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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:35:40 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>ICC to consider allegations of atrocities in Mali</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court has warned it may investigate allegations of atrocities committed in Mali since violence erupted there in January. Prosecutors are assessing reports of killings, rapes and of conscripting child soldiers allegedly carried out in the rebel-held north.
Tuareg separatists and their Islamist allies exploited the chaos created&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court has warned it may investigate allegations of atrocities committed in Mali since violence erupted there in January. Prosecutors are assessing reports of killings, rapes and of conscripting child soldiers allegedly carried out in the rebel-held north.<br/><br/>
Tuareg separatists and their Islamist allies exploited the chaos created&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Bingu wa Mutharika: Statesman misunderstood</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Richard Chirombo)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[The hopes, fears, bitterness, joys, anguish and national wishes of the past eight years centered upon the heart of this one, mortal Malawian man. The First Citizen, he was called. It is not just the title &#039;His Excellency the State President of the Republic of Malawi&#039; that Bingu wa Mutharika wore; there was much more to it.
With it came the&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The hopes, fears, bitterness, joys, anguish and national wishes of the past eight years centered upon the heart of this one, mortal Malawian man. The First Citizen, he was called. It is not just the title &#039;His Excellency the State President of the Republic of Malawi&#039; that Bingu wa Mutharika wore; there was much more to it.<br/><br/>
With it came the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Africa pioneers high-speed internet</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Sanday)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Reliable Internet access and connectivity has for decades been a hindrance to Africa&#039;s development agenda. Several attempts to enhance connectivity and reliability for Africa&#039;s Internet are currently underway and huge investments have so far been poured into these gigantic continental initiatives.
The African Union (AU) together with private&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Reliable Internet access and connectivity has for decades been a hindrance to Africa&#039;s development agenda. Several attempts to enhance connectivity and reliability for Africa&#039;s Internet are currently underway and huge investments have so far been poured into these gigantic continental initiatives.<br/><br/>
The African Union (AU) together with private&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>SA: Cloud computing gaining prominence</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (GEORGE OKORE)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[As information technology experts meet at AfricaCom from November 9-10, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa, the latest technology solutions redefining Africa economic growth and wealth potential will dominate the event.
Terms like Broadband, Cloud Computing, Rural Connectivity, and Connected Device will dominate the meeting coming at a time when the people&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[As information technology experts meet at AfricaCom from November 9-10, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa, the latest technology solutions redefining Africa economic growth and wealth potential will dominate the event.<br/><br/>
Terms like Broadband, Cloud Computing, Rural Connectivity, and Connected Device will dominate the meeting coming at a time when the people&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of GEORGE OKORE</category>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Stakeholders audit the state of Africa&#8217;s agriculture</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (James Karuga)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[
Nairobi recently hosted around 200 agricultural stakeholders from over 20 African countries to audit the progress of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program Partnership Platform (CAADP PP). Organized by the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) the meeting themed &#8220;Accelerating CAADP implementation and impact&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><br/>
Nairobi recently hosted around 200 agricultural stakeholders from over 20 African countries to audit the progress of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program Partnership Platform (CAADP PP). Organized by the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) the meeting themed &#8220;Accelerating CAADP implementation and impact&#8221;&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of James Karuga</category>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Gam-MLS Wrap</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (modoubeyai)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[
Gam-MLS Wrap: Futty&#8217;s Timbers draws Kandji&#8217;s Dynamo, Sanna&#8217;s Impact held by Galaxy while Sainey&#8217;s Revs stroll to win
 

