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UN approves no fly zone in Libya

Watch LIVE: UN Security Council voting session on no-fly zone

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Swaziland: A Kingdom in Crisis?-conference in London

Swaziland is Africa’s only absolute monarchy, its people have endured the restrictions of a state of emergency since 1973. Tomorrow conference in London’s houses of parliament.

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Microfinance – ‘Credit Should Be a Human Right’

‘Microfinance has a high record of success. It has been proven to elevate people out of poverty. Microfinance doesn’t just tackle financial stability but it also achieves social objectives; reaching the excluded, empowering women and developing the capacity of small groups of people to take control of their own lives.’ This is the prensentation of a conference to be held in London (UK) next 14 of March.

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Africa’s Missing Millions: Illicit Financial Flows

Dev Kar, lead economist at Global Financial Integrity, will speak about illicit capital outflows in the African continent. The conference is held by the Royal African Society.

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A just defiance-book launch in London 7-March

Book launch in London’s SOAS. “A just defiance” by Peter Harris. The event is organised by RAS, Royal African Society.

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Kenyan ‘Dogs of War’ fighting for Gaddafi

Kenyan mercenaries are among foreign soldiers helping the besieged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fight off an uprising. This was confirmed on Thursday by Col Gaddafi’s former Chief of Protocol Nouri Al Misrahi in an interview with the Al Jazeera broadcasting network. Mr Misrahi was detailing how Gaddafi had resorted to using mercenaries against his own […]

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China in Africa, the Fear among Europeans (Part 2)

Continuation from part 1 Here comes another contingent, a one time poor Asian country, China is now a major world player and it is trying to rewrite the rule of doing international business. And there is no better place to show this than the world most resourceful continent, Africa. Both the European and the American […]

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China in Africa, the Fear among Europeans (Part 1)

This article is a product of the press conference, tagged: “Africa between Europe and China: which international cooperation today? New sceneries, actors and approaches” held last Saturday, 12 February, 2011 at the University of Padova, north of Italy. Although as the Prime Minister of Italy he was embattled out of the government in 2008, Romano […]

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Making History in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe-London 21-feb

Meeting in London’s SOAS with author Blessing-Miles Tendi, Clare Short, Sue Onslow, Tiseke Kasambala, Jocelyn Alexander.

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ALIENS: African writing in GRANTA-today in London

Conference by Royal African Society in London with Southafrican journalist, Mark Gevisser, and author Dinaw Mengestu.

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