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		<title>Africa:  Green Energy Revolution Will Confound Sceptics (opinion)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a global community we have to address two major issues: demographics and climate change. With respect to the former, the global population is expected to grow from seven to nine billion by 2050, while Africa&#8217;s population is expected to double during the same time period from almost one billion to 2.1 billion. This means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senegal: Wade in tight race for presidency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unconfirmed results from Senegal&#8217;s controversial presidential election indicate a tight race between incumbent Abdoulaye Wade and former Prime Minister Macky Sall. Early unofficial results showed Wade with about 24% of the vote ahead of nearest rival Sall on 21%. If no candidate wins an outright majority there will be a run-off. Wade&#8217;s decision to stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 killed in mini-bus crash in Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others injured in a tragic road accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in Kenya late Sunday, authorities said Monday. Area divisional police commander Joshua Opiyo said the accident took place near Limuru town and a mini-bus (matatu) veered off the road and plunged into a ditch at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mali: Women Engineers Promote Low-Carbon Cooking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engineer Anna Dembele&#8217;s smile broadens as she shows off the low-carbon cooking kits she makes. The association she belongs to now plans to promote use of the equipment across Mali, helping people cope with inflation and tackling deforestation in the bargain. A 2010 report from Mali&#8217;s agriculture ministry said that more than 500,000 hectares of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Leone:  Nation Drafts a Development Plan for the Next 50 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago when Sierra Leone gained independence after 150 years of colonial rule, with it came a feeling of optimism that along with a newfound control of its governance, the country would profit from its ample endowment of natural resources, like timber, fish, minerals and oil. Instead, in the last 50 years, the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burundian president appoints new ministers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced the replacement of two of his ministers Wednesday. Issa Ngendakumana replaces Jean Baptiste Gahimbareas as Good Governance and Privatization Minister and Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza replaces Clotilde Nizigama as Finance and Economic Development Minister. Ngendakumana was a lawmaker at the East African Legislative Assembly, the legislative arm of the East African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold snap paralyzes north western Tunisian town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cold snap coupled with heavy snowfalls have paralyzed the town of El Kef in north Western Tunisia, forcing the closure of schools and a number of public and private buildings and the road between Jendouba and El Kef. With snow as high as one meter in some areas, snow clearing operations were proving both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi vendors chase out Chinese</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vendors in Kalonga, the Northern district of Malawi, on Wednesday petitioned the District Commissioner to flash out all Chinese nationals who are doing their businesses in the district. The petition, signed by over 33 representatives of the vendors, says the Chinese investors have gone over bound taking over small-scale business which the natives can ably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1,500 Malians flee Tuareg conflict to Burkina Faso</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,500 Malians fleeing a Tuareg rebellion in the north and reprisal attacks in Bamako have found refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a security official said Monday. &#8220;We have more than 1,500 Malians who have found refuge inside our borders,&#8221; the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. &#8220;There are those who are fleeing the fighting in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa not to nationalize mines: minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A senior South African government official said on Tuesday that nationalizing mines was not a viable option for the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The government will adopt a policy position that is in South Africa&#8217;s best interests, Susan Shabangu, minister of mineral resources, told delegates attending an international mining conference. &#8220;We have consistently maintained [...]]]></description>
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