Africa
Somalia Facing World's Worst Famine in 20 Years
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- Created on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:49
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation, the U.N. said Wednesday, and the U.S. said it will allow emergency funds to be spent in areas controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants as long as the fighters do not interfere with aid distributions.
Hillary Clinton Warns Africa of 'New Colonialism'
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- Created on Monday, 13 June 2011 14:11
LUSAKA, Zambia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned African leaders to be cautious of foreign investors and governments.
Clinton Tells Qadhafi to Go, Military Assets Deployed
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- Created on Monday, 28 February 2011 18:46
LIBYA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that U.S. emergency relief teams have been dispatched to Libya’s borders to assist Libyans fleeing the armed crackdown of a popular uprising by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi.
African leaders in Abidjan to mediate Ivorian crisis
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- Created on Monday, 21 February 2011 11:18
IVORY COAST - Four African presidents have arrived in the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan to mediate the political deadlock, as tensions in the country escalate.
The African Union-backed panel met in Mauritania on Sunday to draw up a strategy, after previous attempts by other leaders have failed to resolve the crisis.
Reform Lawyer Says Tunisia Risks Anarch
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- Created on Monday, 21 February 2011 11:06
TUNIS — The head of a Tunisian government commission on political reform warned on Monday that the country risked falling into “anarchy” as it passed through what he described as a very dangerous post-revolutionary transition toward multi-party democracy.
