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OUAGADOUGOU (IPS) – The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges…
Daniel Sitole (IPS) – Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya,…
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LILONGWE (IPS) – The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in…
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In many North African and Arab countries, the demands for democracy and economic redistribution…
2011 has seen a number of long-standing North African leaders fall in quick succession.…
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JOHANNESBURG (IPS) – With six weeks to go before the presidential and parliamentary elections…
KINSHASA, (IPS) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament this month adopted a bill…
Returns from last week’s elections in Namibia indicate that about one-third of the votes counted show the ruling South West Africa People’s Party heading for a landslide victory with three-fourths of the vote. A new party, the Rally for Democracy and Progress, seems to be the likely opposition party with about 9 percent. The ruling [...]
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