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  • Somalia chaos making East Africa a crime, drug hub 9 Dec 2009 03:34 GMT
    ... UNITED NATIONS — Chaos in lawless Somalia is ... lawless Somalia is helping to transform East Africa into a major crime hub, with widespread ... over aid that could wind up supplying Islamist rebels determined to seize power. Some 30 ...

  • Islam Channel gets new Vectorbox 9 Dec 2009 02:52 GMT
    ... Islam Channel has installed two Vector-box 8000 HD ... to studios in South, West, and East Africa. “Our broadcast facilities will support up to ...

  • Gays facing death penalty as Africa hit by homophobia 9 Dec 2009 01:53 GMT
    ... is part of a continent-wide backlash, because Africa's gay community is becom ADVERTISEMENT ing more ... a visit by leaders of US conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ... also get seven years, and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails ...

  • Ugandans debate possible death penalty for gays 9 Dec 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... is part of a continentwide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. "It's ... a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ... could get seven years and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails ...

  • Sudan rejects war crimes warrant for leader 9 Dec 2009 04:40 GMT
    ... -- Sudan will never comply with a warrant from ... ambassador to the United Nations told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. "That would never happen," ... is one of the best leaders in Africa. "He put an end to the longest ...

  • Sudan rejects warrant for president 9 Dec 2009 05:17 GMT
    ... -- Sudan will never comply with a warrant from ... ambassador to the United Nations told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. "That would never happen," ... is one of the best leaders in Africa. "He put an end to the longest ...

  • Uganda debates death penalty proposal for gays 9 Dec 2009 05:56 GMT
    ... Kampala: Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty ... part of a continent wide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. "It's ... a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ...

  • Jordon - Farm investment in Africa 9 Dec 2009 01:11 GMT
    ... The government is considering a proposal by a regional ... participate in a project to invest in Sudanese agricultural land, a senior government official said ... the project in 2003, funded by the Islamic Bank in Jeddah. Citing the findings of ...

  • POLITICS IN BRIEF 9/12 9 Dec 2009 05:21 GMT
    ... on the Darfur situation and UN and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on the ... National Congress. Vietnam, Myanmar boost cooperation in religious affairs A Vietnam-Myanmar cooperative agreement on State ... religious affairs. The Vietnamese official said that Buddhism has been strongly developed in Vietnam, far ...

  • Somalia chaos making E.Africa a crime, drug hub - U.N. 9 Dec 2009 01:32 GMT
    ... Somalia chaos making E.Africa a crime, drug hub - U.N. UNITED ... over aid that could wind up supplying Islamist rebels determined to seize power. Some 30 ...

  • Death penalty for homosexuals? 9 Dec 2009 00:15 GMT
    ... is part of a continent-wide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. "It's ... a visit by leaders of US conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ... could get seven years and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails ...

  • Death penalty for gays? 9 Dec 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... is part of a continent-wide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. 'Anyone ... a visit by leaders of US conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ... could get seven years and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails ...

  • Who are Somalia's al Shabaab rebels? 9 Dec 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least ... largely been paralyzed by infighting and the Islamist-led insurgency. Fighting has killed more than 19,000 ... many Somalis, who are traditionally more moderate Muslims. Some residents give the insurgents credit for ...

  • Factbox: Conflict in Somalia 9 Dec 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a graduation ... Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's Western-backed government is battling Islamist insurgents including the hard-line al Shabaab group, ... off the coast. -- The government and African Union have pleaded with the United Nations ...

  • Obama's Afghan Pickle 9 Dec 2009 01:57 GMT
    ... Barack Obama's outsized ambitions and his progressive politics ... consolidating a coalition of lakefront liberals and African Americans." Crowley quoted Obama's 2002-era campaign manager, ... Rice, or Rumsfeld -- just two then-obscure Jewish advisers within the Defense Department. What their ...

  • Some U.S. Christians Push Back Against Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill 8 Dec 2009 15:53 GMT
    ... Leaders of what might be called the "Christian left" in the United States have denounced ... are Christian, and about 12 percent are Muslim. Roman Catholics account for about 42 percent ... Wake Forest University Divinity School's Center for Religion and Public Affairs and an adviser to ...

  • Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality? 8 Dec 2009 11:54 GMT
    ... they will pass the bill before year's end. It has the blessing of many religious leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- in a country where a July poll found 95 percent opposed to legalizing ...

  • Why Uganda attacks homosexuality 8 Dec 2009 12:36 GMT
    ... they will pass the bill before year's end. It has the blessing of many religious leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- in a country where a July poll found 95 percent opposed to legalizing ...

  • Why is Uganda attacking gays? 8 Dec 2009 14:42 GMT
    ... they will pass the bill before year's end. It has the blessing of many religious leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- in a country where a July poll found 95 percent opposed to legalizing ...

  • •Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality? 8 Dec 2009 15:15 GMT
    ... they will pass the bill before year's end. It has the blessing of many religious leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- in a country where a July poll found 95 percent opposed to legalizing ...

  • What fate of Uganda's troops in Somalia reveals about our politics 8 Dec 2009 22:57 GMT
    ... What fate of Uganda’s troops in Somalia reveals about ... another deadly attack, this time on the African Union peacekeepers, where several members of the ... East African security. Right now, the radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab that controls most of Somalia ...

  • India builds on Sudanese oil interests 8 Dec 2009 23:10 GMT
    ... Published: December 8 2009 22:52 | Last updated: ... having invested more than $2.5bn in the African state’s oil over the past six years. ... the Arab-led north and rebels in the Christian and animist south. More recently, President Omar ...

  • Unaids Partners With Religious Groups to Achieve Universal Access 8 Dec 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... and 70 percent of all healthcare in Africa. UNAIDS new strategy aims to strengthen the ... care, and to help them raise funds. Religious groups have often found themselves in conflict ... HIV/AIDS in East Africa for the NGO, Christian Aid, FBOs have a particularly strong role ...

  • Africa's Sahel rebels use drug trade to fund operations: UN 8 Dec 2009 20:07 GMT
    ... UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – A top UN official ... Tuesday about "terrorists and anti-government forces" in Africa's Sahel belt increasingly using revenues from Antonio ... forces are under pressure from attacks by Islamist militants who claim to belong to The ...

  • Death penalty for gays? Uganda debates proposal 8 Dec 2009 18:16 GMT
    ... is part of a continentwide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. David ... a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to ... could get seven years and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails ...


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