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African Oscars: Fescapo Film Festival in Burkina Faso
Even as cinemas close down across Africa, filmmakers continue to innovate. This year's Fescapo festival (Africa's largest) honored homegrown films with the continent's equivalent of the Academy Awards. Each of the... Security Council extends diamond and travel sanctions on Côte d’Ivoire
" 29 October 2008 – The Security Council voted today to renew for another year a ban on diamonds and an arms embargo against Côte d’Ivoire, as well as targeted sanctions restricting the travel of...Somalia pirates mess up with Superflic Sarkozy, warning France
Don't mess up with the french president, when it comes to piracy. The ancient interior minister, famous for his security plans, stopped once the worker's union, that "pirated" a high speed vessel "NGV". The...Mugabe ready to work with opposition: Zimbabwe foreign minister
Mugabe has given first indication of sharing power with opposition parties. Foreign minister of Robert Mugabe government said that plan are worked out for a possible role of opposition leader Morgan Tsangirai. "Zimbabwe’s foreign minister has said that...Female Circumcision Death in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso was one of the first coutnries to outlaw female circumcision, and has been training government employees to pursue reports of the practice. However, the procedure still takes place in some areas."The death of a 14-year-old girl from female genital...Out of Africa: Nigerian Cinema Goes Global
Nigerian film is beginning to make its way off the continent, after a long period of microdistribution and straight-to-video. A few years back, I had the privilege of attending the Cape Town International Cinema...
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US Farm Subsidies Endanger Africa: New Campaign
US farm subsidies exist to protect American farmers from the low prices that competition brings, and they have been a political hot potato in US domestic politics for many years. But in parts of Africa, U.S. farm support policies draw ire, dread, and outrage. Now a...Worst Congress Ever: Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi on How Our National Legislat...
Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi takes an in-depth look at the outgoing 109th Congress in his article, "The Worst Congress Ever." In it, Taibbi writes that over the past six years, "The U.S. parliament became a historical punch line, a political obscenity on par...
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