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					<title>Egyptians vote in historic election</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a man some called &quot;Pharaoh&quot; were thinly attended rigmaroles in which the&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a man some called &quot;Pharaoh&quot; were thinly attended rigmaroles in which the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Africa Day 2012 - a moment for reflection and celebration</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[25th May is Africa Day. For many years it has been a celebration of African unity. It dates back to 1963 when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in Ethiopia on the 25th of May. Before then 15th April, which marked the first Conference of Independent African States held in Ghana in 1958, was upheld as African Freedom Day.
The significance&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[25th May is Africa Day. For many years it has been a celebration of African unity. It dates back to 1963 when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in Ethiopia on the 25th of May. Before then 15th April, which marked the first Conference of Independent African States held in Ghana in 1958, was upheld as African Freedom Day.<br/><br/>
The significance&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>South Africa's African agenda</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Mothlanthe paid a rare visit to Ghana in April at the invitation of John Dramani Mahama , Vice President of Ghana. It is significant in terms of a growing realisation of the need for South Africa to develop with Africa. The visit was within the context of consolidating the African Agenda&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Mothlanthe paid a rare visit to Ghana in April at the invitation of John Dramani Mahama , Vice President of Ghana. It is significant in terms of a growing realisation of the need for South Africa to develop with Africa. The visit was within the context of consolidating the African Agenda&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Women struggle to rinse hunger, poverty stains</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (FRAZER POTANI)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Just looking at her one clearly appreciates that she is old and frail therefore in need of support for food, clothing and shelter to live comfortably in her last days. However, each passing day this 60-year-old woman Florence Mkandawire from Gowoyani Village, Chief Chikulamayembe&#039;s Area (Rumphi), over 80 Km from the country&#039;s third largest&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just looking at her one clearly appreciates that she is old and frail therefore in need of support for food, clothing and shelter to live comfortably in her last days. However, each passing day this 60-year-old woman Florence Mkandawire from Gowoyani Village, Chief Chikulamayembe&#039;s Area (Rumphi), over 80 Km from the country&#039;s third largest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Climate Climate change affects migratory birds in Uganda</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Changes in the climate globally have affected the movement of both migratory and resident species of birds, Nature Uganda has said. &quot;We used to see strange birds perched up on that tree. But nowadays we chance on one after a long time,&quot; Ssonko, a nature lover says while pointing at the seemingly old tree.
He says some of the &#8220;strange&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Changes in the climate globally have affected the movement of both migratory and resident species of birds, Nature Uganda has said. &quot;We used to see strange birds perched up on that tree. But nowadays we chance on one after a long time,&quot; Ssonko, a nature lover says while pointing at the seemingly old tree.<br/><br/>
He says some of the &#8220;strange&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Ghana: Foreign retailers cited for currency depreciation</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is attributing the sharp depreciation of the Ghana cedi against major currencies to the illegal activities of foreigners in the retail sector. GUTA President, George Ofori, has cited this as one of the justifications in the renewed drive to flush out foreigners operating in the retail business, emphasizing&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is attributing the sharp depreciation of the Ghana cedi against major currencies to the illegal activities of foreigners in the retail sector. GUTA President, George Ofori, has cited this as one of the justifications in the renewed drive to flush out foreigners operating in the retail business, emphasizing&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Kenya: Community radio brings succour to dwellers</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Korogocho, a slum in northeastern Nairobi with 100,000 inhabitants, had many of the ingredients for a political explosion similar to those that rocked other parts of Kenya in early 2008. It is crowded and very poor and has a reputation for brutal crime. But when a contested election brought violent protests to Mathare and other nearby slums, with hundreds&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Korogocho, a slum in northeastern Nairobi with 100,000 inhabitants, had many of the ingredients for a political explosion similar to those that rocked other parts of Kenya in early 2008. It is crowded and very poor and has a reputation for brutal crime. But when a contested election brought violent protests to Mathare and other nearby slums, with hundreds&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Veld fires 'flame' Zimbabwe's economy</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Problem Masau)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Over the years, Zimbabwe has experienced the scourge of veld fires destroying property worth thousands of dollars. Last year about in 714 000 hectares of land was &#039;chewed&#039; by veld fires and according to the Meteorological Office , the season were the risk of veld fires are high is once again upon us. Environment activists said threat not only&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the years, Zimbabwe has experienced the scourge of veld fires destroying property worth thousands of dollars. Last year about in 714 000 hectares of land was &#039;chewed&#039; by veld fires and according to the Meteorological Office , the season were the risk of veld fires are high is once again upon us. Environment activists said threat not only&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Liberia commends ECOWAS for support</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The induction training of pioneer Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Volunteers for Liberia kicked off in Monrovia, with the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Mr. Christopher Wallace, expressing immense gratitude to ECOWAS for assisting the country to end a civil war and accompanying it in capacity building to promote&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The induction training of pioneer Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Volunteers for Liberia kicked off in Monrovia, with the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Mr. Christopher Wallace, expressing immense gratitude to ECOWAS for assisting the country to end a civil war and accompanying it in capacity building to promote&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Vanishing Lake Chad puts 30m lives at risk</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in north-eastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and the earth is turning into sand dunes. The lives of herders, fisher folks and farmers are teetering on the edge as the lake dries up before their eyes.
Vegetation&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in north-eastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and the earth is turning into sand dunes. The lives of herders, fisher folks and farmers are teetering on the edge as the lake dries up before their eyes.<br/><br/>
Vegetation&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Heavy rains cause havoc in Kenya</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Heavy Rainfall continued to wreak havoc across the country leading to the suspension of relief food in some parts of the country as most roads in Turkana district have been rendered impassable following the heavy down pour.
