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Nelson Mandela is still alive at the age of 93, but is his political epoch finally dead and buried? That’s the question many South Africans are asking today in the aftermath of their government’s repeated refusal to permit the Dalai Lama to make a private...
Lire la suiteNigeria's anti-corruption agency arrests three former state governors for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to $674m (£436m). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa states faced a series...
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Skulls taken by German scientists over a century ago have been returned to Namibia amid jubilant scenes and celebrations. Thousands flocked to Namibia's Hosea Kutako International Airport Tuesday, praying, singing, and chanting as the 20 skulls were returned...
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Le mouvement « Occupons Wall Street » prend de l'ampleur. Des milliers de manifestants ont défilé mercredi après-midi dans le quartier financier de New York pour réclamer une meilleure justice économique. Ils étaient environ 5000, selon des sources policières,...
Lire la suiteTurkey evacuated dozens of severely wounded blast victims from the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, two days after a suicide bomber killed 72 people in the rebel al Shabaab group's deadliest attack since launching an insurgency in 2007. The truck...
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Près de 3 000 Koweïtiens ont participé à un rassemblement, mercredi soir 5 octobre, à l'appel de l'opposition pour dénoncer les affaires de corruption qui secouent le riche émirat pétrolier. Plusieurs des orateurs qui se sont succédé au cours du meeting,...
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Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56....
Lire la suiteGuinea's government said it has delayed a plan to revise the country's voter lists, potentially paving the way for talks with the opposition after deadly riots over preparations for an upcoming legislative poll. The move, which the government blamed on...
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La Chine et la Russie ont mis, mardi 4 octobre, leur veto et de ce fait torpillé un projet de résolution des pays occidentaux du Conseil de sécurité menaçant le régime syrien de "mesures ciblées" à la suite de la répression sanglante des manifestations....
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A 24-hour general strike is under way in Greece in protest at the nation's austerity measures. Flights and ferry services have been cancelled, schools, government offices and tourist sites closed, and hospitals are working with reduced staff. At least...
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Trois ans après avoir échappé de peu à la faillite suite à la crise des subprimes, la banque franco-belge Dexia est rattrapée par la crise : elle pourrait être démantelée. Cependant Paris et Bruxelles s’engagent à garantir les financements fournis par...
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“THE people of Zambia have spoken and we must all listen,” a defeated President Rupiah Banda intoned on September 23rd. His Movement for Multiparty Democracy had ruled Zambia for the past 20 years. Yet when the opposition leader, Michael Sata, and his...
Lire la suiteAu moins 57 personnes ont été tuées mardi dans un attentat-suicide contre un complexe ministériel à Mogadiscio, l'attentat le plus meurtrier des dernières années dans la capitale somalienne, et le premier revendiqué par les islamistes shebab depuis leur...
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The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa, where he had been invited by fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Tibetan spiritual leader's office said the South African government had failed to grant him a visa on time. He...
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Malgré tous les maux qui l'accablent encore, le lion africain s'est mis en mouvement et ose de plus en plus se comparer aux fameux tigre chinois et éléphant indien. Tim Turner ne sait que trop bien que chaque fois qu'il commence à parler de l'Afrique...
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