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The UNWFP said the situation in Mindanao could not yet be described as a “humanitarian crisis.” There is still enough food and supplies to help hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes to avoid getting caught in the crossfire of...
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
made popular Jun 26 2009
It was Brazil’s President Lulu da Silva who remarked that while it was the blue eyes and blond of the Western world, it was the brown people whom were paying the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Engaging in selling and buying products and services while in africa is a nightmare! Most of the big E-commerce websites like paypal still do not allow users in these...
made popular Jun 19 2009
An entry in the Design for Children competition, the “Umbrella” by Visiondivision Architects is a children’s hospital project for Rwanda that will allow an...
made popular May 22 2009
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Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway.
made popular May 4 2009
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Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Nairobi
A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Nairobi
Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours...
made popular May 2 2009
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A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Mogadishu
American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Rabat
Moroccan national television reports that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has arrived in the north African kingdom after undergoing surgery in the United States.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Lagos
Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Arusha
Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Nairobi
Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country’s bickering leadership, which they say threatens to...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Arusha
Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Two kidnapped employees of the United Nations World Food Program were released hours after they were abducted, a spokesman said Monday, but 11 aid workers remained in...
made popular Sep 15 2008
Not on Our Watch – a humanitarian organization co-founded by Hollywood bigwigs including George Cooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon – has donated $500,000 to United...
made popular Mar 15 2008
United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is running short of funds and this would directly affect the younger generation of Mauritania.
According to the estimations,...
made popular Mar 7 2007
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