Mali
Timbuktu: Historic manuscripts may be safe
afrol News, 29 January - Reports from the historic town of Timbuktu after the French-Malian re-capture are contradicting. Some claim most of the town's unique historic manuscripts may be lost for ever, while others claim most is in safe hands.
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Africa prepares for carnival season
afrol News, 1 March - Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.
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Mali
Timbuktu ancient document centre opening
afrol News, 27 May - Mali's famous old city of Timbuktu this weekend will see the opening of a new building housing and restoring a collection of an estimated 700,000 ancient manuscripts, recognised as one of Africa's principal cultural heritages.
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Tanzania
"African Queen" to Tanzania or Germany?
afrol News, 20 April - The mythical "Liemba" ferry on Lake Tanganyika, operational since 1913 and made world famous by the film "African Queen", desperately needs an overhaul as she is no longer fit for passenger freight. Ancient colonial power Germany considers repairing the "Liemba", while others favour transporting her back to Germany.
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Uganda
Uganda tombs to be reconstructed
afrol News, 13 April - An expert group has concluded that it is "feasible" to reconstruct the Tombs of Buganda Kings, Uganda's only World Heritage List site, lost to fire last month. The Ugandan government has secured UNESCO assistance for the works.
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Mozambique
Movie industry discovering Mozambique
afrol News, 13 April - The movie industry seems to have discovered the potential of Mozambique. 'Margarida' and 'A república di mininus' are the two new feature movies that have just started their filming in Mozambique these days. Both are coproductions between Mozambique, Portugal and France.
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Somalia
Music again banned in Mogadishu
afrol News, 9 April - The Somali insurgent group, Hisbul Islam, this week imposed oppressive edicts on the radio stations in Mogadishu, especially those based in the areas under their control. Music has again been banned.
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South Africa
Racist song "part of South Africa's heritage"
afrol News, 29 March - Singing of the song "Kill the Boer; Kill the farmer" in public by ruling ANC officials in South Africa has caused a public debate. While a court holds the song incites racist violence, the ruling party and trade union say it is "part of South Africa's heritage."
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Ghana
Witchcraft meets modern medicine in Ghana
afrol News, 24 March - More than one third of Ghana's population believe that AIDS is caused by witchcraft. But large-scale intervention programmes for improving health standards aree starting to convince people to trust medical explanations of the disease, researchers find.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia dam to "devastate entire tribes"
afrol News, 23 March - A campaign has been launched to stop the building of a massive hydroelectric dam project on Ethiopia's Omo River. A human rights group says the dam will entirely uproot and destroy eight threatened cultures, most of which only live in the flooded area. 200,000 people are affected.
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» 19.02.2010 - Southern Africa youth exchange programme launched in Maputo
» 08.02.2010 - Botswana youth get World Bank funding
» 22.12.2009 - First female wins Liberia's youth leadership award
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» 09.10.2009 - African music awards to boost war against AIDS
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