The Houston Dynamo of Gambia-hopeful Macoumba Kandji and Portland Timbers of Gambia international Mamadou &#8220;Futty&#8221; Danso could not be separated as they played out a goalless draw at the BBVA&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><br/>
Gam-MLS Wrap: Futty&#8217;s Timbers draws Kandji&#8217;s Dynamo, Sanna&#8217;s Impact held by Galaxy while Sainey&#8217;s Revs stroll to win<br />
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The Houston Dynamo of Gambia-hopeful Macoumba Kandji and Portland Timbers of Gambia international Mamadou &#8220;Futty&#8221; Danso could not be separated as they played out a goalless draw at the BBVA&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of modoubeyai</category>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Sierra Leone: Army dismisses Al shabab threat</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Murtala)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[A senior military officer attached to the Sierra Leone ministry of defense has said that the recent threat by Al Qaeda link Somalia Islamist group Al Shabab does not come as a surprise to them.
The officer who was speaking on condition of anonymity to AfricaNews at the Defense headquarter in Freetown said the threat by Al Shabab is just part of their&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[A senior military officer attached to the Sierra Leone ministry of defense has said that the recent threat by Al Qaeda link Somalia Islamist group Al Shabab does not come as a surprise to them.<br/><br/>
The officer who was speaking on condition of anonymity to AfricaNews at the Defense headquarter in Freetown said the threat by Al Shabab is just part of their&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Nigeria&#8217;s president appoints new police boss</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Hussaini)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Nigeria&#039;s president Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the assistant inspector general of police Mohammed Dikko Abubakar as acting inspector general, replacing Hafiz Ringim who was forced out Wednesday in the wake of heightening insecurity in the West African country.
Ringim turned in his resignation a month early, 10 days after the main suspect&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nigeria&#039;s president Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the assistant inspector general of police Mohammed Dikko Abubakar as acting inspector general, replacing Hafiz Ringim who was forced out Wednesday in the wake of heightening insecurity in the West African country.<br/><br/>
Ringim turned in his resignation a month early, 10 days after the main suspect&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of Hussaini</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>President Jammeh 2012 year of science technology and innovat</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Jammeh)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[
Gambia&#8217;s President Yahya Jammeh  has been  sworn in for a fourth five-year term of office   pledging to transform The Gambia into an economic superpower.

In his inaugural speech shortly after he was sworn in by the Nigerian born Gambian Chief Justice President Jammeh declared 2012 as the year of science; technology and innovation in the West&#8230;]]></description>

