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Moises Saman's Photographs of the Egyptian Revolution
The Cairo-based photographer Moises Saman has been covering the Arab Spring and its repercussions since the revolution’s inception. “The past two years in Egyptian politics have been like a turbulent soap opera, playing out on the streets of Cairo for all the world to see,” he told me.
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Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak
Former president and ex-interior minister to face new trial for complicity in killing of protesters in 2011 uprising.
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Boomtown slum
A day in the economic life of Africa’s biggest shanty-town.
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Nigeria's Illegal Oil Refineries
Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye recently gained rare access to an illegal oil refinery near the river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa. There, he was able to document the secret and dangerous practice of oil bunkering, where locals hack into oil pipelines, steal the crude oil, and refine or sell it abroad.
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This Tech Entrepreneur Is About to Launch the Blackwater of the High Seas
Beware, pirates of Africa. You may have outlasted years of patrols from the world's navies. But now you'll have to contend with a dapper British investor who is seeking to privatize the fight against seafaring brigands.
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Here's Video of Crocodiles Being Handcuffed in South Africa
With as many as 10,000 on the loose after a massive flood, authorities and crocodile farmers on the hunt, with locals wrestling crocs to the ground and essentially handcuffing them.
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Egyptian official warns of state's collapse as protesters defy curfew order
The political turmoil dividing Egypt threatens the future of the nation, the defense minister said, as the instability persists in the Arab world's most populous country.
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Zimbabwe only has $217 in the bank
Zimbabwe finance minister Tendai Biti says in this AFP report detailing the country's perilous fiscal situation: "Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 (left) in government coffers," Biti told journalists in the capital Harare, claiming some of them had healthier bank balances than the state.
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Protesters attack presidential palace in Cairo
A fire erupted at the entrance of Egypt's presidential palace Friday night as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks in a battle with security forces, who responded with tear gas and water cannon.
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Nearly 150,000 displaced by Mozambique floods
Aid agencies struggle to help communities inundated for almost a week, as death toll rises to 80.
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To mark two years since Mubarak, Egypt protests anew
Egyptians have marched for change to mark two years since Hosni Mubarak's ouster. The authoritarian president fell in an 18-day popular revolt; now the country remains restless under new President Mohamed Morsi.
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Oscar Pistorius (Blade Runner) shoots girlfriend to death
Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend after mistaking her for a burglar, police say.
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Bloodied cricket bat found in Oscar's home
The latest development into the investigation surrounding the shooting death of model Reeva Steenkamp has centred on a bloodied cricket bat found in the home of her boyfriend and alleged attacker, Oscar Pistorius.
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Egypt imports 140,000 teargas canisters from US
In January, the Interior Ministry ordered the import of 140,000 teargas canisters from the United States at a cost of LE17 million. Letters between Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry officials revealed that the order was made to address the country’s shortage of teargas after months of violent clashes between police and protesters.
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South Africa's Pistorius goes free on $113,000 bail
A South African court granted bail on Friday to Oscar Pistorius, charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, after his lawyers successfully argued the "Blade Runner" was too famous to flee justice.
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African leaders sign deal aimed at peace in eastern Congo
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders signed a U.N.-mediated deal on Sunday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and paving the way for the deployment...
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Rats: Scratch and sniff landmine detection
Meet the giant Africa rats with a remarkable skill, which allows them to safely clear large areas filled with deadly landmines.
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18 tourists die in hot air balloon explosion in Egypt
The view from above southern Egypt is stunning, a contrast of beige desert valley giving way to green farmland. Tourists fill large baskets under hot air balloons to soak in the sight. Tuesday morning, as one of the balloons prepared to land, an explosion pierced the air, followed by a spreading billow of smoke.
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Boy scares off lions with flashy invention
A 13-year-old Maasai boy in Kenya has invented an ingenious system to scare off the lions that were killing his family's livestock.
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Man 'dragged by SA police van' dies
South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was allegedly handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged through the streets.
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