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Africa stories: 274 news summaries

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Charles Taylor Skips War Crimes Trial

Former President of Liberia accused
of atrocities in Sierra Leone

Jun 4, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, didn't show up for the opening of his  war-crimes trial in The Hague today, the BBC reports. He is accused of fostering a long bloody civil war in Sierra Leone marked by crimes against humanity, terrorism, rape and the use of child soldiers.... More »

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Africa • war crimes • The Hague • Charles Taylor • Sierra Leone • civil war • trial • Liberia

Desmond Tutu to Anglicans: Get Over It

Church should attend to AIDS, corruption, Darfur—not gay priests

May 28, 07 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on Africa's Anglican church to let go of what he called its "extraordinary obsession" with gay priests and same-sex marriage.  The church should, instead, be paying attention to the crises caused by AIDS, Darfur and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's corruption.  More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • gay marriage • AIDS • Anglican Church • religion • Desmond Tutu • homosexuality

Philanthropist Bets $40M on Eco-Tourism

Greg Carr would put nature back in Mozambique nature preserve

May 22, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philanthropist Greg Carr wants to turn an African ecosystem around—and he’s willing to pay to do it. The tech-bubble whiz kid will spend $40 million over the next 30 years to restore Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, destroyed during the country's 16-year civil war. Stephanie Hanes follows Carr as... More »

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philanthropy • environment • Africa • farming • sustainable development • ecotourism • Greg Carr • Mozambique • national park

African Colleges Fail
a Generation

Underfunded and overcrowded, promising universities begin to buckle

May 19, 07 9:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a beacon of hope for the world's poorest continent, Africa's colleges are collapsing under the weight of too many students and too little cash, the Sunday Times reports. At Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, students are packed into overcrowded dorms and classrooms, labs are dilapidated, and qualified teachers... More »

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education • Africa • school • college • Dakar • student

Secretive French Office Wields Power
in Africa

New regime may sever link to colonial past

May 16, 07 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The election of Nicolas Sarkozy could end the influence of the "African Cell," a tiny French government office that exerts great power in Africa. Since 1958, the Cell has used the French military to install and protect African leaders it considers friendly, opening it to charges that it... More »

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Africa • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • colonialism • African Cell

Ethiopia Pushes for Somalia Pullout

UN calls refugee crisis worse than Darfur's; skirmishes continue

May 15, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ethiopia wants its troops out of Somalia, where the UN says the refugee crisis is now worse than the situation in Darfur, the BBC reports. But a pullout now could spell disaster for the estimated 300,000 Somalis displaced by recent fighting between the Ethiopia-backed government and the Islamist resistance,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • United Nations • Ethiopia • aid • resistance • African Union • Mogadishu • refugee

Kenya Airways Flight
Crashes in Cameroon

Dropped off the radar shortly after takeoff; 114 aboard

May 5, 07 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Kenya Airways plane with 114 aboard has disappeared and is believed to have crashed in southern Cameroon. The Kenyan Standard reports that the plane sent out an automated distress signal five minutes after takeoff, and villagers near the suspected crash site say they heard an explosion. More »

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Africa • Kenya • flight • Cameroon • Kenya Airways • crash • plane crash • airplane

Nigerian 'Lesbian' Turns Herself In

Pursued by police after 'gay' wedding, woman says she's straight

Apr 28, 07 10:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nigerian woman whose story of lesbian love on the run made international headlines yesterday has news for the authorities who hoped to arrest her: she's not a lesbian. "I have never practiced— never heard the word 'lesbian'—truly," says Aunty Madiguri, who was accused of violating Sharia... More »

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Africa • lesbians • Nigeria • marriage • polygamy • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality • Aunty Madiguri

(Newser) - Five Nigerian lesbians are running for their love after a weekend wedding put them in direct violation of the local Islamic law. Police have issued arrest warrants against Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives, charging them with violating the Sharia law that governs much of northern Nigeria. More »

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gay rights • Africa • gay marriage • homophobia • Nigeria • marriage • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality

Faulty Nigerian Election Sparks Fears of Unrest

Observers call vote
a charade; opposition plans protests

Apr 24, 07 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ruling party candidate has won Nigeria's presidential election by a landslide, sparking fears that political unrest could compromise the supply of oil in Africa's largest producer. Umar Yar'Adua was declared the winner of Saturday's election yesterday with 70% of the vote, ending a campaign marked by intimidation, ballot-stuffing, and... More »

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Africa • oil • politics • Nigeria • Umaru Yar'Adua • Muhammadu Buhari

Nigerians Reject Election Results

Candidates charge fraud; observers say  polling should be repeated

Apr 23, 07 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opposition candidates in Nigeria’s presidential elections have rejected the results of  Saturday’s voting, accusing the governing party of fraud. Foreign observers concur that the polling was faulty, with violence, intimidation, missing ballot boxes, and even abduction and murder of electoral officials and the police officers escorting them the... More »

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Africa • politics • Nigeria • government • People's Democratic Party • voting • election

UN Urges Mass Circumcision

Mass circumcisions in AIDS-stricken region could reduce infection

Mar 29, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mass circumcision should be urged in AIDS-devastated regions to cut infection rates, the UN said yesterday. With trials demonstrating that circumcised men are 60% less likely to contract HIV, such programs could prevent 5.7 million new HIV cases in the next two decades, the Guardian reports. More »

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Africa • United Nations • AIDS • HIV • circumcision

Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

Opposition leader becomes rallying cry after beating

Mar 15, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's police force brutally beat the leader of an opposition party, Morgan Tsvangirai, they might have unwittingly  created their own Nelson Mandela. Photographs of a battered Tsvangirai being led to a hospital in police custody Tuesday circulated around the globe, prompting impassioned cries of protest. More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • violence • Nelson Mandela

Fossil Proves
We're All African

Moroccan find sets human origins
back 100,000 years

Mar 14, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ancient jawbone found in Morocco suggests that modern human ancestry emerged 100,000 years earlier than previously believed—and in Africa, rather than Europe. Until now, scientists believed that modern humans didn't emerge until 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. But the Moroccan bone is 160,000 years... More »

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Africa • evolution • Morocco • origins of humanity • fossil • jawbone • modern man • homo sapien

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