http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:48:14 -0700 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:40:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Eternal-bliss-in-Ethiopia-Zenawis-inexcusable-ignorance?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Ethiopian and Russian Prime Ministers Meles Zenawi and Vladimir Putin (www.kremlin.ru) Echoing the Ethiopian government’s recent call for food aid, British diplomat, Paddy Ashdown, has requested the international community’s urgent ... African Leaders African Natural Resources African Trade and Investment Climate Change Ethiopia Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:40:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Eternal-bliss-in-Ethiopia-Zenawis-inexcusable-ignorance?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Bing-Tuan-and-bauxite-Chinas-notsopragmatic-if-predictable-partnership-with-Guinea?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner People gather at Conakry's main mosque to look forfamily and friends killed in a recent protest march(AP Photo/ Schalk van Zuydam) According to reports by Reuters and the BBC, China is in talks with Guinea over a $7bn oil and mining deal that, ... African Leaders African Natural Resources African Trade and Investment China Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:23:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Bing-Tuan-and-bauxite-Chinas-notsopragmatic-if-predictable-partnership-with-Guinea?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Nigerian-independence-Celebrating-myths-of-our-own?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, applauds Foreign Secretary David Miliband after his speech atthe Labour Party conference in Brighton, England.(AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis)Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua gave an uplifting speech ... African Leaders Nigeria African Trade and Investment Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:54:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Nigerian-independence-Celebrating-myths-of-our-own?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Climate-change-and-the-promised-land?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Palestinian activists at Israeli separation barrier in theWest Bank (AP Photo/ Bernat Armangue)The human rights advocate, Amnesty International, earlier this month reacted angrily to the killing of four migrants on the Egyptian-Israeli border. It cr... Sudan African Migration Climate Change Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:25:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Climate-change-and-the-promised-land?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Paying-tribute-to-the-powerful-Gordon-Browns-gift-to-Libya?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,right, and BritishDefense Secretary Bob Ainsworth at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.(AP Photo/ Shaun Curry, Pool)After the devolved Scottish judiciary recently chose to release Abdelba... African Leaders Terrorism Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:22:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Paying-tribute-to-the-powerful-Gordon-Browns-gift-to-Libya?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Dont-leave-Dadis-A-little-West-African-nation-clings-to-legitimacy?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is saluted bya young cadet at an Armed Forces Day parade this month.Zimbabwe, like Guinea, has had to confront its illegitimacy.(AP Photo) Last week came the first suggestion that Guinea’s interim presid... African Leaders African Natural Resources African Trade and Investment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:01:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Dont-leave-Dadis-A-little-West-African-nation-clings-to-legitimacy?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Writing-a-wrong-What-the-referendum-in-Sudan-will-not-accomplish?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Christiaan Kroner, secretary general of the internationalarbitration panel, and Pierre-Marie Dupuy, chairman of the panel, before the ruling at the Hague (AP Photo/ Ermindo Armino) South Sudan, the semi-autonomous region of Sudan, Africa’... Sudan Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:47:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Writing-a-wrong-What-the-referendum-in-Sudan-will-not-accomplish?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Taking-the-Credit-African-leaders-to-benefit-from-improved-IMF-relations?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was a recent guest of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing street, London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Rwanda’s central bank has taken a page out of the International Monetary Fund’s book by d... African Leaders African Trade and Investment Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:55:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Taking-the-Credit-African-leaders-to-benefit-from-improved-IMF-relations?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Running-it-into-the-ground-The-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-and-corporate-governance?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner  More than a symbolic visit? U.S. President  Barack Obama and Ghana President John Atta Mills in Accra. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)   Global Witness, a human rights activist, has seen enough to recommend that sanc... African Leaders African Natural Resources African Trade and Investment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:02:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Running-it-into-the-ground-The-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-and-corporate-governance?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Taylormade-truth-What-is-justice-when-limbs-have-been-lost?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Charles Taylor takes notes at his trial in the Hague.(AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool) Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, this week finally took to the stand, intent on deflecting the numerous charges brought against him by the UN-bac... African Leaders Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:43:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Taylormade-truth-What-is-justice-when-limbs-have-been-lost?