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Youssour N’dour – candidate of choice?

Posted on Jan 3, 2012 | Last updated: Jan 3, 2012

Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour has announced he is running in February's presidential elections, prompting us to take a look at an article we wrote about him on this site in Septembe

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Agriculture is the way forward - Vice Prez Mahama

Posted on Oct 31, 2011 | Last updated: Nov 7, 2011

On a day the world's population hit seven billion, Ghana's Vice President John Mahama says there should be renewed focus on agriculture by developing countries to ensure t

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Tunisians voting in historic election

Posted on Oct 23, 2011 | Last updated: Oct 24, 2011

Ten months after ousting longtime dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisians are voting in their first democratic elect

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Gaddafi dead, and not a lot of tears

Posted on Oct 22, 2011 | Last updated: Oct 23, 2011

The reaction to the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been mostly subdued across Africa. <

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Gaddafi reported "killed"

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2011

FUGITIVE Colonel Muhammar Gaddafi has been “killed” during a final rebel attack on his birthplace.

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Africa's first female president wins Nobel peace prize

Posted on Oct 7, 2011 | Last updated: Oct 7, 2011

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen.

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