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Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.
Africa   Aid   Famine   Photos   Wikipedia: Sahel drought  
 The Independent 
G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serious malnutrition is sweeping th... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
Africa   Peace   Photos   Security   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union  
 IRINnews 
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
Photo: Trevor Samson/World BankThe IMF predicts average growth of 5.5 percent for Africa in 2012WASHINGTON, 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of prior... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence  Zeenews 
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 Friday. | Citing a docu... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Washington   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
File - Niger Families Face Drought and Rising Food Prices: Mothers wait to have their children assessed and weighed at the a therapeutic feeding centre in Bargadja, Maradai Region, Niger.  BBC News 
Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. | The charity says more than six million people are affected there, and about 18 million i... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Children   Malnutrition   Niger   Photos   Wikipedia: Sahel drought  
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. The Daily Telegraph
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. BBC News
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to sp... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
Africa   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012. BBC News
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy)
Food   Photos   South Sudan   War   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity. Independent online
Zille speech interrupted
DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension w... (photo: AP)
Johannesburg   Photos   Politics   Protest   Wikipedia: Helen Zille  
U.S. Army Africa commander Major Gen. David Hogg, left, with Uganda Peoples Defence Force Gen. Andrew Guti, right, at the closing ceremony for operation ATLAS DROP 11 in Soroti, about 400 kilometers east of Uganda capital city Kampala Wednesday April 20, 2011. National Public Radio
Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
| KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Soma... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera)
Military   Photos   Somalia   Uganda   United States   Wikipedia: 2012 timeline of the War in Somalia  
Politics Business
- Boko Haram will not breakup Nigeria-AMORC leader
- Clinton signs $100 million cash transfer agreement with Tuni
- G8 summit: The hunger game
- Zimbabwe politician drives off in motor show car
Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.
G8 summit: The hunger game
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- Following U.K. and South Africa, Denmark plans to label Isra
- China: Soft power or hard sell?
- Officials: 5 killed in Somalia blasts
- Sudan says receives "large amount" of hard currenc
 Violence erupted again in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as Lendu militia, who were driven out of Bunia yesterday by rival Hema fighters, have regrouped and launched a counter-offensive to regain control of the town, the United
Thousands flee DR Congo violence
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Culture Environment
- SAPS silent about Mdluli suspension
- Tunisias Bardo museum reopens after facelift
- Jouel reveals Miss Seychelles ... another world crown
- Hainan and Seychelles seek to boost relations
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat.
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
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- Common Legal Regime to Tackle Climate Change By 2015
- SEMA Summons LG Vice Chairmen Over Disasters
- 'Kebbi Lost 21 Forest Reserves to Desert Encroachment
Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.
G8 summit: The hunger game
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Health Nature
- Officials: 5 killed in Somalia blasts
- FG Bans Pregnant Women From Hajj
- Fashola, Doctors in Unending War
- Kereke Claims U.S.$2 Million From Gono
File - Niger Families Face Drought and Rising Food Prices: Mothers wait to have their children assessed and weighed at the a therapeutic feeding centre in Bargadja, Maradai Region, Niger.
Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
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- Greeks Help Out In Africa: A Health Center Goes Up In Tanzan
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- Safari Destination: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
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