Egypt
Cooperation | Development | Development | Diseases | History | History | Humanistic sciences | People | Policy | Science
Heart disease discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies
afrol News, 18 November - A cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and his research team from Cairo, Milwaukee, and Mission Viejo, Calif., have detected the hardening of the arteries in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, indicating that heart disease is not just a condition found in modern humans. Read more
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Liberia
Affairs | Children | Children | Development | Entertainment | Music | Policy | Socio-economic | War & Peace
Young Liberians to audition for top music award
afrol News, 7 October - Young people across Liberia will get their shot at fame as national auditions get under way for a televised music contest in the West African country, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced today as it helped launched the event. Read more
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World | Zambia
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Zambian artist competing for $83,000 in Norway
afrol News, 9 September - A Zambian artist, Anawana Haloba of Livingstone, along with three other young artists - the Norwegians Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, and Lars Laumann - have been nominated for the StatoilHydro art award 2009. The US$ 83,000 prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway in December. Read more
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South Africa | World
Affairs | Development | Entertainment | Events | People | Trade
SA designer to show at New York fashion week
afrol News, 4 September - A young South African designer, David Tlale, will be showing his latest collection at the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week taking place in Bryant Park, New York on 11 September 2009. His show will form part of the Promise of Africa Collective Show, together with designers Tiffany Amber, Jewel by Lisa and Eric Raisina. Read more
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Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Events | Events | People | Policy | Trade
Tanzanian artists join in the theme art work for Europe week
afrol News, 11 May - A group of eight Tanzanian artists working together with six European artists will create and present a joint contemporary visual artworks using cheap local materials as part of activities to celebrate the European Week for 2009 which is the Europe Year of Innovation and Creativity. Read more
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Affairs | Cinema | Development | Entertainment | Events | Events | Industry | People | Trade
Nigerian filmmakers making a global mark
afrol News, 6 May - The Nigerian film industry has overtaken Hollywood and closed the gap on India, the global leader in the number of movies produced each year, according to a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released yesterday. Read more
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Egypt
Corruption | Crime | History | History | Law | People | Policy | Trade
Egypt demands Pharoanic coffin back
afrol News, 23 March - Egyptian authorities are expected to make an official request to the United States government demanding the return of the Pharoanic wooden coffin which was allegedly smuggled out of the country over a century ago, the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt said in a statement. Read more
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Egypt
Events | History | History | People
Ancient gold found in Egyptian tomb
afrol News, 10 March - The Egyptian government has announced that Spanish archaeologists have found ancient golden jewelry in a pharaonic-era tomb that belonged to a senior official under Egypt's most powerful queen who ruled the country some 3,500 years ago. Read more
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Egypt
History | History | People | Tourism
Egypt finds 30 mummies
afrol News, 9 February - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 mummies in the ancient burial complex of Saqqara outside Cairo from the tomb dating back to 4,300 year-old, Ministry of Culture said in a statement today. Read more
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Ethiopia
History | Humanistic sciences | Natural sciences
1.3 million year old human fossil found in Ethiopia
afrol News, 14 November - Archaeologists have found what they term "an important new fossil of a Homo erectus female pelvis from approximately 1.3 million years ago" in Ethiopia. The fossil is expected to "reveal important new information about human evolution," researchers say.
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Cameroon
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Music | People | Policy
Cameroonian songbird jailed for rioting
afrol News, 10 October - Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) has condemned three-year prison sentence and excessive fine imposed on well-known Cameroonian singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga (real name Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo) who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly being part of anti-government demonstrations. Read more
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