Nigeria clashes: the interview of Democracy Now

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Charges traded over Nigeria clashes – AlJazeera

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Last Word: Caught in the Act

This play by Kenyan poet, writer and activist, Shailja Patel, was originally printed in The Africa Report’s February-March 2010 edition

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Togo: opposition rejects results

Togo’s main opposition party is rejecting results announced by the electoral commission that indicate the country’s president has won re-election. The opposition says it will challenge those results when they are transmitted to Togo’s constitutional court within the next week. Kofi Yamgnane is the spokesman for the Republican Front for Change, which backs Fabre. He […]

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Nigeria: death toll rises to 500 – Insideworld.com

According to Insideworld.com the death toll in Nigeria’s clashes in Jos rises to 500. Initially authorities estimated 100 victims. Also the South African website IOL.co.za writes about the 500 people killed Sunday “in communal clashes near Nigeria’s central city of Jos, says a state governor’s advisor, revising a previous toll of about 100 dead”. “We […]

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Malodi, young artist from Kinshasa

We found this picture from the solokinshasa.com blog. It’s a painting from young artist of DRC Académie des Beaux Arts. It represents the city of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republich of Congo, in every detail with cars, people, squares, monuments, and so on.

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Nigeria: 200 deaths in Jos. Security on red alert

At least 100 people were killed near the Nigerian city of Jos, the scene of recent sectarian violence which left hundreds dead, a government official and witnesses said Sunday. “There has been an attack on Dogo Nahawa. Over a hundred people have been killed — most of them women and children,” a government official who […]

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Too few black and women Directors – BUSA

Blacks and women continue to be grossly under-represented in all directorships and top executive leadership positions in companies listed on the JSE.  This is according to a survey by Business Unity SA (Busa) conducted on the demographic and age profile of the top management echelons of all 295 listed companies, which was conducted between April […]

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Eskom unable to meet S.Africa's power needs from 2011

South Africa needed to focus on energy efficiency because Eskom would not be able to meet demand for electricity from 2011, the state-owned company said in a presentation yesterday.  “We do not have enough capacity to meet requirements,” said Brian Dames, Eskom’s chief operating officer for generation.  “The country has to focus on how do […]

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'Slow' South Africa could lose Mercedes contract

Mercedes-Benz SA (MBSA) is facing a serious challenge from China, the US and possibly other countries over the contracts to produce the successor to the C-Class.  Hansgeorg Niefer, MBSA’s president and chief executive, said yesterday it would be “extremely difficult” for MBSA and East London if the company was not awarded the contract to produce […]

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