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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:53 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:53 -0500 30 New Delhi, Feb.5 (ANI):Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, and his wife Veena Ramgoolam, will pay a state visit to India from February 6 to 11. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203245910 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:08 -0500 ANI http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203245910 African -American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of the 500 largest companies in the US, a new study has revealed. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203227363 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:08 -0500 ANI http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203227363 The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama's visa, claiming that it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203224615 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:57 -0500 ANI http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203224615 In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203223251 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:17 -0500 ANI http://www.theafricanews.net/story/203223251 Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from seeking a constitutionally questionable third ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:20 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) has established a division to invest in renewables, and will take part in Morocco's upcoming tenders for wind and solar. The company, which already has a ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244767&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:46 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244767&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24127)CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, January 20 (CNA) .- The Archbishop of Cape Town has asked South Africa"s parliament to amend a major state security ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:49:18 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Violence Widely CondemnedROME, JAN. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Thirty more people died in Nigeria over the weekend, the latest victims in a wave of anti-Christian violence that claimed more than three ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:48:54 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec WASHINGTON – As Occupy protests continue across the country, members of the Nigerian-American community rallied Monday in front of the World Bank headquarters to voice opposition to the ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:40:29 -0500 NCM http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203244878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tahrir Square protests.Around Mr Salema, hundreds of young fans known as "ultras", draped in football colours, many in tears, waved photographs of their dead friends and sang club ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243715&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:54 -0500 Independent.ie http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243715&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243134&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:35 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243134&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By Jomo Gbomo The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has issued a press release detailing new plans to attack oil infrastructures in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The statement ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243645&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:34 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203243645&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Syria on Saturday dismissed as " media escalation" the report circulated a day earlier that the Syrian army heavily bombarded the central province of Homs, as the United Nations Security ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203242191&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:32 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203242191&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Durham, N.C. - The Bull City celebrated achievements in the African American community Saturday at the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month parade.Ms. Black North Carolina Pia ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:32 -0500 WRAL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast reacts during their quarter-final match of the African Nations Cup soccer tournament against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Luc ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240307&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:22:04 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240307&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec US infrastructure firm, General Electric, has signed an agreement with the government to modernise Kenya's transport, health and aviation ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203239997&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:08 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203239997&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kenya Airways expects at least a 25 per cent drop in profits in the year ending March from what it earned last year despite growing its customer ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:01 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The man accused of masterminding two deadly bombings at Nigeria's 50th independence celebrations will face trial in October after a South African court Monday delayed his case by nine ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:59 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "The cause of the fire could not be determined," Bothwell Mutandiro, director of the police forensic section, told an inquest into the death of Mujuru in a mysterious inferno in August ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:58 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Google country manager Olga Arara-Kimani has left the firm days after the Internet giant said it had taken action against employees implicated in a recent data poaching ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:58 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kenya's President Kibaki attends the 18th ordinary summit at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 28, 2012. AFP / ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:53 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon businessman is stranded in Tunisia after his name was added to the ‘no fly’ list. The FBI has not commented on why Jamal Tarhuni, who is a naturalized ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:12:46 -0500 KATU 2 http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec For the past 25 years, children in central Africa have fled their homes in the twilight hours to avoid capture (and worse) by the marauding Lord's Resistance ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203239912&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:54:03 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203239912&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Julius Malema, suspended leader of the African National Congress Youth League, lost his appeal Saturday, upholding his five-year suspension, officials say. Malema was suspended in November after ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240316&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:49:55 -0500 UPI http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240316&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Didier Drogba netted a brace as Ivory Coast sent Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea out of the tournament with a 3-0 win. Didier Drogba netted a brace as Ivory Coast sent Africa Cup ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240310&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:28:08 -0500 soccerway http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240310&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Excerpts: Syria/Lebanon re Free Syria Army, Tunisia breaking relations with Syria over crackdown February 04, 2012 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 4 Feb.'12: "Lebanese Army Deploys in ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240312&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:05:59 -0500 IMRA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203240312&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zambia coach Herve Renard has hailed his team for the "efficient" way they sailed through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Chipolopolo beat Sudan 3-0 in Bata on ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238833&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:46:09 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238833&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Chipolopolos of Zambia sealed a historic place at the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Sudan 3-0 in their quarter final clash on Saturday in Bata. It was the first time ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238702&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:10 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238702&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The prospect of a semi-final berth makes Sunday's match against Tunisia "a very special game" for Goran Stevanovic as he prepares Ghana for the quarter-final clash at the 2012 Africa ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238831&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:07 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238831&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Ghana captain John Mensah insists he is fit to lead Ghana in the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations against Tunisia on Sunday in Franceville. Mensah was an unused substitute in the Black ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238830&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:05 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238830&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Goran Stevanovic hopes Anthony Annan will be self motivated to fight for Ghana after the midfielder lost his mother this week. Annan, a key personnel for Stevanovic, on Thursday was handed the news ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238829&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:03 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238829&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec People shout slogans during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 9, 2011. At least three persons have been killed and several others injured in Nigeria during a nationwide protest against fuel subsidy ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238836&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:49 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238836&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, Kenya -- A second foreigner working with Doctors Without Borders died of his wounds in an attack in Somalia that also killed the group's country director, though the aid organization ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238837&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:25 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238837&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ABUJA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 bodies had been recovered from Abuja Christmas day bomb blast scene, said Xinhua's reporter on Sunday in the Nigerian capital city. The reporter said six ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238838&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:04 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238838&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ABUJA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to establish an enduring institutional framework ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238839&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:52 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238839&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A slow-burning crisis is simmering at the Coast. A group known as the Mombasa Republican Council has emerged to channel the frustration of Coastals who feel they have been dispossessed and neglected ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237193&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:35 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237193&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237186&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:22 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237186&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix ) Ghana are gearing up for the biggest match so far at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with the quarter-final clash against Tunisia on Sunday. With two unsuccessful ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237184&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:51 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237184&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix ) Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has all his players available for the quarter-final match against Tunisia on Sunday at the 2012 African Cup of Nations. Despite the ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237183&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:49 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237183&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The first cull is done. It's goodbye to eight teams and the battle continues for the remaining eight. Of the departing eight, it is actually good riddance for Senegal for obvious reasons. They ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237198&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:39 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237198&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237199&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:08:57 -0500 Voice Of America http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203237199&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Arsenal bounced back with style Saturday from its miserable run in the Premier League, hammering beleaguered Blackburn, 7-1, with Robin van Persie scoring a hat trick. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238260&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:45 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203238260&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Bata, Equatorial Guinea – Stoppila Sunzu, Christopher Katongo and James Chamanga scored as Zambia overcame 10-man Sudan 3-0 Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235420&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:46:29 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235420&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KHARTOUM, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tensions escalated between Sudan and South Sudan as the African Union's (AU) efforts failed to settle the oil dispute that has engaged the two sides since last ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235425&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:01:30 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235425&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ADDIS ABABA, Jan, 30 (Xinhua) -- An election is scheduled for Monday for the top post of the African Union Commission (AUC) at the ongoing summit of African leaders in the Ethiopian capital Addis ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235426&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:01:26 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235426&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec People protest past policemen following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Government in Lagos ,Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Labor unions began a paralyzing national strike Monday in oil-rich ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235427&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:47 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235427&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec An African Union soldier serving with the Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands guard in Mogadishu in December 2011. African Union troops in Somalia's war-torn capital will investigate an attack ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235428&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:46 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235428&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A former colonel in Moamer Kadhafi's military has been appointed as the new chief of staff of the Libyan army, two members of the country's ruling National Transitional Council told AFP on ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235429&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:29 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235429&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KHARTOUM, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Six crew members were killed when a military plane crashed Friday after taking off at an airport in western Sudan, the official news agency ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235430&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:21 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235430&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec When will this cricket season please start? It is taking far too long to produce genuine cricket excitement. The HRV Cup had its moments but let's face it; that was domestic cricket. I was so ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235422&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203235422&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The national government gave no names and provided few specifics. But a visitor doesn't have to spend much time in this province of 5 million people before seeing suspended or abandoned ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233662&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:29 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233662&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec More than 100 people are missing, feared dead, after a ferry sank off the north-east coast of mainland Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Thursday morning. The MV Rabaul Queen was travelling from Kimbe, on ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233458&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:58 -0500 wsws.org http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233458&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A former Libyan diplomat who went over to the opposition National Transitional Council last year was detained and then tortured to death by a militia force based in the town of Zintan, according to ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233665&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:50 -0500 wsws.org http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233665&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233643&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:09:01 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233643&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PHOENIX, Arizona, February 4. THE February issue of Swimming World Magazine features an Olympic preview entitled Lane Lines to London, sponsored by Competitor Swim ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233644&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:44 -0500 Swimming World http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233644&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Beijing government "will exert every possible pressure" on the southern Sudan to secure the release of the 29 workers of Sinohydro Corporation taken away by force on 29 January. But ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233641&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:08 