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International Women's Day: How it's celebrated around the globe
International Women's Day has served for more than a century as a day to honor the achievements of women globally. Here are some ways people are celebrating:
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ICC issues Qaddafi warrant: Key prosecutions of world leaders
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Orange Prize for fiction 2011 shortlist
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From Libya's Qaddafi to Sudan's Bashir: Key International Criminal Court inquiries
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Hosni Mubarak's exit plan: Where do exiled leaders go?
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As Charles Taylor boycotts trial, Sierra Leone's war-battered residents hope for justice
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor faces indictments on 11 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, and the use of child soldiers in a brutal civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone.
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West Africa Rising: Will a sovereign wealth fund really help reverse Nigeria's 'oil curse'?
On Dec. 1 last year, Nigeria’s cabinet approved the creation of a sovereign wealth fund that would invest any excess revenues generated from the sale of the country’s oil.
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West Africa Rising: World Bank offers Internet 'revolution' to Sierra Leone, Liberia
The World Bank’s board of directors last week approved an underwater fiber-optic cable project that promises to bring 'a major infrastructural revolution' to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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As Ivory Coast's Gbagbo holds firm, 'blood diamonds' flow for export
As Ivory Coast's renegade President Laurent Gbagbo shrugs off international attempts to isolate his regime, smugglers continue to export 'blood diamonds' in contravention of a United Nations ban.
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Print newspapers face competition in Liberia, too – from a chalkboard
One man in Liberia, hoping to reach even those who can't afford newspapers, radios, or TVs, prints his daily 'newspaper' on a chalkboard.
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3 good books for January reading
Travel the world through these three new books just released this month. In them, the Dalai Lama flees Tibet to save his followers, three men grapple with the past in post-war Sierra Leone, and an Indian-American returns to the country his parents left.
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Ivory Coast standoff: Hit Gbagbo where it hurts -- take away the power of the purse
Tensions are escalating in Ivory Coast, where President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to yield power to President-elect Alassane Ouattara. The international community's coordinated economic pressures hold the most hope for peacefully ousting Mr. Gbagbo and prevent mounting violence. Where diplomatic efforts have fallen short, cutting off Gbagbo's funds may turn his allies against him.
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Why do development efforts continue to fail?
Guest blogger Jina Moore explores the background behind failed development projects, and why many organizations make the same mistakes over and over again.
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African Union says diplomatic options remain in Ivory Coast
Despite threats from regional bloc ECOWAS that it would soon use force in Ivory Coast, leaders of the African Union said they will give mediation efforts more time.
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This Week in the Great Lakes: Congo and UN tango over child soldiers while US preaches engagement
A holiday season roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region: women march in the Congo for more legal action against rapists, Rwandan journalists petition for changes to defamation laws, and Al Shabab remains a threat in Burundi.
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Gbagbo stands strong despite threats of military intervention in Ivory Coast
Security analysts say that despite talk of military intervention to oust Ivory Coast Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, an effective attempt by international forces is unlikely.
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Massive iron ore project brings mining tensions back to Sierra Leone
The London-based African Minerals firm claims its efforts to mine a whopping 11.7 billion tons of iron ore will bring $1.75 billion in foreign investment to Sierra Leone.
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An inflated claim of health success in Afghanistan exposed
A frequently touted claim that 85 percent of Afghans have access to health care is misleading and stands in the way of improvements, say health care professionals there.
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Guinea waits with bated breath for election decision
The Guinea military is hoping to tamp down violence while the country waits for a Supreme Court decision on last week's election results, which have been questioned by the losing candidate.
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Burkina Faso presidential vote won't change much
President Blaise Compaoré, who has held power since a 1987 coup, is likely to win reelection – and solidify his regional influence.
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Halloween brings major elections to West Africa
West Africa has several critical votes on the horizon that could indicate whether democratic progress is substantial and real. Cote d'Ivoire and Niger both hold votes on Halloween Sunday.
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Recent violence prompting questions about Niger Delta strategy
The independence day attacks in Nigeria by the Niger Delta rebel group MEND is prompting a reexamination of whether current strategies to end the violence are working.
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Kenya missing its chance for justice, say top international lawyers
The International Criminal Court's investigation of ethnic clashes that left 1,300 people dead in Kenya will fall short of what a hybrid court could accomplish, says a team of top lawyers.
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And the favorites for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize are ...
The director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo tips Afghan women's rights crusader Sima Samar as his favorite for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, but there are 237 candidates.
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Nigerian leadership problems can be traced to society's inequality
Nigerian leadership has a record of failure and the roots can be traced to Nigerian society, where echoes of slavery linger, guest blogger Jeremy Weate argues.
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A fair trade approach to Africa's diamonds
A US company brings fair trade principles to Africa's diamond industry and aims to improve the life of diamond miners.
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Gallup poll: Degree of one's charity depends on happiness more than wealth
A Gallup poll done for the Charitable Aid Foundation finds more correlation between happiness and giving than between wealth and giving. The survey's ranking of countries puts America as number five. Many poor nations are high in giving of one type or another.
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Congo rejects recommendation in UN report on genocide
Guest blogger Jason Stearns says that the Congolese government's rejection of recommendations made in a UN report on the possible genocide makes it less likely that crimes will be adequately addressed.
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Viktor Bout, 'Merchant of Death' arms dealer, faces US terrorism charges
Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer ordered extradited to the US from Thailand Friday, is accused of conspiring to provide millions in military-grade weapons to Colombia's FARC guerilla group.
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Cement may pave Africa's road to the future, but will China undercut that, too?
Cement may lack the luster of diamonds or the geopolitics of oil, but it forms the foundation of what might be Africa’s industrial big bang. Now China is moving in, undercutting African producers.
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