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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election.
Algeria   Business   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Abdelaziz Bouteflika		  Daily Press 
With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
Sun 19 May 2013
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for... (photo: AP)
Rwanda President Paul Kagame speaks during the London Summit on Family Planning organized by the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in central London Wednesday July 11, 2012.
Africa   Paul Kagame   Photos   Rwanda   Wikipedia: List of awards and honours bestowed upon Paul Kagame   Wikipedia: Paul Kagame		  The Observer 
Is Kagame Africa's Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwanda's tragic history?
Sun 19 May 2013
Pressing the flesh: with Bill Clinton, who described Kagame as ‘one of the greatest leaders of our time’. Photograph: Ed Ou/Getty Images Paul Kagame is angrier than I've ever seen him. Rwanda's... (photo: AP / Carl Court)
Golfe de Tunis et port de Sidi Bou Saïd.jpg Golfe de Tunis et port de Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisie.  The Observer  Sun 19 May 2013
Tunisia: after the revolution
Making waves: Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis and the Bay of Carthage. Photograph: Idealink Photography/Alamy Sidi Bou Said's signature blue-and-white houses are framed with sweet-smelling jasmine and... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul SKG)
Nature   Photos   Tourism   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Sidi Bou Said
In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria.  BBC News  Sun 19 May 2013
Nigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes"
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the... (photo: AP / Abdukareem Haruna)
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
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Rebel soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, the widely recognized winner of an election that millions once hoped would reunite the West African nation, advance towards the Government army in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. Gunfire and explosions shook Ivory Coast's main city Thursday as supporters and security forces loyal to the two men claiming to be president clashed in the streets, killing at least 15 people and bolstering fears the world's top cocoa producer is teetering on the edge of another civil war. Voa News Sun 19 May 2013
Ivory Coast Militia Leader Arrested for 2011 Massacre
Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Human Rights   Ivory Coast   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Second Ivorian Civil War
US Navy 081008-N-1082Z-045 Pirates leave the merchant vessel MV Faina for the Somali shore Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 while under observation by a U.S. Navy ship BBC News Sun 19 May 2013
Seychelles cells: The Somali pirates jailed in paradise
There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles. The... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Photos   Pirates   Prison   Somalia   Wikipedia: Piracy in Somalia
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation. The Star Sat 18 May 2013
Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
In this file photo taken, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 file photo, Nigeria secret service officers stand guard, during a court hearing in Lagos, Nigeria. Voa News Sat 18 May 2013
Nigeria Imposes Curfew in Military Campaign
Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Boko Haram   Islamists   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
FEMA - 44808 - FEMA Mobile home page on a smart phone screen Joy Online Sat 18 May 2013
Huawei launches Windows 8 phone in Ghana
Huawei and its authorised distributor in Ghana, IPMC have unveiled the new Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 Phone in the country. The involvement of IPMC as the sole wholesale... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Ghana   Huawei   Photos   Wikipedia: Windows Phone 8   Windows Phone 8


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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria Al Jazeera
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