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• Africa's Football Extravaganza Kicks Off

  19 January 2013 ( #AFCON 2013, #Bafana Bafana, #Cape Verde, #Gordon Idesund, #Soccer, #Soccer City, #South Africa, #Sports, #The Blue Sharks )

  Johannesburg — Hosts South Africa failed to ignite the African Nations Cup as promised on the opening day on Saturday and left coach Gordon Igesund's assertion that he had picked a "dream team" looking something of a nightmare. Tiny Cape Verde kept up...

• Beach Tennis en Ile Maurice

  13 March 2013 ( #beach tennis, #Flic-en-Flac, #fourmiliere, #Ile Maurice, #joueurs, #plage publique, #show, #Sports, #Villas Caroline )

  Pendant près d'une semaine, la plage publique de Flic-en-Flac a grouillé comme une fourmilière. En face des Villas Caroline, près de 200 joueurs de beach tennis ont fait leur show face à un public mauricien encore un peu timide. Sur le terrain pour le...

• Botswana: The Basarwa San Evicted From Ancestral Lands (analysis)

  23 March 2013 ( #Basarwa, #Botswana, #Bushmen, #Central Kalahari Game Reserve, #Kaudwane, #New Xade, #Roy Sesana, #Survival International, #Travel )

  ANALYSIS Photo: khomanisan The San are traditionally hunter-gathers (file photo). The Basarwa have been forced off their ancestral lands. The government say it is for environmental protection, but some believe it has more to do with diamonds and tourism....

• South Africa-Morocco Draw Gives Bafana New Hope

  28 January 2013 ( #african Nations Cup, #Bafanas Bafanas, #Durban, #May Mahlangu, #Morocco, #Port Elizabeth, #Siyabonga Sangweni, #South Africa, #Sports )

  Durban — South Africa were perilously close to becoming the first host team in almost two decades not to make it past the first round at the African Nations Cup. But their ability to find their way back twice and draw with Morocco on Sunday night gives...

• Congo-Kinshasa: La Tanzanie annonce l'envoi de ses troupes à la brigade d'intervention

  17 April 2013 ( #RDC, #M23, #brigade, #intervention, #Nations Unies, #Monusco, #Tanzanie )

  En dépit de la menace du M23 à l'endroit de la brigade d'intervention des Nations unies, la Tanzanie annonce l'envoi de ses troupes en République démocratique du Congo. Selon la Chine Nouvelle, la Tanzanie vient d'affirmer qu'elle déploiera « à tout moment...

• {New} Afrique Centrale: Mines de la RDC - le Rwanda et le Burundi au cœur de la mafia

  13 June 2013 ( #News & Prime time, #RDC, #Global Witness, #Burundi, #Rwanda, #mines, #or )

  Encore des preuves documentées. Des hauts gradés sont pris la main dans le sac dans le blanchiment de minerais de la maffia. Les circuits huilés de certification dans ces pays voisins sont transformés en véritable blanchisserie. De nouvelles recherches...

• {News} Winnie, Zindzi visit Mandela

  21 June 2013 ( #Nelson mandela, #Winnie Madikizela Mandela, #Zindzi Mandela, #health condition, #Pretoria, #South Africa, #News )

  Pretoria - Former president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, arrived at the Pretoria hospital on Thursday where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection. She was accompanied by her daughter Zindzi, and arrived at the...

• Egypt Ends Warriors' World Cup Dream

  28 March 2013 ( #Egypt, #warriors, #World Cup, #dream, #Zimbabwe, #teams, #Sports )

  Alexandria — BRAVE Zimbabwe put on a gallant show, but still left the game with broken hearts as their World Cup dream virtually ended, in agonising fashion, after they fell to Egypt in an African Zone Group G qualifier at the Borg El Arab Stadium here...

• Somalie: Il faut protéger les personnes déplacées vulnérables

  28 March 2013 ( #communique, #Somalie, #refugis, #exactions, #Mogadiscio, #Gatekeepers, #deplaces )

  COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Le nouveau gouvernement devrait réparer les injustices et les abus commis dans le passé Des membres des forces de sécurité de la Somalie et des groupes armés ont commis des viols, des violences et d'autres exactions à l'encontre de...

• SINGER/SONGWRITER ESNAVI OPENS KNICKS VS. CAVALIERS GAME AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

  13 December 2012 ( #Cavaliers, #Culture, #Esnavi, #Knicks, #Madison Square Garden, #Music, #Singer, #Songwriter, #USA )

  For Immediate Release SINGER/SONGWRITER ESNAVI OPENS KNICKS VS. CAVALIERS GAME AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York, NY – Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7:30pm (EST) esteemed singer/songwriter ESNAVI will perform the “National Anthem” prior to the Knicks...

• The A-list of perfumes

  13 December 2012 ( #Beauty, #Celebrities perfumes, #Fall 2012, #Fashion, #Justin Bieber, #Perfumes, #Rihanna, #Scents, #Slider )

  Everyone's got one, from Kate Moss to Katie Price. But what do the top celebrity fragrances say about their creators - and why should we buy them? Named after the words tattooed on the back of her neck, this fragrance is total RiRi. The bottle reflects...

• Le Niger à la quête d'une victoire

  25 January 2013 ( #AFCON 2013, #élimination, #Niger, #Port Elizabeth, #République Démocratique du Congo, #RDC, #Robert Kidiaba, #Sports )

  La République Démocratique du Congo a gaspillé deux occasions incroyables dans la première mi-temps, perdant des points précieux en match nul avec le Niger à Port Elizabeth, le jeudi. Au lieu d’évoluer à la tête du classement du groupe C de la Coupe d'Afrique...

