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Djibouti
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Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty

afrol News - Djiboutian authorities have been asked to conquer poverty and ignorance if they want their country to "win the struggle against the age-old Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C).

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Morocco
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights | Travel - Leisure

Morocco urged to investigate migrant deaths

afrol News - Moroccan authorities have been urged to "immediately investigate" allegations that its naval forces sank a boat in the Mediterranean resulting to the drowing of at least 28 migrants.

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Ghana
Politics | Human rights | Society

"Prisoners to vote in Ghana"

afrol News - Ghana will allow prisoners to exercise their franchise in the upcoming general elections if the law courts have ordered the national electoral commission to do so.

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Tanzania
Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Society

Tata withdraws Natron report

afrol News - Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) has finally withdrawn the much discredited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the proposed Lake Natron soda ash plant in Tanzania.

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Nigeria
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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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Sudan
Politics | Society | Human rights

Sudan opposition leader freed

afrol News - Sudanese Islamist opposition leader of Popular Congress Party has been released after he was arrested and interrogated for some hours about his connection with a rebel group that attacked the capital Khartoum.

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Czechs and Angolans formalise aid agreements in 2001
Africa | World
Economy - Development | Politics

Eastern Europe starts repaying Africa

afrol News - The fall of the Iron Curtain cost Africa much in terms of reduced investments and development aid, which in the 1990s was redirected to Eastern Europe. But now, following EU demands and increased wealth, country after country in the region is setting up development cooperation agencies focusing on Africa, with booming budgets.

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Protected reef coast in Seychelles: "Stay in Europe to protect the climate"
Africa
Environment - Nature | Agriculture - Nutrition | Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Africa to pay for Europe's "green policies"

afrol News - In efforts to make quick and symbolic gains in Europe's otherwise failed policies to curb climate gas emissions, environmental and anti-globalisation politicians are aiming at Africa's few economic success stories. Campaigns to buy locally produced food and travel to local destinations particularly hit out against African products.

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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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