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Wednesday, May 16, 2012Notes from Tunis: Discovering its Identity Post-Revolutionby Richard Dowden, Director, the Royal African SocietyOriginally posted on the site of the Royal African Society, director Richard Dowden writes from Tunisia on that country's development after its energized revolution last year.
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Category: Current Events
Wednesday, May 16, 2012Background on Nigeria: How Health Achievements Can Help the Global Black Populationby Kari HillEach year, about 4,000 black Americans die of blood cancers, and exponentially more die worldwide. The new bone marrow registry and future cord-blood bank in Nigeria will benefit these affected black Americans, the millions of Nigerians that have blood cancers, and more.
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Category: Current Events
Tuesday, May 15, 2012Sierra Leone 2012: An Alternative Perspective on War and Child Soldiers in Africaby Jake R. Bright, Whitehead Fellow, Foreign Policy AssociationThe Kony 2012 blitz followed by Charles Taylor’s recent war crimes conviction in the Hague brought me back to time spent in Sierra Leone. Not to build my own dated tale of warlords and child soldiers, but these news items reminded me of the importance of responsible reporting on Africa and remarkable stories of the continent’s audacity in moving forward.
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Category: Current Events
Monday, May 14, 2012Seun Adebiyi, a Nigerian Helping Cancer Patients Find Blood-Marrow Donorsby Kari HillOn February 24, in Nigeria, the second national bone marrow registry in Africa was released, in part due to the efforts of Seun Adebiyi, a Nigerian-born graduate of Yale Law School. As a carrier of stem cell leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma, both of which are lethal blood cancers, Adebiyi struggled to find a bone marrow donor to match his blood type
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Category: Current Events
Monday, May 14, 2012Slow Down for a Local Travel Experience of Cape Town, South Africaby Mark Stodel, The Travel WordAs a native of Cape Town and an avid world traveller, I’ve had the chance to compare the Mother City—as she is affectionately known for being the oldest city in South Africa—with many other cities. She is a hard act to follow!
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Category: Travel
Friday, May 11, 2012World Economic Forum on Africa: Day Threeby Africa.com Editorial Staff Africa.com is proud to share videos from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa this week from ABN Digital! Friday's coverage includes interviews with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Diana Layfield, and more.
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Category: Business & Finance
Friday, May 11, 2012The TAN Conference: Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19—San Jose, CAby Paschal Iwuh, TAN ConferenceTANCon 2012 is the world's only conference to focus on Africa's technological and entrepreneurial potential, and will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 18th and 19th, 2012, at the Hilton Hotel, San Jose, California.
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Category: Events
Thursday, May 10, 2012World Economic Forum on Africa: Day Twoby Africa.com Editorial Staff Africa.com is proud to share videos from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa this week from ABN Digital! Thursday's coverage includes interviews with Clifford Sacks, Kanayo Nwanze, and more.
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Category: Business & Finance
Thursday, May 10, 2012Xhosa: Embracing Love Through A South African Languageby Ashley Michelle Williams, News Associate, NBCNo matter where you are in the world, sometimes it seems that all you need is love. That is, the love of other people. Indeed, I found this type of love from the overflowing diversity of people who I met when I traveled to South Africa.
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Category: Commentary
Wednesday, May 09, 2012World Economic Forum on Africa: Coverage by Africa.com and ABN Digitalby Africa.com Editorial Staff Africa.com is proud to share videos from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa this week from ABN Digital! Check out the videos, along with links to news coverage about today's forum proceedings.
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Category: Business & Finance

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