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d13-G8-to-answer-Africas-prayers?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner President Obama meeting Pope Benedict XVI aftera satisfying conclusion to the G8 summit.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)  The World Food Program, a United Nations aid organization, last week reported from the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy. It ... African Natural Resources Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:34:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d13-G8-to-answer-Africas-prayers?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Power-sharing-and-progress-Does-Mugabe-take-us-for-fools?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (AP Photo/ Tsvangiravi Mukwazhi) Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe met with the main U.S. envoy to Africa, Johnnie Carson, during the recently concluded AU summit in Libya. The... African Leaders Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:29:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Power-sharing-and-progress-Does-Mugabe-take-us-for-fools?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Obamas-Africa-Revisiting-a-nightmare-rewriting-a-dream?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner President Obama in the West Wing of the White House(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) They’re sending in the president: After a meeting of the G8 in Italy, this week, Barack Obama will make his first trip to Africa as president of the United ... African Trade and Investment Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:33:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Obamas-Africa-Revisiting-a-nightmare-rewriting-a-dream?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d4-King-of-Kingsoh-Lord-of-Lords-Gadhafi-drives-home-his-point-again?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Gadhafi, 'king of kings,' at the AU summit in Sirte, Libya(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)  The 13th African Union (AU) summit is currently underway in Libya, home nation of its incumbent chairperson, Col. Muammar Gadhafi. Officially, the theme is&nbsp... African Leaders Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:43:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d4-King-of-Kingsoh-Lord-of-Lords-Gadhafi-drives-home-his-point-again?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Payout-or-payoff-Royal-Dutch-Shells-settlement-and-Nigerias-wink-of-approval?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Nigerians try raising awareness(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) In an unprecedented move, the multinational oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, last month offered to pay $15.5 million to the families of nine anti-oil campaigners executed by the Nigerian... African Natural Resources Nigeria Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:32:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Payout-or-payoff-Royal-Dutch-Shells-settlement-and-Nigerias-wink-of-approval?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d30-I-beg-your-pardon-but-an-offer-of-amnesty-might-be-the-only-way-forward?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner U.S. Navy training off the East African coast(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)  As the Somali transitional government struggles to maintain its authority in a country effectively ruled by insurgents, it’s difficult to see where the impetus for a ... Somalia Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:49:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d30-I-beg-your-pardon-but-an-offer-of-amnesty-might-be-the-only-way-forward?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Whose-diabolically-brilliant-idea-was-it-to-give-Russia-access-to-Nigerias-gas-reserves?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua and Russianpresident Dmitry Medvedev at welcoming ceremony,Abuja (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) Pawns don’t usually win a game of chess, as Russian strategists well kn... African Natural Resources Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:10:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Whose-diabolically-brilliant-idea-was-it-to-give-Russia-access-to-Nigerias-gas-reserves?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Conflictfree-diamond-mining-and-other-oxymora?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner British Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomes his Zimbabwean counterpart Morgan Tsvangiraito 10 Downing Street, London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (Windhoek, Namibia) A summit of the Kimberley Process (KP), a government, commercial, and civil society... African Natural Resources Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:02:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Conflictfree-diamond-mining-and-other-oxymora?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Its-only-soccer-but-should-Africans-be-banned-from-blowing-their-own-trumpets?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner South African fans blowing their horns (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) As the Confederations Cup, currently underway in South Africa, takes the expected twists and turns of an international soccer tournament, we’re reminded that next year, for th... South Africa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:17:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Its-only-soccer-but-should-Africans-be-banned-from-blowing-their-own-trumpets?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d22-African-leaders-desperate-for-Madagascar-solution?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner French president Nicolas Sarkozy and former Frenchpresident Jacques Chirac at recent funeral of Africa'slongest serving ruler, President Omar Bongo of Gabon(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)  The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an emer... African Leaders Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:49:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14656-Africa-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d22-African-leaders-desperate-for-Madagascar-solution?cid=exrss-Africa-Headlines-Examiner