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Breaking News Fri, 18 May 2012
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger.
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 BBC News 
US to announce food security plan for Africa
Fri 18 May 2012
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
South African Airways
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 Business Day 
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
Thu 17 May 2012
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba s... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1)
Cargo Ships  Newstrack India  Wed 16 May 2012
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive reforms continued to improve,... (photo: WN / prajkta)
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Sable Mining Africa Says Initial Drill Results Confirm High Prospectivity of Nimba Project  Mineweb  Tue 8 May 2012
Sable Mining Africa Says Initial Drill Results Confirm High Prospectivity of Nimba Project
Sable Mining Africa Limited | Sable Mining Africa Limited, the AIM listed resource company, is pleased to announce that initial results from the Company's reconnaissance drilling campaign at the 123.5... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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A glass of clean drinking  water. Business Day Tue 8 May 2012
More drinking water meets global standard — report
| CAPE TOWN — The quality of drinking water in South Africa has improved significantly in the past year, with a "blue drop" score nationally of 87,6% — 15 percentage ... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare speaks at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The Daily Telegraph Mon 7 May 2012
Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's 'father of independence' to retire
Papua New Guinea's "father of independence", Sir Michael Somare, will not contest the forthcoming elections after more than four decades at the centre of the Commonwealth... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
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View from Sir Lowry's Pass towards Somerset West and Helderberg. Sir Lowry's Pass is a mountain pass on the N2 national road in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Independent online Mon 7 May 2012
SA ‘now a global leisure destination’
South Africa's status as a premier global leisure destination is now firmly established, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said. | “We have the capability an... (photo: Creative Commons / Andresdewet)
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Air seychelles Nation Mon 7 May 2012
Air Seychelles restores link to Paris via Abu Dhabi
| Air Seychelles has launched codeshare flights to Paris via Etihad Airways, subject to regulatory approvals. | The codeshare agreement between the partner airlines, whic... (photo: Public Domain)
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CRISPIAN OLVER: Africa at cutting edge in carbon markets Business Day Mon 7 May 2012
CRISPIAN OLVER: Africa at cutting edge in carbon markets
| THE Africa Carbon Forum is the largest annual gathering of carbon-market players in Africa and was held last month in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A record number of particip... (photo: EC / EC)
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FINANCIAL TIMES: The key to Sudanese peace Business Day Mon 7 May 2012
FINANCIAL TIMES: The key to Sudanese peace
| IT IS rare that the stars align where Sudan is concerned. But pressure from the African Union (AU) and resolve at the United Nations (UN) may yet draw Sudan and South S... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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US to continue drone strikes in Pakistan, says Leon Panetta The Times Of India Sat 5 May 2012
US to continue drone strikes in Pakistan, says Leon Panetta
Tweet WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said the US will continue to launch drone strikes against militant sanctuaries in Pakistan even if the country's g... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
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NICOLE FRITZ: The real value in pursuing justice is closure Business Day Fri 4 May 2012
NICOLE FRITZ: The real value in pursuing justice is closure
| LAST month, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of crimes against humanity, war crimes and other violations of humanit... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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