&#8220;Due to dilapidated roads trucks carrying the relief food are unable to reach families in need of the supplies&#039;&#039;&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heavy Rainfall continued to wreak havoc across the country leading to the suspension of relief food in some parts of the country as most roads in Turkana district have been rendered impassable following the heavy down pour.<br/><br/>
&#8220;Due to dilapidated roads trucks carrying the relief food are unable to reach families in need of the supplies&#039;&#039;&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe: Growth points lie dormant</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Problem Masau)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwean government mooted the concept of growth points in the 1980s as a means of decongesting cities and towns. This was done mainly to curb the rural-to-urban migration through employment creation and the availing of basic services to people in rural areas, but almost three decades later, most growth points are now like ghost towns with most&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Zimbabwean government mooted the concept of growth points in the 1980s as a means of decongesting cities and towns. This was done mainly to curb the rural-to-urban migration through employment creation and the availing of basic services to people in rural areas, but almost three decades later, most growth points are now like ghost towns with most&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Sierra Leone improves in infant mortality</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Murtala)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Sierra Leone has improved in infant mortality cases according to Save the Children- World Motherhood index 2012 report. The West Africa country described as one of the worst places to have a child moved from the bottom to twelve places up in the tier 111 of the least developed countries.
Of the 165 countries surveyed, Sierra Leone is ranked 30th position&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sierra Leone has improved in infant mortality cases according to Save the Children- World Motherhood index 2012 report. The West Africa country described as one of the worst places to have a child moved from the bottom to twelve places up in the tier 111 of the least developed countries.<br/><br/>
Of the 165 countries surveyed, Sierra Leone is ranked 30th position&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe: Resettled farmers fail to utilize land</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Problem Masau)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Resettled farmers in Zimbabwe are failing to utilize land due to inadequate farming inputs and lack of resources. &quot;The owner of this farm is not around, he lives in Harare and we pay rentals to him, he is not into farming and he come here occasionally to collect his rentals, we don&#039;t use the whole farm,&quot; said another peasant farmer in&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Resettled farmers in Zimbabwe are failing to utilize land due to inadequate farming inputs and lack of resources. &quot;The owner of this farm is not around, he lives in Harare and we pay rentals to him, he is not into farming and he come here occasionally to collect his rentals, we don&#039;t use the whole farm,&quot; said another peasant farmer in&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Algerians vote in parliamentary election</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Polls have opened in Algeria for parliamentary elections which the authorities have billed as more free and transparent than ever before. Some 21.6 million Algerians out of a population of 37 million are registered to vote. Algerian authorities have allowed in 500 foreign observers.
But, after initially welcoming in the observers - from the European&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Polls have opened in Algeria for parliamentary elections which the authorities have billed as more free and transparent than ever before. Some 21.6 million Algerians out of a population of 37 million are registered to vote. Algerian authorities have allowed in 500 foreign observers.<br/><br/>
But, after initially welcoming in the observers - from the European&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Sierra Leone: Girl 13, dedicates life to others</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Murtala)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Annette Sam, now 13 was diagnosed with a hole in the heart in 2006. His father a teacher by then could not afford funds to treat the young Annette. Nearly at the point of death, a local charity organization Pikin Bizness gave Annette another chance to life.
Annette was flown to Germany in 2007 where she undergoes a successful surgery. Annette and his&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Annette Sam, now 13 was diagnosed with a hole in the heart in 2006. His father a teacher by then could not afford funds to treat the young Annette. Nearly at the point of death, a local charity organization Pikin Bizness gave Annette another chance to life.<br/><br/>
Annette was flown to Germany in 2007 where she undergoes a successful surgery. Annette and his&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>African traders benefit from e-commerce</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[For three years, Kossi Serge has been buying various items in Hong Kong and China for resale in his native African country of Togo.  Serge - who supports a family of six back in Africa - runs a small business which supplies electronic gadgets and clothing to Togolese. Although he is based out of Hong Kong, where he sources his products, he normally&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[For three years, Kossi Serge has been buying various items in Hong Kong and China for resale in his native African country of Togo.  Serge - who supports a family of six back in Africa - runs a small business which supplies electronic gadgets and clothing to Togolese. Although he is based out of Hong Kong, where he sources his products, he normally&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Mobile phones revolutionize HIV testing in Africa</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mobile phones are transforming the way HIV test results are being transmitted to AIDS patients in Africa, a study has shown. AIDS is one of the biggest diseases affecting the continent due to limited access to antiretroviral treatment and heath care.
AIDS related deaths account for close to 60% of all total deaths annually and mobile phone penetration&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mobile phones are transforming the way HIV test results are being transmitted to AIDS patients in Africa, a study has shown. AIDS is one of the biggest diseases affecting the continent due to limited access to antiretroviral treatment and heath care.<br/><br/>
AIDS related deaths account for close to 60% of all total deaths annually and mobile phone penetration&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe: Sand poaching out of control</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The house building boom across Harare, Zimbabwe has caused land degradation as the scramble for building sand has fuelled rampant sand poaching. Truck loads of sand are transported daily from illegal extraction locations dotted across the city to construction sites; but as the sand poachers smile all the way to the bank they leave behind yawning craters&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The house building boom across Harare, Zimbabwe has caused land degradation as the scramble for building sand has fuelled rampant sand poaching. Truck loads of sand are transported daily from illegal extraction locations dotted across the city to construction sites; but as the sand poachers smile all the way to the bank they leave behind yawning craters&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Sierra Leone attains Guinness World Record</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The small West African nation of Sierra Leone is the latest African country to scoop the enviable Guinness World Record. Sierra Leone won the award following an attempt by a synchronized traditional &#039;Sampa dance&#039;.  The &#039;Sampa Dance&#039; which was performed at the National stadium on the country&#039;s 51st Independence anniversary brought&#8230;]]></description>

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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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