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Breaking News Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize winners President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center left, and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, center, meet with some of the women Gbowee inspired to pray and protest for peace beginning during Liberia's civil war, in Monrovia, Liberia Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
Africa   Economy   Monrovia   Photos   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Barbecuing to boost Liberia's economy
The chaos of Liberia's civil war may not have been the ideal time to open a fast-food restaurant but this did not deter Liberian businessman Sam Mitchell. | The doors to Sam's Barbeque opened in the 1... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
BBC News
Dr Kadi Sesay  talk with Julius Maada Bio former  Military Junta Leader and now Sierra Leone Peoples Party nominated Presidential candidate.
Africa   Freetown   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Sierra Leone  
Sierra Leone opposition leader: Ruling party trying to stir violence ahead of November poll
| FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The top opposition presidential candidate is accusing Sierra Leone’s ruling party of provoking violence ahead of November polls. | Retired Brig. Gen. Julius Maad... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
The Washington Post
Ghana's Andre Ayew clinches his fist after winning their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. Ghana march on in quest for fifth Nations Cup
| AFP - Ghana continued their march to a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 extra time win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals here Sunday. | The Black Stars will on Wednesday battle Zambia i... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) France24
African Cup   Ghana   Photos   Tunisia   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage  
Tasmanian mosquito Malaria Deaths Hugely Underestimated - Lancet Study
Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. | The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggest 1. 24 million people died fr... (photo: Wikipedia Commons / Noodle Snacks) Peace FM Online
Disease   Health   Photos   Science  
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Sierra Leone Mohamed Poborsky Bangura reacts during the CAF African Nations Cup qualifying game against the pharaohs of Egypt. Bangura out for season
| Celtic have received an injury blow following news that Mohamed Bangura will miss the remainder of the season. | The Sierra Leone frontman had a scan on his right knee ... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Sky Sports
Africa   Photos   Sierra Leone   Sports   Wikipedia: Celtic F.C.  
Liberian refugees walk toward the safety of a small town called Fire Stone, Liberia about 100 kilometers from Monrovia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003. Liberia refugees in Ghana to lose their status from July 1
Some 11,000 Liberian refugees in Ghana may end up being aliens if they do not take advantage of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR’s) voluntary repat... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam) Joy Online
Ghana   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Moa river basin-Sierra Leone Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leon
| Our vehicle pulled into the village late one rainy night. Dozens of my new neighbors, Sierra Leone’s Mende people, emerged from their thatch-roof houses, looking cros... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Scientific American
Africa   Photos   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Pygmy hippopotamus   Wildlife  
File - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor alights from the Nigerian government plane into the waiting handcuffs of United Nations Peacekeepers who effected his arrest at Monrovia's Roberts International Airport on his arrival from Nigeria, 29 March, 2006. Charles Taylor lawyers seek to reopen defense case to admit UN report on mercenaries
| AMSTERDAM - Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a U.N.-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defense case, saying a recentl... (photo: UN / Mathew Elavanalthoduka) Star Tribune
Africa   Crimes   Hague   Photos   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Police arrest a protester in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Tense Senegal braces for more protests as anger mounts
February 1, 2012 -- Updated 0719 GMT (1519 HKT) A Senegalese court has ruled that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for office again. | Dakar, Senegal (CNN) -- A tense Sen... (photo: AP / Gaby Barnuevo) CNN
Africa   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
Congo Cameroon
Xstrata deal meets shareholder opposition
Norilsk eyes SA platinum sector
Opinion Report: The Payroll Tax Cut, Part II
Norilsk Nickel eyes SA platinum sector
Nokia N8 - Smartphone
Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
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Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates
Mount Cameroon sends ashes, flames into air in brief volcani
Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion
Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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Liberia Sierra Leone
Another Top 'Criminal' Boss Arrested
Face of the 'New' Cabinet
Club Beer Hikes Price
LPRC Surges Ahead With New Plans & Vision
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize winners President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center left, and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, center, meet with some of the women Gbowee inspired to pray and protest for peace beginning during Liberia's civil war, in Monrovia, Liberia Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
Barbecuing to boost Liberia's economy
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Sierra Leone opposition: gov't provoking violence
Women U17 Edge Past Sierra Leone - To Face Tunisia in Next R
Sierra Leone opposition leader: Ruling party trying to stir
Sierra Leone opposition: gov't provoking violence
Dr Kadi Sesay  talk with Julius Maada Bio former  Military Junta Leader and now Sierra Leone Peoples Party nominated Presidential candidate.
Sierra Leone opposition leader: Ruling party trying to stir violence ahead of November poll
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Nigeria Ghana
Shell: Nigerian Crude Oil Thefts 'Jeopardizing Productio
Total Starts Second Phase of Ofon Development in Nigeria
Explosions hit near military bases in Nigeria
Emergency official says explosion hits near military base in
An Egyptian relative of one of the Copts who were killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late sunday, mourns over his coffin outside the morgue of the Copts hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
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WAGPP - Gas Shortfall Plunges Ghana Into Load Shedding
Telecom operators in Ghana threaten to sue PURC, ECG for pow
Azumah: Knockout is the only winner for Adama
FEATURE: The Nkrumah Vision Lives On
Standing among U.S. Navy Midshipmen, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, far left, enjoy the Army Navy game.
Barack Obama: 'I Deserve A Second Term'
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Mauritania Senegal
Displaced Malians Burden Food-Insecure Hosts
SAHEL: Displaced Malians burden food-insecure hosts
Tourists head to ‘red zone’ as Mauritania seeks to prove saf
MALI-MAURITANIA: Displaced Malians burden food-insecure host
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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WACSOF Comments to the Unrest in Senegal
Gamcot Receives Cotton Seeds From Counterparts in Senegal
SA, Senegal game will cost Durban R7m
Senegal: UN Voices Concern About Possible Excessive Force
Libya No;5 in action against Equatorial Guinea during CAF African Nations Cup first match.
Cup hero Alvarez dreams of professional contract
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