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US Hillary Rodham Clinton to visit Nigeria On Thursday

August 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, would arrive in Abuja on Thursday to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan in Aso Rock. Clinton, whose advance party had arrived Abuja to put finishing touches to the preparations for her arrival, … read more »

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US Hillary Rodham Clinton pays respects to Nelson Mandela at his home

August 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited with Nelson Mandela at his home on Monday to pay her respects to the aging South African icon. Clinton and a small group flew to the 94-year-old Mandela’s home village of Qunu, … read more »

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Clinton hails Ivory Coast justice effort

January 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abidjan – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the administration of Ivory Coast’s president for seeking justice and accountability for crimes committed in the months after the disputed 2010 election. But human rights groups say Alassane Ouattara’s … read more »

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Zambia: Frederick Chiluba dies

June 18, 2011 by benim

Lusaka – Frederick Chiluba, Zambia’s first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68, local media reported on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Chiluba suffered from a chronic heart … read more »

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Sudan sides agree to demilitarize Abyei

June 13, 2011 by benim

North and south Sudan agreed “in principle” on Monday to demilitarize the disputed central Sudan region of Abyei and to allow an Ethiopian peacekeeping team to come in, an official said. Details of the agreement are yet to be worked … read more »

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Is it timely for Rodham Hillary Clinton to visit Ethiopia?

June 10, 2011 by benim

The people and government of Ethiopia have been exerting tremendous efforts to change the whole dictatorial and anti democratic mind set installed in the past regimes, where inequality, injustice, instability and poverty were thrived through out the country for centuries, … read more »

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Clinton promotes US-African commerce in Zambia

June 10, 2011 by benim

LUSAKA, Zambia – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged African nations to tear down continental trade barriers and promote business-friendly policies as she called for an increase in commerce between America and Africa, which is rapidly … read more »

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Libyan woman who claimed rape leaves for US

June 5, 2011 by benim

BENGHAZI, Libya – A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday. Marwa al-Obeidi says her sister Iman was flown out of Benghazi early … read more »

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Rebels retreat from Libya oil port under attack

March 30, 2011 by benim

AJDABIYA, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday as they made new inroads in beating back a rebel advance toward the capital Tripoli. Western powers kept up the pressure to force Gadhafi out with new … read more »

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Barack Obama on the Egypt protests – video

January 29, 2011 by benim

US president says he told Hosni Mubarak to take ‘concrete steps’ – without violence – to advance the rights of the Egyptian public. – Guardian

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Hosni Mubarak addresses Egyptian public – video

January 29, 2011 by benim

President Hosni Mubarak tells the Egyptian people that he has asked his cabinet to resign and that a new government will be formed. – Guardian

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‘The fall of Mubarak regime’ – Protesters chanted on Cairo Street

January 28, 2011 by benim

Cairo – “The people want the fall of the regime,” thousands of angry Egyptians chanted on Friday as they flooded out of mosques and into Cairo’s streets to join mass protests hounded by riot police in black. The end of … read more »

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Clinton expresses ‘deep concerned’ about use of violence – Video

January 28, 2011 by benim

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, also said the stability of Egypt was “extremely important but not at the price of freedom of expression.” Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, struck a more cautious note, saying “all concerned people or leaders … read more »

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WikiLeaks website blocked behind Chinese firewall

December 1, 2010 by benim

BEIJING – China, one of the biggest Internet policers, took no chances with the latest online sensation and blocked the WikiLeaks website Wednesday amid potentially embarrassing claims made in leaked U.S. diplomatic memos posted there. Attempts to access wikileaks.org and … read more »

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