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 The Guardian Sun 20 May 2012
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A mother and her child shelter from... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Africa Doctors Health Photos Sudan Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains |
 Al Jazeera Sat 19 May 2012
Thousands flee DR Congo violence
Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has been most intense in the hills of the... (photo: UN)
Africa DR Congo Photos Violence Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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 BBC News Sat 19 May 2012
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 BBC News Sat 19 May 2012
South Africa targets rainbow tourists
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA)
Africa Photos Market Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
 The Guardian Fri 18 May 2012
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality has... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 BBC News Fri 18 May 2012
US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. They say the initiative is... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Africa Aid Photos US Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development |
 Zeenews Fri 18 May 2012
US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenya”.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 Zeenews Fri 18 May 2012
US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram
Zeenews Bureau Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a "foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency said on... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria Photos Terrorism Washington Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