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233641&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, Kenya -; A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus. Kenya Red Cross spokesman Fredrick Gori said Saturday that the Friday night ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233571&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:06 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233571&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, Kenya -; The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233658&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:48:06 -0500 CTV http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233658&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec GIYANI, South Africa — The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago to villages across the region. Instead, they have become a ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233632&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:46:17 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233632&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By Col. Abubakar Umar Boko Haram's ambition of creating a climate of fear, terror and panic ahead of their plan to re-invent Nigeria, seem close to reality. A visitor to some of the major ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233666&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:17 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233666&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Young South African men walk on giant water pipes near the Limpopo province town of Giyani, South Africa, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. The giant pipes lying idle by the dozens along the road were supposed ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233664&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:50 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233664&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The suicide strike left 25 people dead and the U.N. headquarters in tatters. It also drew global attention to Boko Haram, the militant group from northern Nigeria which has claimed responsibility ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233659&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:50 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233659&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago to villages across the region. Instead, they have become a symbol of government greed ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233655&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:12:51 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233655&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec , better known locally as "Hassan Fantastic," was gunned down outside his Mogadishu home at 6:30 p.m. today, Reporters Without Borders has learned from its partner organization in Somalia, ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233660&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:11:18 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233660&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg - Convictions handed down by the National Disciplinary Committee to ANC Youth League leaders were upheld by an appeals committee on Saturday. However, the embattled leadership was ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233628&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:19 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233628&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec His is an efficient workhorse in the Black Stars, midfield and quietly goes about his business on and off the field in a focused manner. It was pretty much the same scenario at Ngouni Complex in ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233629&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:14 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233629&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kisumu - At least 26 people are dead following a grisly road accident that occurred on Friday night on the busy Kisumu-Kakamega highway at the Mamboleo black spot. The accident involving two Nissan ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233652&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:11 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233652&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Three popular African singers have released a CD in collaboration with Vatican Radio to spread the message of the African Synod and mark the pope's upcoming trip to Benin, the Vatican said on ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233639&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:58:22 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233639&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Bishop of Kotido on Evangelization, Education and DevelopmentROME, JAN. 27, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The bishop of Kotido explains that his diocese is the poorest in the central African country of Uganda. ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233648&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:29 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233648&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec UK-based Charity Seen as Prism for Global DynamicBy Edward PentinROME, JAN. 26, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Kakuru, age 22, greets you with a beaming smile as you enter his small mud hut in the remote Kagera ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233647&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:26 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233647&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Enlarge Young South African men walk on giant water pipes near the Limpopo province town of Giyani, South Africa, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. The giant pipes lying idle by the dozens along the road ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233636&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:09 -0500 Gadsden Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203233636&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Young South African men walk on giant water pipes near the Limpopo province town of Giyani, South Africa, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. The giant pipes lying idle by the dozens along the road were supposed ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:30:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The hills around Nyeri will reverberate with the roar of turbo-charged machines when the KCB Micro Banking Rally goes to the slopes of Mount Kenya on ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231466&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:21 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231466&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kenya have a huge mountain to climb in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on Saturday when they take on hosts Nigeria in the women Under-17 Fifa World Cup, first round, second leg ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231695&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:15 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231695&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec But Zambia will prove stern opposition after they topped their group and the Chipolopolo are seeking their first semi-final appearance since ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231696&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:06 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231696&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "Cancer of the thyroid is one of the cancers in human beings that are curable when diagnosis and treatment is done early," Dr David Ndirangu, head of the nuclear medicine unit at KNH, ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231565&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:59 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231565&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Uganda on Friday signed production agreements with Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, allowing the company to finalise a long-delayed $2.9 billion asset sale to France's Total and China's ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231697&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:46 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231697&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec GIYANI, South Africa -- The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago to villages across the region.Instead, they have become a symbol ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231670&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:23:02 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231670&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231694&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:31 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231694&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tunisia said it no longer recognized the regime of President Bashar Assad and had decided to expel the Syrian ambassador from Tunis, a presidential spokesman said Saturday. The spokesman said the ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231690&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:18:31 -0500 Haaretz http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231690&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Violence on the Horn of Africa continues unabated. A suicide bomber targeted a once-powerful warlord in an assassination attempt in central Somalia Thursday. One person was killed in the attack. ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231712&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:08:56 -0500 CBN News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231712&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KHARTOUM, (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries. Asked in an interview ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231718&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:05:09 -0500 asharq alawsat http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=203231718&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec