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46 min ago | News of Rwanda

UN admits it failed Rwandans, applauds Government's progress

Ban Ki- Moon Predecessor Kofi Annan directed UN Peacekeeping Operations when the Rwanda genocide took place in 1994 and it is claimed that he held back UN troops from intervening the genocide In 2003 Canadian ex-General Romeo Dallaire, who was force commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda claimed that Annan was overly passive ... (more)

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2 hrs ago | USA Today

Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey

Author Paul Theroux, known for such travel classics as The Old Patagonian Express, The Great Railway Bazaar, and Dark Star Safari, has spent a lifetime famously chronicling his travels to some of the farthest Author Paul Theroux, known for such travel classics as The Old Patagonian Express, The Great Railway Bazaar , and Dark Star Safari , has ... (more)

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7 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

A car chase too far: What SA film can't learn from Hollywood

Blitz Patrollie: South African films cover a wide range of genres, but generally it is the B-grade car chase or comedy scripts that seem to be preferred.

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7 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

Synchrotron cabal brings SA into the light

South Africa has become a full member of the European A Synchrotron Radiation Facility, a A massive light source that can "see" into any material.

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8 hrs ago | USA Today

Top five off-peak destinations for summer 2013

Summer is one of the busiest travel times of the year in a lot of places-with a few exceptions.

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12 hrs ago | CFR.org

What The United States Can Do For Egypt Right Now

A worker sits amongst bags of Flour at a warehouse in a grain market in Cairo . "How can the United States help Egypt?" is a common question heard around the Beltway these days.

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13 hrs ago | Reuters

Q & A with Joel Jackson, founder of Mobius Motors

In February, Global Post profiled an interesting startup in Africa called Mobius Motors that is working to manufacture affordable cars designed specifically for Africans.

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16 hrs ago | Newsday

Portugal's African community hit hard by austerity

Cova da Moura, a poor district north-west of Lisbon, was built illegally in the late 1970s by African migrants Economic migrants from Africa have been coming to Portugal for more than 50 years but they have rarely encountered such challenging times.

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20 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Show proves there's more to a name

Just when you think you have heard it all when it comes to TV shows, you come across What's in a Name and discover how wrong you've been.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Afro American Newspaper

Lessons From a Nigerian Entrepreneurial Queen

The day resonated for thousands, but for Nigerian noblewoman, economist, and banker, The Otunba Ayora, Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, it was magic, instructive -- a beautiful experience.

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Booker Rising

Japheth Omojuwa: "Nigeria, Togo Need To Take Travel & National Branding Lessons From Senegal"

Asserts the Nigerian libertarian blogger, who has been traveling throughout West Africa : " It was inspiring to see women run the security and protocols at the in Togo but one's spirit was dampened by the sight of queues for the rest room and the fact that tissues were rationed to users.

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Voice of America

UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Aid for Darfur

Displaced persons from East Darfur at a camp in another part of the region in western Sudan.

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Daily Echo

Saints coach's epic bike ride to Africa

Southampton football coach Chris Harding is gearing up for adventure of a lifetime when he will cycle more than 11,000 miles from Southampton to Lesotho to raise money for the Saints Foundation and Kick For Life charity which uses football to help disadvantaged children.

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Honolulu Weekly

A Traveling Light

We were out at Tongg's surf break when the world's best-traveled writer paddled past in a kayak.

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The New Zealand Herald

Weird Together: Music worlds collide [+free EP]

Music collective Weird Together were inspired by the travelling that DJ and man about town Nick Dwyer did as part of his music documentary series, Making Tracks .

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Al Bawaba

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Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, inaugural flight today touched down in Abha, Saudi Arabia, from its primary hub in Sharjah.

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GPB.org

Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

A baby receives a polio vaccine at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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Patch.com

Bridgewater Woman Co-Founded Taaluma Project

She just enjoys making other people happy, and Bridgewater resident, and recent Virgina Tech graduate, Valerie Hengemuhle is continuing to do that with her work overseas to help underprivileged youths attend school.

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Reuters

France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security

France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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The Weekly Standard

U.S. 'Dedicates' New $133 Million Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi

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