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These generate the main import and export earnings for the arid and semi-arid regions of Cameroon and neighbouring parts of Nigeria, Niger and Chad. In 2011, customs revenue from the north of Cameroon and economic activity in the area suffered a steep...
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The handheld gaming console was launched on Feb. 22, in Europe, Africa, the U.S. , Australasia and the Middle East. There has been a lot of interest in the launch of a handheld gaming device whose name suggests or rather promises users and gamers a...
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Shell's director for sub-Saharan Africa Ian Craig speaks at an Oil and Gas conference in Nigeria's capital Abuja February 21, 2012. Attacks on oil pipelines, a dearth of funding from the state oil firm and regulatory uncertainty have dampened appetite... View Photo »
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My father showed me a newspaper article about the need for cataract surgeries in Africa. It was a pivotal moment for me and I quickly committed to fundraising for Seva. Once I had made that decision suddenly my trip found the 'heart' that it was lacking
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A five-member group of experts from the United Nations atomic energy watchdog is today continuing its visit to Iran, where the members are holding talks with officials about international concerns over the country's nuclear programme. The talks in...
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He declared he was as "fit as a fiddle" and promised to hold elections this year. In a broadcast interview, he joked, "I have died many times. That's where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and resurrected once." Mr. Mugabe, right, who has been in...
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Rod Taylor, managing director at Peterlee-based electronics company Seaward, travelled through 12 countries in a month, from the London starting point to reach the final destination in South Africa as a participant in the 2012 London to Cape Town World...
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In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 photo, Delhi professor Sathyabhama Das Biju speaks to the Associated Press in his laboratory in New Delhi, India. Biju and his team of biologists have identified an entirely new family of amphibians, called chikilidae,... View Photo »
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Boko Haram is fueled by other terrorist organizations in Africa ... They know it's such a key spot in Africa for Christianity. I think Christians now are really frustrated that they're not getting protection from the government. They're worried there's no protection and the government and military is sl...
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Alle ku sheegay kitaabka Quraanka," waxaa yiri Cusmaan oo ah cuqaaal degaanka Baargaal. Intuusan soo gaarin Baargaal, goobtii ugu danbeysey ee uu ku sugnaa waa 16.47 N-056. 15E, ee irrida bari ee Gacanka Cadan, kuna socday xawli 260 ee 4 knots, sida...
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R Cable Selects Acme Packet Session Border Controller for Next-Generation VoIP Network
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"Our standards-based session border controllers give R greater flexibility, while providing a solid foundation for future multimedia and communications services," said Mario Oliveira, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa sales, Acme Packet. ...
About Africa
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Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 mi²) including adjacent islands, it covers 6.0% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area. With more than 890,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14% of the world's... Full Article
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Senegal's Interior Minister Ousmane Ngom shows a picture of devices he said police found on the site of demonstrations during a press in Dakar on February 16, 2012. The permanent sit-in that the youth movement 'Y'en a marre' (Fed up) wants to organise is similar to 'an offense of...
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Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara arrives at the Triennale 2012 of the Education and Training in Africa (ADEA) entitled 'Towards education and training systems at the service of Africa's sustainable development' in Ouagadogou on February 13, 2012.
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(From L) Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou, Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara, Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore and Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure take part in the Triennale 2012 of the Education and Training in Africa (ADEA) entitled 'Towards education and training systems...
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Zambian national soccer players display the Africa Cup trophy as fans celebrate their teams victory during a parade in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Zambia beat Ivory Coast 8 - 7 in a penalty shoot out to clinch the title. Thousands of Zambians thronged the streets of the...
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Map shows areas in Africa where the Lord's Resistance Army has had a known presence in the past year.
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A picture taken on February 2, 2012 shows International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies workers distributing aid to members of a community displaced by clashes at Kenya border-town with Ethiopia, Moyale. UN aid workers have estimated that around 20,000 people had...
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Prince Harry (L) poses with Spice Girls Victoria (2D L) as his father, HRH Prince Charles (2D R), gets the attention of Spice Girls Mel C (R) before British pop group's concert in Johannesburg 01 November. Prince Harry, son of the late Princess Diana, is accompanying his father, the...
