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Obasanjo refutes energy graft

afrol News - Nigeria's former President has refuted allegations that his regime was responsible for huge grafts in the power generation industry.

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Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators

afrol News - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the oil-rich "Kuwait of Africa" has topped the Paris-based Reporters sans frontières (RSF) list of press predators in Africa.

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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)

Environment - Nature | Science - Education

The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem


afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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Garoua: Resident's residence (approx. 1909)

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Rise and Fall of the Adamawa Emirate

afrol News - The ancient Emirate of Adamawa was a part of the Sokoto Caliphate, the politically dominant empire of the Central Sudan in the 19th century. Adamawa was known as "The wild east" of the Caliphate, were Fulbe settlers occupied the vast highlands of Northern Cameroon and provided slaves for the empire from the neighboring areas.

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