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African leaders present multi-billion dollar plan for Zimbabwe

By Miriam Mannak Zimbabwe has not had a lot of luck over the past years. Political oppression, violence, government led terrorism, cholera, hunger, poverty and total economic collapse have crippled the country...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
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Toxic paracetamol syrup kills dozens of Nigerian babies

Nigeria's health authorities are warming citizens of a toxic paracetamol syrup which has killed dozens of children two months after they started teething. It is yet to be determined which ingredient of the syrup...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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Calling in 'Gay' to Work Is Latest Form of Protest

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Eight years behind Senegalese bars - for loving men, not women

By Miriam Mannak In Senegal, nine men have received a nine-year jail sentence. Not because they killed, stole, pillaged, raped, abused, hijacked, hurt, stabbed, shot, assaulted or robbed - they were punished...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Zimbabwe Accuses Boy Scout Instructors of Terrorism

By Miriam Mannak Three boy scout instructors have been arrested by the Zimbabwean police and are accused of training terrorists to topple the government of president Robert Mugabe. The white men run the outdoor...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Malawi's looming famine - Millions at risk

By Miriam Mannak While Zimbabwe has fallen victim to a cholera outbreak of note and Mozambicans are fleeing the floods, another crisis looms in Southern Africa. It is an old, forgotten and silent crisis – which...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Soldiers, UN peacekeepers retreat as rebel forces advance in Congo

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Young guns: thousands of children forced to fight in Darfur

By Miriam Mannak His eyes are hollow and empty, his hands rest on the rifle that is slung around his shoulders. He can't be older then eleven years old - this little Sudanese boy whom is portrayed on a...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Mozambique: Floods threaten hundreds of thousands of people

Hundreds of thousands of Mozambicans are threatened by floods, which are caused by heavy rainfall. According to the authorities, the rain season has been the worst in many decades. As a result, the...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 44 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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DRC's second city hit by murder spree - eco crisis possible cause

By Miriam Mannak (from Lubumbashi /DRC) Over the past week, thirteen people were murdered in Lubumbashi- the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the capital of the Katanga province. Among the casualties are two Lebanese nationals and a man from...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Cape Town Baby Diagnosed With Cholera

The authorities in Cape Town are on high alert after a 4-month old baby was admitted to hospital with cholera. According to the provincial health department of the Western Cape, the case is probably not related...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Barry Artiste

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Ngos: Rape in DRC Has Reached Epidemic Proportions

By Miriam Mannak The wave of rape and sexual violence that is sweeping through the north eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached epidemic proportions, various aid organisations say....

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created by Miriam Mannak | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Scottish Expat Freed From Nigerian Kidnappers After Two Weeks

Two long weeks after he was abducted from the Niger Delta, Ben Strachan - a Scottish oil worker - was freed and reunited with his Nigerian wife and their son. Strachan - who is employed by one of the many oil...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Cholera struck Zimbabwe asks neighbours for body bags

Zimbabwe is in desperate need of many things. Food, economic stability, and a full stop to the political madness, among other many things. And now it needs body bags. And lots of them. According to an...

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created by Miriam Mannak | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
260 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments

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