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» 09.07.2008 - Ethiopia "surprised" by fascist monuments in Italy
» 19.06.2008 - Reconstruction of Madagascar royal palace progressing
» 04.06.2008 - New pyramid discovered in Egypt
» 30.05.2008 - Pharaonic army HQ found in Sinai
» 25.10.2007 - Kenya leader shuns violence
» 17.07.2007 - DNA tests seem to identify Egyptian queen
» 27.06.2007 - Gold processing centre found in ancient Kush (Sudan)
» 04.06.2007 - Ancient Egyptian tomb discovered
» 16.02.2007 - No controversy to stop Ghana's 50th anniversary
» 18.01.2007 - South African museum displays Saddam's medals
» 15.01.2007 - Ethiopia gears up for millennium party
» 11.12.2006 - Egypt's historic sites seriously threatened
» 01.12.2006 - World's oldest religion discovered in Botswana
» 27.10.2006 - South African airport named after anti-apartheid hero
» 13.09.2006 - Preparations for Timbuktu manuscript centre advance
» 12.09.2006 - Mauritania's Prussian past revealed: A desert pharmacy
» 07.06.2006 - US declassifies documents on freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral
» 12.04.2006 - Medieval trans-Sahara mineral trade mapped
» 07.04.2006 - Secrets of Judas, Jesus kept in Egypt for 1700 years
» 21.07.2005 - 186 year old court refurbished in Sierra Leone
» 26.04.2005 - Axum obelisk has returned to Ethiopia
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