Nigeria could become the fifth most populous
country in the world, teetering on the edge of a "demographic disaster"
unless its stagnant economy rapidly expands to support its teeming
youth population, according to a report released Wednesday. Read More
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Nigeria could become the fifth most populous
country in the world, teetering on the edge of a "demographic disaster"
unless its stagnant economy rapidly expands to support its teeming
youth population, according to a report released Wednesday. Read More
Nigeria could become the fifth most populous
country in the world, teetering on the edge of a "demographic disaster"
unless its stagnant economy rapidly expands to support its teeming
youth population, according to a report released Wednesday. Read More
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Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to
Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing
evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the
donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.
Pictured: In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to
Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing
evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the
donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.Pictured: In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Uganda said Wednesday it is ready to send 10,000 more troops to Somalia if the U.S. provides the funding, a move that would see the African Union force in Mogadishu more than double in size.
Uganda's pledge comes in the wake of twin bombings in Kampala during July's World Cup final that killed 76 people. Somalia's most dangerous militant group, al-Shabab, said it carried out the attack because of the presence of several thousand Ugandan troops in Mogadishu as part of the nearly 7,000-strong African Union force.
Pictured: In
this March 1, 2007 photo Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF), part of
the Africa Union Mission in Somalia, after being flagged of by President
Museveni at Ghadafi Barracks in Jinja 80km east of Kampala. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)
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An aid worker with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid organization, has
been freed after 105 days in captivity in the Darfur region of western
Sudan, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday.
Pictured: Flavia Wagner, center, in Khartoum on Monday with U.S. Embassy staff and Sudanese security guards. Wagner, 35, was kidnapped in mid-May and was held for 105 days in Sudan's Darfur region, where she worked for the U.S. charity Samaritan's Purse. (Ashraf Shazly)
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An aid worker with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid organization, has
been freed after 105 days in captivity in the Darfur region of western
Sudan, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday.Pictured: Flavia Wagner, center, in Khartoum on Monday with U.S. Embassy staff and Sudanese security guards. Wagner, 35, was kidnapped in mid-May and was held for 105 days in Sudan's Darfur region, where she worked for the U.S. charity Samaritan's Purse. (Ashraf Shazly)
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President Mwai Kibaki signed Kenya's
new constitution Friday, describing the occasion as the greatest day
since independence in 1963. But the presence of Sudanese President Omar
Hassan Ahmed Bashir, wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against
humanity, brought controversy to the event. Read More
President Mwai Kibaki signed Kenya's
new constitution Friday, describing the occasion as the greatest day
since independence in 1963. But the presence of Sudanese President Omar
Hassan Ahmed Bashir, wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against
humanity, brought controversy to the event. Read More
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Watch more about the extent of Nigeria's child witch scandal on CNN International's Connect The World this week at 2000 GMT
Just after midnight, the pastor seized a woman's forehead with his large hand and she fell screaming and writhing on the ground. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" shouted the worshippers, raising their hands in the air.
Godswill was abandoned by his mom after being called a witch
Eye on Africa/World
A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa
by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt
to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African
church.
Christian
The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday at a continental conference attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams arrives to a past Lambeth Conference in Cantebury. The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday.
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Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some baby
boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers' base in an
eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese
doctor said Monday. Read More
Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some baby
boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers' base in an
eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese
doctor said Monday. Read More
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Southern Sudan on Friday called for a special Inter-Governmental Authority on Development to address alleged plans by their northern partners to scuttle or delay a referendum set for January.
Southern Sudan on Friday called for a special Inter-Governmental Authority on Development to address alleged plans by their northern partners to scuttle or delay a referendum set for January. Pictured: Members of the United Southern Sudan Youth for Referendum during a
peaceful demonstration at Nairobi's Uhuru Park early this month.
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Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
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Two years ago, Zimbabwe was one of the most unstable countries in Africa. A wave of politically inspired violence left hundreds dead and divided the nation.
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The First Lady, Janet Museveni, has said a dangerous tendency of fomenting divisions along tribal lines has cropped up among the youth, especially those with some education.
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Christian
Sermon delivered to over a million people at the 58th Annual
Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God delivered by Revd.
Joe Olaiya on Friday August 13 2010. Indeed there is no greater love
than Jesus Christ who laid His life for us. Hundreds of thousands
surrendered to Jesus and repented on hearing this word of God. Preacher:
Revd. Joe Olaiya Read More
Sermon delivered to over a million people at the 58th Annual
Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God delivered by Revd.
