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Egypt: Hunger, Poverty Rates Up Sharply Over Past Three Years – UN Report

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Africa News Cloud
May 22, 2013 3:10 am

[UN News]Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released toda...

Nigerian military in heavy fighting with Boko Haram militants

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Monica Mark
May 21, 2013 6:05 pm

Army says it has faced fierce resistance in its offensive against Islamist insurgents who are armed with weapons from LibyaNigeria's militar...

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Tanzania pegs growth on farming research

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Africa News Cloud
May 21, 2013 3:36 pm

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA- President Jakaya Kikwete has said economic growth in most African countries hinges on increased agriculture product...

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Egypt ‘suffering worst economic crisis since 1930s’

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Patrick Kingsley
May 16, 2013 3:06 pm

Former finance minister and economist say Egypt is in dire predicament as foreign investment and tourism collapseEgypt is suffering its wors...

‘Accountant for Somali pirates’ arrested as asylum seeker in Germany

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Africa News Cloud
May 13, 2013 3:25 pm

Police say fingerprints link suspect to ship for which 'several million dollar ransom' was paidGerman police have arrested an asylum seeker ...

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UN: Some 800,000 People to Need Food Aid in Niger

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Reuters
May 13, 2013 12:00 am

Some 800,000 people will require food aid in Niger in the coming months despite a good harvest last year due to problems supplying cereals t...

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Israeli Students Vow to Eradicate Malnutrition

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Pierre Klochendler
May 12, 2013 9:01 pm

One of the students at the Gymnasia Herzliya School checks on the plastic bottles containing samples of a blue-green algae called Spirulina....

Ethiopian Journalists Hope New Council Will Ease Restrictions

William Lloyd George
May 10, 2013 3:29 pm

Several Ethiopian publications are coming together to set up a ‘press council’ with the hope of easing restrictions on the media...

Robert Mugabe: from liberation hero to villain to redeemed father of a nation?

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David Smith
May 10, 2013 3:02 pm

Reappraisal of Zimbabwean president coincides with plausible plotline of win in 'credible' elections leading to lifting of sanctionsHe has b...

South Sudanese Plead for Seeds to Grow Own Food

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Bonifacio Taban
May 10, 2013 12:01 pm

A shortage of seed stock in Unity state in South Sudan is keeping residents from growing their own food, and they have turned to the governm...

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Koshari: Egyptian king of foods, or over-hyped and over-carbed? | Rachel Shabi

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Rachel Shabi
May 10, 2013 9:00 am

A new restaurant, Koshari Street, has brought Egypt's much-loved street food and national dish to LondonThe food that apparently fuelled a r...

Q&A With Lydia Byarugaba, Business Developer and Strategist at Everlytic

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 8, 2013 9:11 pm

Meet Lydia Byarugaba, Business Developer and Strategist for Everlytic Africa. In her own words, Africa is the beautiful dark horse she can�...

Africare organizes Fast4Hunger Social Media Challenge

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 8, 2013 6:08 pm

Non-profit organization, Africare , which is committed to improving the lives of people in Africa, will host a #Fast4Hunger Challenge on Wo...

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South Sudan: ‘your chair or your wife’ – tough choices at Renk port

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Africa News Cloud
May 8, 2013 3:01 pm

South Sudanese people stuck at northern port of Renk, having left Sudan but unable to take families and luggage back homeGeorge Malual Deng,...

Q&A: The Security of a Nation Is Its Women

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Walter García
May 7, 2013 12:03 pm

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, a human rights lawyer and the general secretary of the global rights network World YWCA, knows what it is like to s...

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Zimbabwe woos foreign investors

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 7, 2013 6:04 am

After shunning Zimbabwe during its years of hyperinflation and political strife, foreign investors are finding the southern African country ...

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KCCA inspects city restaurants

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Africa News Cloud
May 6, 2013 12:03 pm

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has inspected 3,737 eating places as part of an exercise to certify them safe for pu...

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In Place of War: Egypt’s artists after the Arab Spring

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Luke Bainbridge
May 5, 2013 12:16 am

How did Egypt's creative minds respond to the revolution. We ask six artists, and talk to the founder of In Place of War, a project that cha...

U.N. Says Somalia Famine Killed Nearly 260,000

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AJ Correspondents
May 3, 2013 12:01 am

Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a U.N. report that admits...

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In Somalia, western donors made famine more, not less likely | Rob Bailey

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Africa News Cloud
May 2, 2013 3:01 pm

Despite early warnings, the Somalia famine was allowed to happen. Why? Because of politics, al-Shabaab and donor fearsThe 2011 famine in Som...

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Mali braced for food shortages as conflict leaves a mark

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Afua Hirsch
April 29, 2013 12:01 pm

Foreign intervention forced out Islamist rebels, but the war has brought instability, huge displacement and rising food pricesOn the banks o...

Tanzania aims for regional food basket

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Africa News Cloud
April 29, 2013 9:23 am

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania wants to turn 350,000 hectares into productive farmland to produce food crops both for domestic consumpti...

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Mali: Hunger At Crisis Levels in Northern Mali

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Africa News Cloud
April 26, 2013 3:31 pm

[IRIN]Bamako/SÃ©varÃ© -Hunger in Mali has reached crisis levels in the northern Kidal Region and has reached critical levels in Gao and ...

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The African Development Bank’s Compelling Case for Africa’s Structural Transformation

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Andrea Ayemoba
April 24, 2013 12:04 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2013 Annual Meetings take place from 27-31 May in Marrakech, Morocco. The 48th meetings of t...

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EU pressures seven African countries to complete trade agreements

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Africa News Cloud
April 23, 2013 6:00 pm

Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Swaziland face paying tariffs on exports to EUSeven African countries face paying...

Why Zimbabwean voters are deserting Morgan Tsvangirai

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Africa News Cloud
April 23, 2013 3:00 pm

The MDC was supposed to trounce Robert Mugabe in upcoming elections, yet polls show the party is haemorrhaging supportFourteen years ago, th...

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Nigeria violence kills at least 185

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Africa News Cloud
April 22, 2013 3:00 am

Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamist extremists killed at least 185 fishing community members on FridayFighting between Nigeria'...

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Q&A: Why ‘Rape Victims Must Talk About Their Trauma’

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Rousbeh Legatis
April 17, 2013 6:20 pm

Rape is often perceived as an individual trauma, but in reality its impact extends far beyond a single person and instead affects entire com...

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Letters: Finance for repression and speculation

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Africa News Cloud
April 16, 2013 9:00 pm

The deputy prime minister asserts that the UK is a "beacon" for human rights (We won't be silent, Comment, 15 April). But the UK government ...

The perfect trip: Switzerland

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Africa News Cloud
April 16, 2013 3:32 pm

Rocks and ice took the first steps in creating this mountainous land, home to a multitude of Alpine valleys, enchanting towns and the two be...

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Africa: Fuel Subsidies – Grasping the Nettle

Africa News Cloud
April 16, 2013 12:06 pm

[African Arguments]Faced with a rising food and fuel import bill, numerous African governments are reviewing their energy subsidy schemes. B...

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Google boss: Entire world will be online by 2020

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Jeddy Genrwot
April 16, 2013 9:06 am

Everybody in the world will be on the Internet within seven years. That’s what Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weeken...

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