• La filiale de Shell jugée responsable de pollution au Nigéria

  01 February 2013 ( #Abuja, #« Les Amis de la Terre », #Delta du Niger, #News, #Nigeria, #ONG, #RFI, #Shell )

  Un groupe de fermiers nigérians a poursuivi le groupe pétrolier Shell pour avoir pollué ses terres et ses eaux poissonneuses à la suite de déversements de produits pétroliers en 2005 dans le delta du Niger dans le sud du Nigeria. Le procès qui s'est tenu...

• L'autobiographie de Johnny Hallyday cartonne en librairies

  13 February 2013 ( #Adeline Blondieau, #Amanda Sthers, #Claude François, #Culture, #Dans mes yeux (Plon), #Edith Piaf, #Henri Salvador, #Michel Sardou )

  Selon les informations de RTL, près de 190 000 exemplaires du livre Dans mes yeux (Plon), coécrit avec Amanda Sthers, auraient déjà été vendus en cinq jours. L'ouvrage aurait même déjà été réimprimé trois fois. Un succès fou en grande partie dû à la polémique...

• Destination ~ Le Cap Vert, une terre pleine d'histoire

  07 March 2013 ( #archipel, #Cap-Vert, #Cidade Velha, #nation, #Praia, #Ribeira Grande, #Santiago, #Travel )

  Considéré comme le berceau de la nation, Santiago est, avec ses 991 km2, la plus grande île de l'archipel. Première île à avoir été peuplée, elle eut comme capitale Ribeira Grande, actuellement Cidade Velha. Considérée comme la ville la plus ancienne...

• China blames the Dalai Lama and the western media for a spate of horrific self immolations

  11 March 2013 ( #China, #Chinese Government, #News, #Sichuan Province, #Stephen MdDonell, #suicides, #The Dalai Lama, #Tibet )

  TONY JONES, PRESENTER: The Chinese Government's officials have launched a blistering attack on the Dalai Lama and his allies, accusing them of orchestrating the wave of self-immolation suicides in the west of the country. Speaking at the National People's...

• Bafana Bafana Keep World Cup Hopes Alive

  28 March 2013 ( #Sports, #Bafana Bafana, #team, #soccer, #football, #World Cup )

  A goal each by man-of-the-match Thabo Matlaba and striker Bernard Parker on either side of the half saw impressive Bafana Bafana go top of Group A after a thrilling 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Qualifier played at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 23 March...

• Drogba à la Juventus en janvier ?

  13 December 2012 ( #Chelsea, #Chine, #Cote d'Ivoire, #Didier Drogba, #Europe, #Juventus, #Slider, #Sports )

  Le message de Didier Drogba est bien arrivé en Europe. Décidé à venir piger pendant le break du championnat chinois, l'attaquant du Shanghaï Shenhua s'était vu refuser le droit de bouger pendant son contrat. La Fifa a dit niet et l'Ivoirien serait dorénavant...

• First African-designed smartphone and tablet hit market

  26 December 2012 ( #African tablet, #Asia, #Business, #Congo, #Elikia, #Tech4Africa, #Verone Mankou, #VMK )

  When 26-year-old Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou followed up the introduction of the first African-designed tablet with the announcement of the first African-designed smartphone, some within the local tech community looked on skeptically. This was...

• Beyonce Speaks On Her Miscarriage And Calls Rumor Starters "Stupid!"

  26 January 2013 ( #Beyonce, #documentary, #film Super Bowl, #Gossip, #HBO, #Jay-z, #Life Is But A Dream, #miscarriage )

  February is just a few days away, and the month is about to be all about Beyonce ! The 31-year-old singing sensation is currently putting in work in the dance studio for her big Super Bowl halftime performance, and it looks like it won't be anything short...

• Zimbabwe Leaders Approve Constitution

  19 January 2013 ( #Constitution, #Government, #Morgan Tsvangirai, #News, #referendum, #Robert Mugabe, #unity, #Zimbabwe )

  The principals in the unity government have announced they have reached agreement on the draft of the constitution presented to them by the cabinet committee on Thursday, paving the way for some progress towards a referendum. Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister...

• L'armée malienne pointée du doigt par l'ONU

  13 March 2013 ( #escalade, #intervention militaire, #Mali, #Nations Unies, #News, #partisans, #represailles, #troupes gouvernementales )

  DOCUMENT La récente intervention militaire lancée dans le nord du Mali a été suivie d'une escalade sérieuse des représailles de la part des troupes gouvernementales, qui semblent prendre pour cible des membres de divers groupes ethniques perçus comme...

• Elton John, David Furnish welcome second child

  19 January 2013 ( #Celebrity dads, #David Furnish, #Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, #Elton John, #Gossip, #L.A, #surrogate, #Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. )

  Celebrity dads Elton John and David Furnish are at it again! The couple welcomed their second son via surrogate last Friday. The legendary singer announced the news on his website today, writing: “Elton and David are very pleased to announce the birth...

• Shakira posts new belly baring pregnancy (Photo)

  19 January 2013 ( #baby shower, #Gerard Pique, #goodwill ambassador, #Gossip, #Shakira, #Twitter, #UN children’s agency, #UNICEF )

  Whoa, baby! It looks like Shakira is ready to pop… but before baby comes the baby shower! Shakira posted this beautiful black and white photo of her pregnant self with beau Gerard Pique via Twitter. She invited her fans to “celebrate the imminent birth...

• Soweto Gospel Choir’s Divine Decade – Celebrating 10 Years

  11 March 2013 ( #anniversary, #Arts, #Culture, #Divine Decade, #Grammy's, #SAMA-awards, #South Africa, #Soweto Gospel Choir )

  One of the most recognised and superlatively talented choirs in the world, Soweto Gospel Choir has just released their latest offering titled, Divine Decade. This incredible album comes at the perfect time as the choir celebrates their 10th anniversary...