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Lockerbie: David Cameron criticises al-Megrahi release David Cameron has reacted to the death of the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing by saying he should not have been released. | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, has died at his home in Libya... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) BBC News Death Libya Lockerbie Photos Wikipedia: Lockerbie |
Netanyahu: African migrants could overrun Israel | JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that Israel could be swamped by illegal migrants from Africa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a press confere... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Atlanta Journal Africa Immigration Israel Photos Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu |
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AU Pushes for Sudan Talks By NICHOLAS BARIYO | KAMPALA, Uganda—The African Union has mounted pressure on oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan as it seeks to bring the two back to the negotiat... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti) Wall Street Journal Africa Kampala Photos Sudan Uganda Wikipedia: African Union |
UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Scoop Civil Photos Somalia UN Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
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 moth... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy) The Guardian Africa Doctors Health Photos Sudan Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains |
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 mo... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera Africa DR Congo Photos Violence Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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 pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 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 th... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) BBC News Africa Market Photos Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
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 ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) The Guardian Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
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) BBC News Africa Aid Photos US Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development |
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 Kenyaâ€... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama |