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An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.
(photo: AP / George Osodi)
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
The New York Times
| NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the continent’s riches draw a new cast of prospectors and predators, but the question is the same: who b...
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(photo: Public Domain / U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)
Former Africa minister Malloch-Brown advises oil firm on African expansion
The Guardian
| • Vitol post concerns MPs tracking jobs close to ministerial roles | • Firm talking to Shell about oil assets in 19 Africa countries Lord Malloch Brown pictured in 2005 at a UN oil-for-food programme meeting in New York. Photograph: Jeff Zelevansky/REUTERS | Just 12 months after resigning from...
Shanaze Reade wins third BMX World Championship title with victory in South Africa
The Daily Mail
| Hat-trick: Shanaze Reade | Great Britain's Shanaze Reade continued her unbeaten run in the World BMX Championships in South Africa. | The 21-year old claimed the title for the third time in four years - having missed last year's event through injur...
Organized Crime Increasingly Linked in Africa
Scoop
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:07 pm | Press Release: United Nations | UN Official Warns Terrorism And Organized Crime Increasingly Linked in Africa | New York, Jul 30 2010 6:10PM Terrorism in Africa is increasingly linked to organized crime, and the cont...
Horn of Africa Once Again Polio-Free
Scoop
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:45 pm | Press Release: United Nations | Horn of Africa Once Again Polio-Free, Say UNICEF And Partners | New York, Jul 30 2010 10:10AM The Horn of Africa is once again free of polio, with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda ha...
South Africa: Students Are Fined for Racist Video of Black Workers
The New York Times
| A South African court ordered four white former students on Friday to pay a fine of $2,720 each for a video they made humiliating black university employees. The case has prompted bitter protests that racism remains entrenched in South Africa more ...
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South Africa's President Launches Shantytown Plan
The New York Times
| Filed at 10:50 a.m. ET | PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's president says the government will launch an ambitious plan to build 400,000 homes for people living in sha...
Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu talk during a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu announced Thursday he is retiring from public life later this year when he turns 79, saying "the time has come to slow down" and spend more time with his family. The former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town said after his birthday on Oct. 7 he will limit his time in the office to one day per week until February 2011.
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South Africa's Tutu to retire from public life
The Guardian
| CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu announced Thursday he is retiring from public life later this year when he turns 79, saying "the time has now c...
Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of South Africa gestures during the session 'Believing in the Dignity of All' at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos,
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South Africa's Tutu to retire from public life
Wtop
| CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu announced Thursday he is retiring from public life later this year when he turns 79, saying "the time has now com...
Will South Africa nationalise its mines?
The Guardian
Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League leader, has talked of nationalising South Africa's mines and speeding up land reform. Photograph: Peter Andrews/Reuters | Sixteen years after the end of apartheid, a white minority comprising approximately 10% of t...
Black Africa Unveil New Stars Louw and Wermann
All Africa
PREMIER league club Black Africa officially presented midfielders Bradley Wermann and Rudi Louw as their new signings for the 2010/11 season at the club's offices yesterday. | ...
S.Africa court fines ex-students for racial abuse
The Star
| JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court fined four white men 20,000 rand ($2,722) each on Friday after they pleaded guilty to humiliating black university workers in a racist video shot three years ago, domestic media reported. | The men, fo...
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Vessels assisting in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead are seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana Friday, July 16, 2010.
(photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
BP Sells $7 Billion in Assets to Apache
The New York Times
| The troubled oil giant BP announced Tuesday that it had agreed to sell $7 billion of onshore oil and gas assets in Texas, New Mexico, western Canada and Egypt to the Apache Corporation. Add to Portfolio | BP Plc Apache Corporation | Go to your Portfolio » | The move goes a long way toward raising the $20 billion that BP pledged to put in esc...
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 Kids' rights trump right to watch porn: Jasa
Independent online
| Constitutional Court precedents point to a likely ruling that the rights of children trump the peripheral rights to watch pornography, constitutional lawyer John Smyth QC said on Tuesday. | Smyth - the director of the Justice Alliance of SA (Jasa) - is responsible for a draft bill on blocking Internet porn requested by Deputy Home Affairs Ministe...



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