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Market Nigeria Oil Photos Trade | BBC News
Nigeria seeks to end 'blood oil'
| An international cartel of oil smugglers steals billions of dollars in "blood oil" from Nigeria, trading it for guns, the president has said. | Speaking at the G8 summit in Japan, President Umaru Ya... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam) | |
 Wall Street Journal
De Beers Polishes Its Image
When Gareth Penny became De Beers Group's chief executive in 2006, the world's biggest diamond producer was mired in some of the worst crises in its 120-year history. | Rapper Kanye West's "Diamonds F... (photo: Creative Commons)
Diamond Group History Industry Photos World |
 IRINnews
YEMEN: Influx of African arrivals in June
web | Photo: Mohammed al-Jabri/IRIN SANAA, 6 July 2008 (IRIN) - The Somali consul in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen, said hundreds of African migrants crossed the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in June ... (photo: AP Photo)
Africa Migration Photo Photos Sanaa Yemen |
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 The Australian
Assault on innocence
| THE girl in Sierra Leone's Freetown spends all her time caring for her baby, a child born of violent rape. The adolescent in southern Afghanistan has finally begun to l... (photo: US Navy photo)
Girl Global Photos Sex Violence War |
 Independent online
Africa's problems require African solutions
| By Fiona Forde | It was to Sharm el-Sheikh that 29 Israeli, Arab and world leaders travelled in 1996 in an attempt to bring peace to the Middle East. | Bill Clinton bol... (photo: OAU file photo)
Africa Photos Politics Problems Zimbabwe |
 Time Magazine
Robert Mugabe: The Last of the Dinosaurs
| If Africa is to be truly free, if — decades after throwing off colonial rule — it is now to escape poverty, corruption and autocracy, it needs a second, quiet... (photo: AP / Mujahid Safodien)
Africa Democracy Leaders Photos Politics Zimbabwe |
 News24
'Violence won't be tolerated'
| Freetown - With the run-up to local elections marred by violence, Sierra Leone's president warned on Thursday that the police will be out on force for the vote on Satur... (photo: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Africa Elections Freetown Photos President Sierra Leone Violence |
 Seattle Post
Is the global domination of Starbucks finally on the wane?
| Howard Schultz, the founder and chief executive of the world's largest coffee house chain, has written to employees about what he calls "the most angst-ridden decision ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Coffee House Photos Starbucks World |
 Independent online
SA 'to block Zim sanctions'
| By Fiona Forde, Joe Lauria and Agencies | South Africa is reportedly leading opposition to a draft UN Security Council resolution prepared by the US on a raft of sancti... (photo: EC)
Africa Diplomatic Photos Sanctions UN Zimbabwe |
 News24
Mbeki: Mugabe open to talks
| Johannesburg - Zimbabwean President has told African Union leaders he is open to talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on a unity government, a... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Africa Johannesburg Photos Politics Talks Zimbabwe |
 Independent online
The G8's broken promises
| By Katrina Manson | Freetown - When African leaders meet their rich G8 counterparts next week the inevitable smiles will mask bitter disappointment over broken promises... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa Development Leaders Photos Sierra Leone |
 News24
Candidates quit SLeone election
| Freetown - Sierra Leone's electoral commission revealed on Tuesday that a significant number of candidates for upcoming local elections had withdrawn, complaining of ha... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa Commission Election Freetown Photos Sierra Leone |
