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Luandino Vieira Declines Camoes Literary Award
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Angolan writer, Luandino Vieira, has turned down the 100,000 Euros Camões Literary Prize awarded to him last week, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday in
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Fuel Prices Up
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Guinea-Bissau's state secretariat for energy this weekend announced an increase in the prices of oil
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Unpaid Government Workers Unable to Pay the Rent Or Feed Their Kids
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Government workers in Guinea Bissau are being evicted from their homes and are unable to feed their children after going three months without receiving any
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UN Launches Emergency Appeal After Fighting in North
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
United Nations agencies on Tuesday launched a joint appeal for over US $3.6 m to help some 20,000 people in northern Guinea Bissau made vulnerable by fighting between Guinea Bissau military and rebels from neighbouring
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700,000 Children Line Up for Shot Against Measles
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Some 700,000 youngsters - or around one in two of Guinea Bissau's population of 1.4 million - are to be vaccinated against measles over the next two
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Buying In, Selling Out or Scraping By: Francophone African Bloggers on Social Mobility and Education
Global Voices Online
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
School on Hold While Mom Scrapes By
Carine. Courtesy Tony Katombe.
Le Blog du Congolais shares (FR) the touching story of Carine, a 22 year-old from the DRC with an infectious smile who
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A Society in Tatters After Years of Instability
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Residents of Guinea Bissau's capital often joke they have the only fire-fighters in the world forced to race to the scene of a blaze without water. But Fire Chief Malam Djaura says it's not just water they lack, it's also protective clothing, rescue equipment, an outgoing phone line and two
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Interview With Prime Minister Aristides Gomes
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Guinea Bissau's new Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, who has been in office for six months, speaks to IRIN about his hopes of improving living conditions and restoring investor confidence in a country long blighted by conflict and
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Landmines, the Silent Sentries All Fear
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The teenage boy sitting on the roadside fears the rebels will come for him next because they know his house, his village. He fears they could drag him off as they dragged away and executed his father when he came to the aid of victims of a landmine
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African Migrants' Boat Capsizes Off Malta; Three People Die, Eight Missing
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Italy's Coast Guard retrieved the bodies of three migrants after their boat capsized in international waters off
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MTN will fund Investcom buy with bond sale
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
By Stewart Bailey and Lukanyo Mnyanda Johannesburg - MTN Group, Africa's largest cellular operator, would sell up to R8 billion worth of bonds to help fund its acquisition of Investcom, it said
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New MTN directors approved
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The group said last month that it was appointing independent non-executive directors in line with its international
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Stop the violence
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Africa's prospects for attaining peace risk being undermined unless action is taken to reel in the horrific violence inflicted on the continent's children, according to the UN children's agency,
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West African Leaders Move to Endorse Arms Convention
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
West African leaders are meeting in Nigeria to ratify a draft convention to control the proliferation of small arms in the
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Diversification From Cashew Nuts Essential
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Cashew nuts are very important! They enable us to eat and earn cash to buy other things," said Bide Man, a farmer in northern Guinea Bissau. "We farm many things, but nothing helps us like the
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Unlocking the Potential of the Cashew
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The singing of the women dressed in matching aprons and headscarves bounces off the high white walls as they learn to prepare cakes, biscuits, jams and syrups from the cashew nut and its luscious red
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Africa's Economy Gaining Momentum
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Africa's economy is growing at its fastest rate for 30 years, fueled by growing demand for its commodities and by better economic management
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Secretary-General appoints Carlos Lopes Executive Office Political Affairs Director
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint Carlos Lopes as Assistant Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office, with effect from 1 June
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Portuguese-speaking bloc to send investigation mission to E. Timor
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The foreign ministers of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries decided at a meeting here on Sunday that they would send a mission to turmoil-hit East Timor to assess the
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GUINEA-BISSAU: As rains fall, cholera threat returns
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The first seasonal rains are falling in Guinea Bissau, damping the searing midday heat but inflaming fears of another cholera outbreak in the poorest districts of the capital,
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