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A general view of the Confederation of African Football General Assembly in Libreville, Gabon, Friday Feb. 10, 2012. South Sudan has been admitted as a member of the Confederation of African Football, becoming the world's newest footballing nation. Africa's football body accepted the...
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Photo taken on June 9, 2011 shows a camel herder of the Borana community in Northern Kenya. UN aid workers have estimated that around 20,000 people had fled across the Kenyan/Ethiopian border after a recent upsurge in deadly clashes. Conflict between the Borana and Gabra clans in...
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A European Mission scrutineer stands in a polling centre on Feburary 18, 2012 in Dakar ahead of presidential polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade is seeking a highly disputed third term which has upset one of Africa's most stable nations. Some 23,000 soldiers and paramilitary police...
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A member of the armed forces casts his ballot on Feburary 18, 2012 in Dakar ahead of presidential polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade is seeking a highly disputed third term which has upset one of Africa's most stable nations. Some 23,000 soldiers and paramilitary police began...
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High Commander of the Gendamerie and Military Justice, General Abdoulaye Fall, casts his ballot on Feburary 18, 2012 in Dakar ahead of presidential polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade is seeking a highly disputed third term which has upset one of Africa's most stable nations. Some...
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The South African Defence Force Guard of Honour stand to attention for the Opening of Parliament, on February 9, 2012, in Parliament, Cape Town, South Africain Africa.
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South African President Jacob Zuma (C) turns to Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe (L) before the opening of Parliament, where Zuma will give the State of the Nation Speech on February 09, 2012 in Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa.
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People from Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum, and the second largest urban slum in Africa, walk to Nairobi's industrial area in the hope of finding work on February 9, 2012. Thousands of Kibera's inhabitants rise early every morning, hoping to find casual work for the day in Nairobi's...
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A man stands on a bridge over a busy highway near Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum, and the second largest urban slum in Africa, as he walks to Nairobi's industrial area in the hope of finding work on February 9, 2012. Thousands of Kibera's inhabitants rise early every morning, hoping to...
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: (L to R) President of 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Queen Sofia of Spain and Spain's Minister of Health, Social services and Equality Ana Mato Adrover attend 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation presentation at Reina Sofia Museum...
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: Queen Sofia of Spain (L) and Spanish minister of Health, Social services and Equality Ana Mato Adrover (R) attend 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation presentation at Reina Sofia Museum on February 8, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: Queen Sofia of Spain attends 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation presentation at Reina Sofia Museum on February 8, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: (L to R) Isatou Mjie Saidy, Spain's Minister of Health, Social services and Equality Ana Mato Adrover, Queen Sofia of Spain, President of 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and President of the Spanish bank Banco Santander, Emilio...
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: President of 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega attends 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation presentation at Reina Sofia Museum on February 8, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 08: Queen Sofia of Spain (L) and President of the Spanish bank Banco Santander, Emilio Botin (R) attend 'Mujeres por Africa' Foundation presentation at Reina Sofia Museum on February 8, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
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A Chinese man cooks for fellow workers at a construction site in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on February 2, 2012. Africa, where China has emerged as a major funder of infrastructure projects, is growing particularly attractive for migrant workers seeking to earn good money, but the...
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Young students from Benin stage a demonstration against a visit by French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy 19 May 2006 in Cotonou in front the Interior ministry. Nicolas Sarkozy 18 May defended in Mali the tough new immigration legislation of which he is the author, arguing that the...
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Supporters of French president Nicolas Sarkozy wave flags and shout 27 July 2007 in Libreville prior to Sakozy's arrival for talks with Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba. Sarkozy arrived in Gabon on the last leg of a mini-tour of sub-Saharan Africa aimed at laying out his vision of...
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Senegal's Interior Minister Ousmane Ngom shows a picture of devices he said police found on the site of demonstrations during a press in Dakar on February 16, 2012. The permanent sit-in that the youth movement 'Y'en a marre' (Fed up) wants to organise is similar to 'an offense of...
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