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Gambia&#8217;s President Yahya Jammeh  has been  sworn in for a fourth five-year term of office   pledging to transform The Gambia into an economic superpower.<br />
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In his inaugural speech shortly after he was sworn in by the Nigerian born Gambian Chief Justice President Jammeh declared 2012 as the year of science; technology and innovation in the West&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>OPINION: Africa and nuclear relevance</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[The West is clearly determined that North Korea shall not become a nuclear state.  Indeed in March 2012 a Global Nuclear Security Summit was convened in Seoul, South Korea, to dramatize international commitment against North Korea&#039;s advances in the nuclear field. But, out of a total of fifty-four global leaders at the Summit, only six were African.&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The West is clearly determined that North Korea shall not become a nuclear state.  Indeed in March 2012 a Global Nuclear Security Summit was convened in Seoul, South Korea, to dramatize international commitment against North Korea&#039;s advances in the nuclear field. But, out of a total of fifty-four global leaders at the Summit, only six were African.<br/>&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Africa must invest in its primary education sector</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[In this century, education will be the greatest tool for success much more than it has been in the last half of the twentieth century. This is particularly true in Africa, where most countries spend huge sum of their GDP (including the international aid) on military and defense build-ups.
In a world that is increasingly becoming more interdependent&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this century, education will be the greatest tool for success much more than it has been in the last half of the twentieth century. This is particularly true in Africa, where most countries spend huge sum of their GDP (including the international aid) on military and defense build-ups.<br/><br/>
In a world that is increasingly becoming more interdependent&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zambia too suspends maize exports</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Sam Banda Junior)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Barely some two months after Malawi and Tanzania suspended maize exports to avoid hunger, Zambia has followed suit suspending white maize exports due to a decline in output after the country was hit by floods, a minister said on Wednesday.
Output is forecast to fall by 11.3 percent to 1.2 million tonnes in 2008, said agriculture minister Sarah Sayifwanda.&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Barely some two months after Malawi and Tanzania suspended maize exports to avoid hunger, Zambia has followed suit suspending white maize exports due to a decline in output after the country was hit by floods, a minister said on Wednesday.<br/><br/>
Output is forecast to fall by 11.3 percent to 1.2 million tonnes in 2008, said agriculture minister Sarah Sayifwanda.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Jamestown: The heart of Ghana boxing</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Bertil)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Within a small unassuming corner of Accra, the capital of West African nation Ghana lives a community of athletes and spectators with a common obsession: boxing. Africanews takes you to Bukom and Jamestown, the heart of boxing in Ghana, as you take a look at their local training facilities among others.
Internationally renowned boxers like &#8216;Professor&#8217;&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Within a small unassuming corner of Accra, the capital of West African nation Ghana lives a community of athletes and spectators with a common obsession: boxing. Africanews takes you to Bukom and Jamestown, the heart of boxing in Ghana, as you take a look at their local training facilities among others.<br/><br/>
Internationally renowned boxers like &#8216;Professor&#8217;&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>Articles</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Nigeria: Soldiers take over Lagos roads</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[The city of Lagos in Nigeria that has witnessed widespread peaceful protests in the last one week woke up to an unexpected occupation by gun wielding military officers. Armoured tanks with truck loads of military officers were placed at strategic spots in Nigeria&#039;s commercial city, leaving a very uneasy and pensive calm across the city.
This is&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The city of Lagos in Nigeria that has witnessed widespread peaceful protests in the last one week woke up to an unexpected occupation by gun wielding military officers. Armoured tanks with truck loads of military officers were placed at strategic spots in Nigeria&#039;s commercial city, leaving a very uneasy and pensive calm across the city.<br/><br/>
This is&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe: Fish poaching goes unabated</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Problem Masau)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Fish poaching is prevalent in all major dams in Zimbawe. The activities of poachers have increased in areas such as Kariba, Chivero, Manyame, Mutirikwi and Mazvikadei. Most fish poachers said they were forced to illegally patrol in the country&#039;s waters because of the economic challenges and unemployment.
&#8220;I have a family to feed and jobs&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fish poaching is prevalent in all major dams in Zimbawe. The activities of poachers have increased in areas such as Kariba, Chivero, Manyame, Mutirikwi and Mazvikadei. Most fish poachers said they were forced to illegally patrol in the country&#039;s waters because of the economic challenges and unemployment.<br/><br/>
&#8220;I have a family to feed and jobs&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of Problem Masau</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe warned against adverse policy choices</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Justice Zhou)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe has shown growing ambitions to charm foreign investors, with the coalition government increasingly calling on the world to embrace the country as a worthwhile and safe destination. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai recently said investors should refrain from a &quot;wait-and-see&quot; attitude towards Zimbabwe but snatch the plentiful opportunities&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zimbabwe has shown growing ambitions to charm foreign investors, with the coalition government increasingly calling on the world to embrace the country as a worthwhile and safe destination. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai recently said investors should refrain from a &quot;wait-and-see&quot; attitude towards Zimbabwe but snatch the plentiful opportunities&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of Justice Zhou</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Optimising Africa&#8217;s megacities</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38832?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38832</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[As African cities implode, leaders on the continent are intensifying efforts to address the challenges of urbanization. A forum bringing together Africa&#039;s housing ministers was recently held in Nairobi, Kenya on 20 March 2012 under the auspices of the African Ministers Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD).
The 4th annual meeting&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[As African cities implode, leaders on the continent are intensifying efforts to address the challenges of urbanization. A forum bringing together Africa&#039;s housing ministers was recently held in Nairobi, Kenya on 20 March 2012 under the auspices of the African Ministers Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD).<br/><br/>
The 4th annual meeting&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Beyond the Nigeria fuel subsidy crisis</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38831?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38831</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[One would think that being a citizen of a country with the second-largest oil reserves in Africa came with some perks. Not so in Nigeria where scores of people are up in arms after being stripped of a petrol subsidy in effect since 1973.  The price of gas at the pumps more than doubled, sparking massive protests around the nation in early January.
Prior&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[One would think that being a citizen of a country with the second-largest oil reserves in Africa came with some perks. Not so in Nigeria where scores of people are up in arms after being stripped of a petrol subsidy in effect since 1973.  The price of gas at the pumps more than doubled, sparking massive protests around the nation in early January.<br/><br/>
Prior&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>Articles</category>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Africa rally for cleaner water and sanitation</title>
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					<author>dummy@example.com (Sanday)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[About 30 African ministers are among representatives from developing nations meeting with international development agencies in the United States to discuss the speeding up of global access to water and sanitation.
The meeting is taking place Washington DC ahead of the World Bank&#8217;s spring meetings where representatives from over 40 developing&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[About 30 African ministers are among representatives from developing nations meeting with international development agencies in the United States to discuss the speeding up of global access to water and sanitation.<br/><br/>
The meeting is taking place Washington DC ahead of the World Bank&#8217;s spring meetings where representatives from over 40 developing&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>&#8220;I am Africa. This is My Story&#8230;&#8221;:</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38829?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38829</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (madinjie)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;I am Africa. This is My Story&#8230;&#8221;: Power of Peace Network supports digital storytelling contest

