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Il Divo performing in South Africa - Cape Town

Internationally acclaimed operatic pop group Il Divo have included South Africa in their 4th World Tour schedule spanning 6 continents. In Cape Town...

by Jordi Matas in South Africa on 08/02/2012

Society

The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi

The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi, that caters for children whose parents died of a HIV/Aids infection. It has more than one hundred...

by evans habil in Kenya on 08/02/2012

Politics

M23 movement stage protest march in Dakar

A march took place of opposition leaders and civil society from the opposition grouping known as the June 23 movement (M23), demanding President Wade...

by toure Mamadou aka Behan in Senegal on 07/02/2012

08/02/2012 - Il Divo performing in South Africa - Cape Town - South Africa - Internationally acclaimed operatic pop...
07/02/2012 - M23 movement stage protest march in Dakar - Senegal - A march took place of opposition...
05/02/2012 - Startup of the election campaign in Senegal - Senegal - The M23 movement organized a rally...
05/02/2012 - Thousands of displaced Kenyans remain in Camps - Kenya - File images: Four years on since the...
03/02/2012 - Senegal's peaceful M23 anti-government protest - Dakar - Senegal - Senegal's opposition group M23...
02/02/2012 - Britain's William Hague in landmark Mogadishu visit - Somalia - British Foreign Secretary William Hague...
02/02/2012 - Anti-Tuareg riots in Bamako - Mali - Mali - Angry Malians have seized a street of...
01/02/2012 - Students in Senegal protest death of fellow activist - Dakar - Senegal - Protests by students of the Cheikh Anta...
01/02/2012 - June 23 Movement stage Protest in Dakar - Senegal - Opposition and civil society joined...
31/01/2012 - M23 protesters demonstrate against Wade's candidacy - Dakar - Senegal - Opposition and civil society join...

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Il Divo performing in South Africa - Cape Town
Internationally acclaimed operatic pop group Il Divo have included South Africa in their 4th World Tour schedule spanning 6 continents. In Cape Town they performed at the Grand West...
The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi
The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi, that caters for children whose parents died of a HIV/Aids infection. It has more than one hundred orphans at the last count. Kenya. 1...
China financed Thika super-highway almost complete - Kenya
Thika Road is a major road in Kenya linking the City of Nairobi and Thika town. The road is currently under major construction to expand it to a superhighway consisting of an eight-lane...
Lucrative Advertisement boom in Kenya
The advert and billboard business in Kenya is now booming, providing businesses with extra revenue with well placed advertisements. Kenya. 31st January 2012
M23 movement stage protest march in Dakar
A march took place of opposition leaders and civil society from the opposition grouping known as the June 23 movement (M23), demanding President Wade leave office and denouncing his can...
Thousands of displaced Kenyans remain in Camps
File images: Four years on since the extreme violence of a contested presidential election caused the deaths of over 1,500 people and forced a further 600,000 to flee, tens of thousands...
Startup of the election campaign in Senegal
The M23 movement organized a rally uniting presidential candidates. Dakar, Senegal. 5th February 2012
Youssou N'dour's appeal for candidacy rejected  by Senegal high court
The Senegalese Constitutional Court rejects music icon Youssou N'dour's appeal, invalidating his presidential candidacy, declaring 4,000 out of 12,000 signatures invalid, with...
Senegal's peaceful M23 anti-government protest - Dakar
Senegal's opposition group M23 organized a peaceful protest calling for Senegalese to join in prayer in downtown Dakar. The group prays for peace and the ones who died during the v...
Britain's William Hague in landmark Mogadishu visit
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for renewed pressure against Islamist militants during the first visit to Somalia for 20 years. He also met with Somali President, Sha...
Anti-Tuareg riots in Bamako - Mali
Angry Malians have seized a street of the capital Bamako to protest against the governments inability to contain the recent Tuareg attacks. 2nd February 2012
Senegalese demonstrate across the country rejecting the President Wade
Senegal has been a leading example when it comes to Democracies in Africa, Abdoulaye Wade the acting president has allegedly changed the Constitution three times to his advantage in ord...
Students in Senegal protest death of fellow activist - Dakar
Protests by students of the Cheikh Anta Diop University take place after the death of student Mamadou Diop. The student was killed by a police car during the M23 demonstrations, after c...
Protests on Dakar streets against upcoming presidential elections
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for a third term, light street fires in Dakar. Police opened fire with tear gas on demonstrators and left at least one person dead...
June 23 Movement stage Protest in Dakar
Opposition and civil society joined forces against Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade pending a decision by the Constitutional Council on the appeal against the validation of his candidac...
M23 protesters demonstrate against Wade's candidacy - Dakar
Opposition and civil society join forces against Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade of the state pending a decision of the Constitutional Council on the appeal against the validation of h...
Daily live for the native Samburus
Samburu is a place in Rift Valley province in Kenya that it is inhabited by Samburus who conduct many activities like hunting and fishing in the nearby National Park. Nairobi. 19th June...
Birds remove ticks from a buffalo in Kenya
Birds remove ticks from a buffalo's nostrils at Samburu National Park in Kenya. Birds usually do this to clean the buffalo's nostrils. 19th June 2010
Youssou N'Dour speaks to the press in Senegal - Dakar
Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor and a candidate in the 2012 campaign to be President of Senegal. In 2004, Rolling Ston...
Uhuru Kenyata and William Ruto at a prayer meeting and political rally
Two of the four post-election violence perpetrators who were confirmed by ICC, William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta, attended a political rally with prayers for them. Nairobi, Kenya. 28th of...

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I am a journalist working in

I am a journalist working in Zambia, please add me to your skype contacts, that would be great. Thank you and happy new year. Georgina

Regards from Mexico. Regards

Regards from Mexico.

Regards from Mexico.

The motive of this message is to wish them each and every of you in order that they enjoy these parties of end of year in company of his beings more dear and close to wish them that the happiness is not absent in your home, as well as in his tables a bread, salt and water is never absent to share today and always.

And that the year 2010 that is for beginning him brings good things and all his plans and desires meet realized...

I wait that prompt we could meet the complicity of the chance and the destination(destiny) and to seize the opportunity to greet ourselves personally, to coexist and to share ... and certainly... To do Photos …

Receive a greeting and brotherly embrace, From some place in National Mexican Territory …
Pd. That the world stops while are happy!!!

Sincerely …
Enrique Perez Huerta (olvidadodeldestino)

Amnesty International General

Amnesty International General Secretary Irene Khan trip to Kenya and Zimbabwe:
-11th June NAIROBI
-13th June HARARE

Looking for images relating

Looking for images relating to sweatshops around the world - images of sweatshops themselves and related protests.

International Woman's Day for

International Woman's Day for Peace & Disarmament 05/24/09
Marches, rallies, seminars and debates will take place across the world. Please Send in reports and images.
05/24/09