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Africa: The New 7 Wonders of the World: Where is Africa?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>The New 7 Wonders of the World have been announced. Oluniyi Ajao has one simple quiestion, Where is Africa? : “It is unthinkable that no edifice/site in the entire African continent made it to the final 7. How could it have been when only Timbuktu in Mali made it... more
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World Ponders the 7 New Wonders
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>On July 7, 2007, the world elected a list of “New 7 Wonders” . Chosen by global vote via internet, telephone and SMS, many argue that the election was unfair and favored the broadband-connected West (how else would you explain the Statue of Liberty being one of the... more
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Mali: Sand storms in Timbuktu
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Rives du Niger posts photographs of sand storms in Timbuktu, where “winds of sands looks like clouds.” ... more
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Mali:Abandoned wives and children
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Faits Divers d'Afrique relates the fates of abandoned wives and children left behind by men who emigrate. ... more
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Mali: Alicia Keyes and Oumou Sangare sing duet
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Echanges, Reflexion and Cityonenete posts a You Tube video of Alicia Keyes' duet with famed Malian songstress, Oumou Sangare. ... more
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Mali: The music of Mariam Bagayoko
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Awesome Tapes From Africa posts the music of Mariam Bagayoko : Um, yeah. This is scary. The other-worldly pentatonic balafon and its apocalyptic overtones repeat toward infinity, and I can't help but think of Reich's marimba ostinatos and Partch's microtones here. ... more
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Mali: Old map of Timbuktu
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Sociolingo posts an old map of Timbuktu, Mali: “Here is an old map of the ancient city of Timbuktu from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas.” ... more
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Mali: Mali wins the 2007 Africa Nations Cup female basketball title
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Sociolingo writes about the Malian female basketball team's victory : “The Malian female basketball team’s win of the 20th basketball championship of the African Nations Cup (CAN), played last September in Dakar, Senegal, is undoubtedly the major event of 2007, according to many people in the Malian capital.” ... more
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Morocco: The Tourareg Struggle Continues
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Ghasbouba , from Morocco, writes about the Touareg struggle for liberation in Niger and Mali. ... more
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Africa: The dust horror
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>“Between Conakry and Bamako there are 1000 km of motorways. First forests, then mountain, savannas after. It is a gift to the eyes and a way to ease the 15 hours' drive. The trip ends in a bath of dust, by the entrance to Mali's capital”. On publishing an incredible... more
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AIM Reports issue no. 310
Topix - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>President Guebuza looks to dialogue at WTO President Armando Guebuza on 5 December told reporters he hopes that the forthcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong will be ... ... more
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Algeria to resume mediation in N Mali conflict
Topix - Tuesday, May 27, 2008
p>Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane, who is also the special envoy of President Amadou Toumani Toure, has welcomed the decision by Algeria to resume its role as facilitator in the search of a solution to the ... ... more
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Violence Between Army, Rebels Alarms UN Chief
allAfrica.com - Sunday, May 25, 2008
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern today about the situation in Mali, where clashes yesterday between Government forces and ethnic Tuareg rebels in the north-east of the West African country have resulted in numerous ... more
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UN Secretary-General Warns of Deteriorating Situation
allAfrica.com - Sunday, May 25, 2008
he Malian government has confirmed that 27 soldiers and Touareg rebels were killed and 31 wounded in clashes in northern Mali on 21 May and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the situation is ... more
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Country of the Week: Senegal
Topix - Sunday, May 25, 2008
p>COUNTRY OF THE WEEK: Senegal The West African country won the random selection. Wikipedia discusses Senegal's history : "Archaeological findings throughout the area indicate that Senegal was inhabited in ... ... more
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Topix - Sunday, May 25, 2008
p>Zimbabwe opposition presses for closure of 'torture camps' Nairobi, Kenya - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change Monday reiterated its demand to have 'torture camps' in Zimbabwe's rural areas ... ... more
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Ministry: Tuareg rebel attack leaves 27 dead innorthern Mali
Topix - Sunday, May 25, 2008
p>Ten soldiers and 17 "attackers" were killed and 31 others wounded when suspected Tuareg rebels launched one of the bloodiest attacks in the extreme northeastern part of Mali, the Malian defense ministry has ... ... more
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Mali: 27 dead in insurgent attack on army base
Topix - Sunday, May 25, 2008
p>Government officials say 27 people are dead following an insurgent attack on an army base in northern Mali. The Defense Ministry says armed insurgents battled soldiers in the far northern desert town of Abeibara for about eight hours Wednesday before being pushed back. The ministry says 27 people killed... more
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This Thursday at History Center: A Powerful Noise
Topix - Sunday, May 25, 2008
p>Here's a cool event happening this Thursday, May 22, at Atlanta History Center 's McElreath Hall: a screening of Sheila C. Johnson's A Powerful Noise , a documentary that debuted last month at the Tribeca Film ... ... more
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Health
Topix - Saturday, May 17, 2008
p>The DR Congo and partners are proposing to organise sensitisation workshops this month on the harmful consequences of HIV/AIDS, particularly for children. ... more
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