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HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Science  
 Zeenews 
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
New York: Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countr... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
 Independent online 
 Head of al-Azhar dies
| Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials ... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.  ABC News 
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer | JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the... ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman  
This is an image taken from TV showing a mass grave for victims in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Monday, March 8, 2010  Al Jazeera 
Nigerians bury massacre victims
| Nigerians are burying victims of a massacre of predominantly Christian villagers near the central city of Jos, blamed on a Muslim group. | The burials in mass graves using mechanical excav... (photo: AP / APTN)
Dealth   Muslims   Nigeria   Photos   Violence  
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton BBC News
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
| Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for k... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   US  
Unidentified women react to the sight of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. Al Jazeera
Nigeria cracks down after attacks
| Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people. | Police and soldie... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Crime   Human Rights   Nigeria   Photos   Violence  
Togo riot police face off supporters of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre protested in Lome, Togo. Tuesday March 9, 2010. The New York Times
Togo Police Seal Off Opposition Headquarters
| LOMÉ, Togo (AP) — Anti-riot police officers on Monday sealed off the alleyways leading to the headquarters of Togo’s largest opposition party, strand... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Election   Fraud   Photos   Police   Togo  
Cellphones - Mobile Phones Taipei Times
Cellphones Africaˇ¦s latest tool against HIV-AIDS infections
| Cellphones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, the head of the UNAIDS agency said. | The relatively new technology has a role to play in a co... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Aids   Cellphones   Nigeria   Photos   Technology  
In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. The New York Times
Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say
| DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, ... (photo: AP / NTA TV)
Nigeria   Photos   Police   Religion   Violence  
 Nelson Mandela The Daily Mail
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife accuses former President of 'betraying' the blacks of South Africa
| Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie has turned on her ex-husband and accused him of 'betraying' the blacks of South Africa in a scathing attack. | Mrs Mandela, 73, said... (photo: WN)
Africa   Leader   Photos   President   Woman  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media after briefing the General Assembly with Special Envoy for Haiti, William Jefferson Clinton on the current situation in Haiti m&c
Ban calls for restraint in Nigeria's ethnic conflict
| New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Nigerian factions to exercise 'maximum restraint' as fighting between Muslims and Christians over the we... (photo: UN)
Conflict   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   UN  
Togo security forces block off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters in Lome, Togo, Monday March 8, 2010. The Boston Globe
Togo security blocks opposition headquarters
| LOME, Togo-Security forces on Monday blocked off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters a day after the group had staged protests claiming presiden... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Elections   Photos   Protests   Security   Togo  
Business & Economy Politics
- Task Force on Niger-Delta Destroys Illegal Refineries, Arres
- Niger-Delta - Community Lays Out Conditions for Peace
- Niger Lobby Protests Over Mining Firm
- FG Approves N18 Billion for Roads in Niger Delta
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- The Coup in Niger
- BBC News - Niger coup leaders name transitional government
- Shell says planted explosives damage an oil flow station in
- Shell says planted explosives damage an oil flow station in
Salou Djibo, left, leader of the military junta which overthrew the nation's strongman president days earlier, welcomes ECOWAS President Mohammed Ibn Chambas, center, as the ruling junta meets with envoys from the U.N., African Union., and ECOWAS, in central Niamey, Niger Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010.
Niger transitional government named
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Society & Culture Health
- NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
- Niger: Once-Taboo Topic of Hunger Spoken Again
- Niger Delta - Ume-Ezeoke, Marwa Task Youth, Civil Society On
- Niger soldiers promise elections
NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
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- NIGER: Food pressures spread north
- Trading Mosquito Nets For Polio Vaccine in Niger
- 300 Children Lose Parents to Aids in Niger
- Mediator Seeks 'New Start' After Niger Coup
NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
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Wildlife & Nature Human Rights
-  'He had sustained multiple bite wounds'
- In Climate Change Hot Seat - Van Schalkwyk May Be Able to Ma
- Tyre Recycling Considered At Walvis
- Investor Protests to Gov't Over Leased Forest
Filipino fishermen load tuna, which is exported to Japan, U.S. and Europe, at the General Santos city port, southern Philippines Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.
Deal could be struck to protect bluefin tuna and African elephant
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- Remanded Human Rights Defender to Appear in Court
- Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings
-  Malema under fire for 'kill the boer' song
- Soldiers kill two as tensions run high in Nigeria massacre c
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
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