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Science - Education | Technology Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched afrol News / SciDev.Net - An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this week. |
Politics | Technology How cyber-activism lent savvy to North African protests afrol News / Africa Renewal - The revolutions and protest movements in North and sub-Saharan Africa are by the people, but they could never have taken the form they took and keep on taking without social media and new technologies. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Africa defies AU chief's support for Ghaddafi afrol News - African Union (AU) chief and Equatorial Guinea dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema twice has called Colonel Ghaddafi to secure AU support. But other African countries rather support Libya's rebels. |
Politics | Human rights African Union praises Ghaddafi "reform offer" afrol News - The African Union (AU) has come out in support of Libya's Ghaddafi regime, opposing any military action against the regime and praising its "readiness" for "political reforms." |
Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights How African land deals override locals afrol News - A new study into current land lease and sale contracts in Africa shows how local land users are mostly not even consulted in the process. When consulted, they are often tricked. |
Human rights | Society | Politics Fleeing Africans tell tales of Libyan horror afrol News - As more sub-Saharan Africans manage to escape Libya, they tell stories about increasing racist attacks and desperation. Hundreds of thousands are still hiding out in Libya. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Africans hunted down in "liberated" Libya afrol News - As defected army units and civilians in "liberated" eastern Libya are eager to demonstrate unity, "African mercenaries" are increasingly singled out as the enemy. Africans are systematically hunted down. |
Economy - Development Shell pulls out of African downstream market afrol News - The major oil company Shell has sold its downstream businesses in 14 African countries for around US$ 1 billion. Shell products however still would be sold to Africa. |
Politics | Human rights African dreams of Egypt-like revolt afrol News - All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come true. |
Economy - Development | Politics SA to represent Africa at emerging markets afrol News/SANF - The recent invitation to South Africa to join the BRIC group of emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China is to "offer opportunities for Africa to strengthen ties with the group." |
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