... (photo: AP / Israel Leal) Peace FM Online
Kwashiorkor   Photos   Rights   UN   Wikipedia: Kwashiorkor  
Congo Cameroon
Weather History: February 6: Record Temps, Snow, Storms, Win
Randgold sees 600 000 oz/y mine at DRC mine
Demand for minor metals to rise, but supply disruptions a ri
Randgold eyes Congo prospects
Nokia N8 - Smartphone
Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
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Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion
Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion
Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion
Mount Cameroon sends ashes, flames into air in brief volcani
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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Liberia Sierra Leone
Leader of Liberian war faction ordered out of US
Leader of Liberian war faction ordered out of US
Ex-leader of Liberian war faction ordered out of US over kil
Leader of Liberian war faction ordered out of US
Liberian refugees walk toward the safety of a small town called Fire Stone, Liberia about 100 kilometers from Monrovia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003.
Liberia refugees in Ghana to lose their status from July 1
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Top UN official to leave Sierra Leone
Top UN official to leave Sierra Leone
Top UN official to leave Sierra Leone; opposition expresses
Top UN official to leave Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Mohamed Poborsky Bangura reacts during the CAF African Nations Cup qualifying game against the pharaohs of Egypt.
Bangura out for season
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Nigeria Ghana
Explosion, gunfire rock northern Nigeria's Kano
Nigerians hail Pinoy hospitality 
Absconding maid dies in Sharjah road accident
Etihad makes a second bid for Nigeria route
An Egyptian relative of one of the Copts who were killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late sunday, mourns over his coffin outside the morgue of the Copts hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
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Ghana charges political heavyweights
Stadium nightmares
Ghanaian sports analyst tips Ivory Coast to win AFCON 2012
MTN Trains Police in Customer Service
Ghana's Andre Ayew clinches his fist after winning their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012.
Ghana march on in quest for fifth Nations Cup
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Mauritania Senegal
SAHEL: Displaced Malians burden food-insecure hosts
Tourists head to ‘red zone’ as Mauritania seeks to prove saf
MALI-MAURITANIA: Displaced Malians burden food-insecure host
Aid workers: 15,000 flee Mali to Niger, Mauritania amid rebe
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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Demba Ba says he is not looking to leave Newcastle United
South Africa to take on Senegal in an international friendly
Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third
Berlin festival buzz: Competition
Libya No;5 in action against Equatorial Guinea during CAF African Nations Cup first match.
Cup hero Alvarez dreams of professional contract
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