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SWAZILAND: Ignoring protests will not make them go away

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80469

Monday, December 01, 2008

MANZINI Thursday, September 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Swazi police on Thursday detained trade union leaders and pro-democracy activists attempting to...

Dancing their blues away

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18166

Monday, December 01, 2008

Dancers,” the Danish winner of the film festival’s Best Director award, appears on the surface as a conventional love story between two lonely people...

Traders blame high prices for low demand on cattle prior to Eid Al-Adha

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18182

Monday, December 01, 2008

CAIRO: Eid Al-Adha is less than a week away and many cattle traders around the capital are still tending to most of their live stock instead of...

City schools packed – despite rocketing fees Hundreds turned away while township enrolments dip

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=272984

Friday, November 21, 2008

EAST London schools are bursting at the seams and hundreds of children are being turned away as township and rural families look to the city for...

Veteran Journalist Lalo Samateh Passes Away

Picture: The Late Lalo Samateh

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The news of the sudden demise of veteran journalist Alhaji Lalo Samateh of Radio Gambia last Friday 17th October spread across the country. Lalo...

Alhagie Daddy Sowe Passes Away

Picture: Late Daddy Sowe

Thursday, June 19, 2008

The president of The Gambia National Transport Union, Alhagie Daddy Sowe, passed away last Tuesday and was laid to rest the following day at his...