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• A VACCINE AGAINST MALARIA: GSK BIOLOGICALS RTS,S

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 149
  A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world’smost clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in sevenAfrican countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique andTanzania. The trial, which is expected to involve up to 16,000 children, is onschedule, with more than 5,000 children ...
  6 days ago

• Q&A: Simon Manns road to freedom

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  How the Old Etonian plotted a coup against Equatorial Guineas president, was jailed and then won a pardon Simon Mann goes free from Equatorial Guinea prison How did Simon Mann end up in jail? In March 2004, the former SAS officer led a group of 64 mainly South African mercenaries in an attempt to seize control of ...
  6 days ago

• World Briefing | Europe: France: Inquiry Halted on African Leaders’ Property

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  A French appeals court on Thursday halted a judicial inquiry into luxury homes and cars owned in France by the presidents of three oil-producing African countries.
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• Technology saving elephants

  
  Times LIVE Multimedia — Authority: 146
  Ivory poaching is a huge concern for the wildlife organisation, Save the Elephants.  They’re using tracking devices linked to Google Earth to monitor elephant’s movements in South Africa, Kenya, Congo, Gabon and Mali.  Game rangers can use the information to protect elephant herds and when an elephant’s signal ...
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• France halts African leaders case.

  
  World News Journal — Authority: 135
  BBC News 29 October 2009 A French appeals court has halted a lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement. Anti-corruption group Transparency International had accused the leaders of using African public funds to buy luxury homes and cars in France. But the court ruled the activists could not act ...
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• Africa calling: mobile phone usage sees record rise after huge investment

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Africans are buying mobile phones at a world record rate, with take-up soaring by 550% in five years, research shows. "The mobile phone revolution continues," says a UN report charting the phenomenon that has transformed commerce, healthcare and social lives across the planet. Mobile subscriptions in Africa rose from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Election par l’AGNU des membres non-permanents du Conseil de Sécurité pour le biennum 2010-2011 (15 octobre)

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 495
  Election par l’AGNU des membres non-permanents du Conseil de Sécurité pour le biennum 2010-2011 (15 octobre) PARIS, France, 19 octobre 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Actualités diplomatiques du ministère français des Affaires étrangères / Point de presse du 19 octobre 2009. ”Nous félicitons ...
  3 weeks ago

• Unwinnable battles for West African political opposition?

  
  Africa Blog — Authority: 506
                                        Gabon’s newly inaugurated President Ali Ben Bongo named his first government at the weekend, appointing a mix of old faces and relative unknowns. One of his main challengers for the presidency, Andre Mba Obame, began a hunger strike in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gabon / Liste complète du nouveau gouvernement gabonais

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 495
  Gabon / Liste complète du nouveau gouvernement gabonais  LIBREVILLE, Gabon, 19 octobre 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Liste complète du nouveau gouvernement gabonais : PREMIER MINISTRE, CHEF DU GOUVERNEMENT: Paul BIYOGHE MBAMinistre de la Justice Garde des Sceaux : Anicette NANG OVIKA, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ali Bongo Sworn in As Gabon’s New President

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Ali Bongo, the son of the late President Omar Bongo Ondimba, was sworn in Friday in Libreville as President of Gabon after officially winning the 30 August election with 41.79% of votes. When taking the oath, he swore to devote himself to the well being of the Gabonese people “to preserve them from any harm, to ...
  3 weeks ago

• World Links: Tsvangirai Boycotts Unity Government, Bongo Sworn in as President of Gabon

  
  learning.now — Authority: 662
  Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change disengage from the unity government formed in February, 2008, calling President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF Party a “ dishonest and unreliable partner .” Tsvangirai stopped short of withdrawing completely from the government, but ...
  3 weeks ago

• Friday’s Linktastic Voyage

  
  Africa — Authority: 510
  Because why come up with original ideas when others will have them for me? As usual, here are stories that have caught my eye, with my commentary where apropos: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has bestowed its blessing upon Nigeria’s new Petroleum Industry Bill even as international oil companies who fear a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lebanon, Bosnia among five new UN council members

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 720
  Source: Reuters * Diplomats hope council membership helps Lebanon, Bosnia * Lebanon may abstain on Iran resolutions - diplomats (Adds quotes from Lebanon, Nigeria) By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 ( ...
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• Agenda prévisionnel du secrétaire d’état français charge de la coopération et de la francophonie

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 495
  Agenda prévisionnel du secrétaire d’état français charge de la coopération et de la francophonie PARIS, France, 15 octobre 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Agenda prévisionnel du secrétaire d’état français charge de la coopération et de la francophonie  Vendredi 16 octobre 2009 Déplacement ...
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• Gabon opposition rejects validation of Bongo win (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AFP - Gabon’s failed opposition candidates on Wednesday urged mass resistance and rejected a top court’s validation of the contested poll win of Ali Bongo as president of the oil-rich African nation. Go here to see the original:  (AFP)"> (AFP)">Gabon opposition rejects validation of Bongo ...
  3 weeks ago

• France / Gabon / Investiture d’Ali Bongo

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 495
  France / Gabon / Investiture d’Ali Bongo  PARIS, France, 14 octobre 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Alain Joyandet, Secrétaire d’Etat chargé de la Coopération et de la Francophonie, se rendra vendredi 16 octobre prochain à Libreville (Gabon) pour représenter la France à la cérémonie ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gabon / Processus électoral

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 495
  Gabon / Processus électoral  PARIS, France, 14 octobre 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Actualités diplomatiques du ministère français des Affaires étrangères / Point de presse du 13 octobre 2009.(…)(Considérez-vous que le processus électoral est clos aujourd’hui ?)  Je voudrais d’abord ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gabon court rejects challenges to Bongo poll win

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 720
  Source: Reuters (adds details) LIBREVILLE, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Gabons Constitutional Court rejected on Monday challenges launched by the opposition to Ali Ben Bongos victory in an August presidential election, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Gabon court rejects challenges to Bongo poll win

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 720
  Source: Reuters LIBREVILLE, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Gabons Constitutional Court rejected on Monday challenges launched by the opposition to Ali Ben Bongos victory in an August presidential election, paving the way for ...
  4 weeks ago

• To win away from home

  
  Futbol USA — Authority: 117
  Its tough. No doubt about it. And Wednesdays matches for the last chance to be in South Africa presents must win situations away from home for a plethora of teams. Most important, and with interesting consequences, are the Conmebol games involving Ecuador, Uruguay and Argentina. The latter two play in Montevideo in a ...
  4 weeks ago

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