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Release of Foreign Relations Volume
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States , 1969-1976, Volume E-6, Documents on Africa, 1973-1976, as an electronic-only
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Villagers Need Help to Recover From Fighting Along Senegalese Border
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Quecuta Jaura used to feel well off. He was the kind of man that relatives in this impoverished farming community would look to for help in an emergency, some even entrusted their kids to his care knowing he had the means to give them a better start in life, an
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President Dos Santos Briefed On Situation in Guinea Bissau
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos was this Friday informed, in Luanda, about the recent political, social and economic developments that occurred in Guinea Bissau, when a received a message from his counterpart, João Bernardo
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Thirst for Education Stifled By Poverty
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
State schooling at primary level is free in this tiny West African former Portuguese colony, but the aftershocks of a civil war and lack of funds mean there aren't enough schools or teachers to provide every child with an
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President Dos Santos Gets Message From Guinean Counterpart
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos receives this Friday morning, here, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Guinea Bissau, António Monteiro, who is the bearer of a message from his president, João Bernardo
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Guinea Bissau President Envoy Arrives
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
A message from Guinea Bissau president, Joao Bernardo Vieira, will be handed over soon to Angolan Head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Angop
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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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