30 March 2014 BBC A cult of personality has grown up around the ex-army chief The first round of Egypt’s presidential poll has been set for 26-27 May, the electoral authorities say, days after army chief Gen Sisi resigned and…
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voicesofafrica.co.za By Keith Mundangepfupfu Thu 27 Mar 2014 (Pic: Flickr / Pali_Nalu) “Hi my name is Keith and I am African.” This is how I choose to identify myself. Although I am Zimbabwean, Shona, black and Christian, I am an…
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March 27, 2014 BBC News profiles the man some are calling Egypt’s president-in-waiting Egypt’s new armed forces chief and defence minister has been sworn in, a day after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency. Interim…
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March 26, 2014 By RT Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (R) and Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (L) speak to the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the 25th Arab League summit…
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26 March 2014 News Week By Pete Guest In the courtyard of a small compound in Geta, 1.7 miles above sea level in southern Ethiopia, members of a local farming cooperative pound and sift barley, the chaff picked up by the…
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26 March 2014 News Week By Pete Guest In the courtyard of a small compound in Geta, 1.7 miles above sea level in southern Ethiopia, members of a local farming cooperative pound and sift barley, the chaff picked up by the…
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26 March 2014 BBC BBC News profiles the man some are calling Egypt’s president-in-waiting Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt’s military chief in order to stand for the presidency. He made the widely…
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26 March 2014 By Megan Rowling Source: AlertNet A key U.N. report on climate change, due out early next week, will show that the impacts of rising temperatures on food security will be more serious and hit earlier than previously…
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25 March 2014 BBC Civilians have been involved in rescue operations Rescue workers in Uganda have so far recovered 107 bodies, including those of 57 children, after a boat capsized on Saturday on Lake Albert, a government minister has said.…
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24 March 2014 Defendants’ relatives reacted with horror as the verdicts were announced A court in Egypt has sentenced 528 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to death. They were convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks…
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