01/09/2009
West African nations meet amid split over Guinea (AFP via Yahoo! News)
West African foreign ministers were set to gather here Friday for the first part of a meeting that could formally suspend Guinea from the ECOWAS group following the recent coup there.
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01/09/2009
S. African House Prices Rose 3.8% in 2008, Slowest in 12 Years (Bloomberg)
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African house prices rose 3.8 percent in 2008, the slowest pace in 12 years, as interest rates near a five-year high hurt consumers, said Absa Group Ltd.
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01/08/2009
Pope calls on African leaders to end conflict, injustice (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pope Benedict XVI called on African leaders Thursday to end conflict and injustice on the continent, ahead of a trip to Cameroon and Angola in March.
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01/09/2009
African oil faces challenges in 2009 (UPI)
By CARMEN GENTILE UPI Energy Correpodent African oil producers like Angola are hoping to attract even more foreign investment in 2009, while foreign oil companies operating in Nigeria continue to experience the ill effects of violence at the hands of armed militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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01/09/2009
West African Nations Meet Amid Split Over Guinea (Nasdaq)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)--West African foreign ministers were set to gather in Nigeria on Friday for the first part of a meeting that could formally suspend Guinea from the Ecowas group following the recent coup there.
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01/08/2009
China starts buying South African arms (UPI)
By ANDREI CHANG HONG KONG, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- China has had a number of dealings with South African weapons manufacturers over the past decade, most of which have not resulted in actual weapons purchases. However, several recent Chinese-made military technologies bear suspicious resemblances to their South African counterparts.
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01/09/2009
S African appeal court to rule in Zuma case (norsorpor.com)
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The South African Supreme Court of Appeal will hand down judgement in Zuma case that witnesses a face-off between the corruption-tainted Zuma, leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), and axed president Thabo Mbeki.
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01/08/2009
State school board creates African American advisory group (The Sacramento Bee)
The California State Board of Education voted today to create an African American Advisory Committee to better understand issues concerning the achievement gap between African American students and their counterparts. According to a report in October from the Human Resources Research Organization, the state's African American 10th grade students scored substantially lower than white, Asian, ...
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01/08/2009
State school board creates African American advisory group (The Sacramento Bee)
The California State Board of Education voted Wednesday to create an African American Advisory Committee to better understand issues concerning the achievement gap between African American students and their counterparts. According to a report in October from the Human Resources Research Organization, the state's African American 10th grade students scored substantially lower than white, ...
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01/08/2009
African-American leaders gathering tomorrow over English-only (The Tennessean)
As the early voting continues in the English-Only amendment, local African-American leaders say the move is "bad news" for Nashville. African-American leaders and community organizations will be calling for the defeat of the measure at a press conference today at 11 a.m. in front of the Metro Election Commission, 800 2nd Ave.
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