Africa
Senegal presidential election goes to runoff
March 1, 2012Senegal held presidential elections. According to election results published yesterday, but what exactly is being decided in terms of this African country's future is hard to say.
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“Bread, freedom, human dignity”: Mass protest returns to Tahrir Square
January 26, 2012Hundreds of thousands rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities Wednesday on the first anniversary of the Jan. 25, 2011, uprising that led to the ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak.
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The ANC at 100
January 9, 2012Its centenary is surely a cause for celebration and hope for all who cherish freedom, civil rights and democracy.
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Ugandan opposition warns of assassination plot after leader’s arrest
November 9, 2011Uganda's largest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change claimed that a plot to assassinate leader Kizza Besigye was under way.
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An appreciation for Wangari Maathai, the leopard of Kenya
October 19, 2011Wangari Maathai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her leadership in Kenya's Green Belt Movement, died Sept. 25, 2011.
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