Joe Olaiya on Friday August 13 2010. Indeed there is no greater love
than Jesus Christ who laid His life for us. Hundreds of thousands
surrendered to Jesus and repented on hearing this word of God. Preacher:
Revd. Joe Olaiya
Eye on Africa/World
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Eye on Africa/World
While Nigeria's president remains silent on whether he'll seek the
oil-rich nation's highest office in upcoming elections, the campaign
has all but begun on the Internet.
While Nigeria's president remains silent on whether he'll seek the
oil-rich nation's highest office in upcoming elections, the campaign
has all but begun on the Internet. Pictured: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan (l.) speaks with the chairman of
the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Okwesilieze Nwodo at the
party's central executive council meeting in the capital Abuja August
12. Will Jonathan run for president in the next election? (Afolabi
Sotunde/Reuters)
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While the flood devastation in Pakistan captures the world's attention, another crisis is looming -- one that is placing nearly 8 million people at risk. The United Nations says the African country of Niger is facing the worst hunger crisis in its history.
While the flood devastation in Pakistan captures the world's attention, another crisis is looming -- one that is placing nearly 8 million people at risk. The United Nations says the African country of Niger is facing the worst hunger crisis in its history. Pictured: A man pours corn into a bucket on a market in Niamey
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58 people, mainly former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia and their family members, yesterday
arrived in the country after they voluntarily decided to put down arms
and return home.
58 people, mainly former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia and their family members, yesterday
arrived in the country after they voluntarily decided to put down arms
and return home.Pictured: Former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda militia have been repatriated after laying down their weapons.
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An initiative to keep girls in school by supporting income-generating
activities for their mothers is bearing fruit in Burkina Faso, where
poverty and cultural values still deprive many girls of an education.
An initiative to keep girls in school by supporting income-generating
activities for their mothers is bearing fruit in Burkina Faso, where
poverty and cultural values still deprive many girls of an education.Pictured: Women teach their daughters in Burkina Faso
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A trustee of a Nelson Mandela charity is cutting ties with the
organization after being caught up in a scandal involving a supermodel,
a warlord and rough diamonds. Read More
A trustee of a Nelson Mandela charity is cutting ties with the
organization after being caught up in a scandal involving a supermodel,
a warlord and rough diamonds. Read More
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The South African cabinet is due to meet on Wednesday to consider deploying its forces to bolster the African Union troops in Mogadishu, the UK press reported yesterday. Read More
The South African cabinet is due to meet on Wednesday to consider deploying its forces to bolster the African Union troops in Mogadishu, the UK press reported yesterday. Read More
Eye on Africa/World
With the start of Ramadan - the Islamic holy month characterized by
fasting - residents of Mogadishu are facing a difficult economic
situation as well as the prospect of more fighting and shelling, say
civil society sources.
With the start of Ramadan - the Islamic holy month characterized by
fasting - residents of Mogadishu are facing a difficult economic
situation as well as the prospect of more fighting and shelling, say
civil society sources. Pictured: Omar Ramadhan, left, sells snacks to muslims outside a mosque. The snacks are usually taken by the muslim faithful during the marking of the holy month of Ramadhan.
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Two years ago, Zimbabwe was on the precipice of an economic and social
meltdown. There was widespread violence and lawlessness. Many people
lost their lives.
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Two years ago, Zimbabwe was on the precipice of an economic and social
meltdown. There was widespread violence and lawlessness. Many people
lost their lives. Today the economy is slowly turning around, thanks to a coalition government that's trying to fix the country. "There is no freedom without struggle; there is no freedom without sacrifice," Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai has said.
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Nigeria's former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who was accused of
bribing a U.S. congressman while in office, announced Sunday he would
seek the nomination of the oil-rich country's ruling party to run for
the presidency. Read More
Nigeria's former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who was accused of
bribing a U.S. congressman while in office, announced Sunday he would
seek the nomination of the oil-rich country's ruling party to run for
the presidency. Read More
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC warned Sunday that thieves in Nigeria's oil-rich
and restive southern delta are increasingly targeting the company's
crude pipelines, including at least three incidents of sabotage this
month alone.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC warned Sunday that thieves in Nigeria's oil-rich
and restive southern delta are increasingly targeting the company's
crude pipelines, including at least three incidents of sabotage this
month alone. Pictured: A man stands at the scene of a bombed oil pipeline.
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