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GUINEA-BISSAU: One Step from Becoming First African Narco-State
Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:56 AM EST ( IPS Inter Press Service)
According to the United Nations Office for West Africa, based in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau is about to become "the first African narco-state," run by drug cartels as a transit country for a large proportion of the drugs heading from South America to the EU.
Rotating Power Outages An Equalizer in South Africa
Seeded on Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:53 AM EST (The Washington Post)
As she drove home to this township, known as the Dark City during apartheid because it lacked electricity while Johannesburg's white neighborhoods nearby blazed with light, community activist Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa experienced a delicious moment of irony.
Power cuts disrupt surgery in South Africa
Seeded on Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:45 AM EST (Telegraph)
Michael Bevan was on an operating table as surgeons performed a delicate procedure on the artery supplying blood to his brain, when, without warning, the lights went out.
Gazprom Nigeria move bodes ill for the west
Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 4:44 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Russia's moves to tap Nigeria's huge energy reserves will send shivers through western governments already concerned about a shortage of global gas supplies.
Emmanuel Jal: A Child Of War, a Voice of Peace
Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 5:07 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Short dreadlocks, stylishly askew, frame Emmanuel Jal's face, aglow with a sheen as brown and smooth as coffee beans.
The IQ Race
Sun Dec 9, 2007 9:14 PM EST
The driving test is every teenager's nightmare. So much seems to depend on it. It is a ticket to independence. Many people do not pass it at first try. The driving test is in many respects like a test of fitness for citizenship.
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Zimbabwe: Minister Presents $7.8 quadrillion budget
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 7:11 PM EST (odili.net)
Zimbabwe's finance minister, Mr. Samuel Mumbengegwi on Thursday presented a $7.8 quadrillion budget that analysts say is inflationary and populist in nature. advertisement A quadrillion is a 1 followed by 15 zeros.
Zimbabwe 'ready for UK invasion'
Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:19 AM EST (BBC News)
The Zimbabwean government has accused the UK of plotting an invasion and considering assassinations of the country's political leadership. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Harare remained ready to defend itself against the "sinister threats".
Intel backs wireless Africa plan
Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:03 AM EDT (BBC News)
Africa needs to embrace wireless broadband as a potential solution to the digital divide, the chairman of Intel Craig Barrett has said. "It's cheaper, easier and more efficient to communicate wirelessly," he told the BBC News website.
Protest over Chad child scandal
Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:59 AM EDT (BBC News)
Women in the Chadian town of Abeche have been protesting about last week's alleged child-kidnapping attempt. Sixteen Europeans were arrested in the town while trying to fly more than 100 children they believed were orphans from Sudan's Darfur region to France.
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