Story by Richard C. Close

 An African continent-wide digital storytelling contest on YouTube, entitled &#8220;I am Africa. This is My Story&#8230;&#8221;, will be launched on 1 March 2011 by Chrysalis Campaign, Inc. (USA) and ZAA-ICT,&#8230;]]></description>

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<b>&#8220;I am Africa. This is My Story&#8230;&#8221;: Power of Peace Network supports digital storytelling contest</b><br />
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<i>Story by Richard C. Close</i><br />
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 An African continent-wide digital storytelling contest on YouTube, entitled &#8220;I am Africa. This is My Story&#8230;&#8221;, will be launched on 1 March 2011 by Chrysalis Campaign, Inc. (USA) and ZAA-ICT,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Big Brother Africa: 7th Season Opens In May</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38828?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38828</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (Walter)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[
By Walter Wilson Nana
M-Net has hinted that the seventh season of the continent&#8217;s attention-grabbing Big Brother Africa series will be hitting DStv screens in May 2012.  With TV commercials promoting the series&#8217; return now screening on M-Net, entry for the new season opens in just a few days and once more Coca-Cola returns as series top&#8230;]]></description>

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By Walter Wilson Nana<br />
M-Net has hinted that the seventh season of the continent&#8217;s attention-grabbing Big Brother Africa series will be hitting DStv screens in May 2012.  With TV commercials promoting the series&#8217; return now screening on M-Net, entry for the new season opens in just a few days and once more Coca-Cola returns as series top&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>Walter</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:39:07 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Patience Atta Premper- Ghana&#039;s born entrepreneur</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38827?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38827</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (Redactie AfrikaNieuws)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[After a hot drive through some of Accra&#039;s most traffic jammed nooks and crannies, I finally get to meet Ms. Patience Atta-Prempeh, CEO of Black Park. A business that sells building equipment, targeted at corporate clients.
The fluent English accent and contemporary look made her look out of place to me&#8230; till we got to business. Pat simply&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[After a hot drive through some of Accra&#039;s most traffic jammed nooks and crannies, I finally get to meet Ms. Patience Atta-Prempeh, CEO of Black Park. A business that sells building equipment, targeted at corporate clients.<br/><br/>
The fluent English accent and contemporary look made her look out of place to me&#8230; till we got to business. Pat simply&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Veld fires &#039;flame&#039; Zimbabwe&#039;s economy</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38826?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38826</link>
					<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>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of Problem Masau</category>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Zimbabwe: Stress test deadline looming for banks</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38825?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38825</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (Justice Zhou)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[Banks in Zimbabwe have until end of April to submit mandatory stress test results, as the regulator comes harder on lenders to avoid a repeat of the2004 financial sector crisis. The 25 lenders were in January ordered by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to surrender their internal test results with effect from this year, and within 30 days after the&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Banks in Zimbabwe have until end of April to submit mandatory stress test results, as the regulator comes harder on lenders to avoid a repeat of the2004 financial sector crisis. The 25 lenders were in January ordered by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to surrender their internal test results with effect from this year, and within 30 days after the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>The AfricaNews articles of Justice Zhou</category>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Four Kenyans to stand trial - ICC</title>
					<link>http://aifoundation.africanews.com/site/list_message/38824?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m38824</link>
					<author>dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor)</author>
					<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that four senior Kenyan officials are to stand trial over violence after the 2007 election. The four - deputy prime minister Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, ex-minister William Samoei Ruto, Francis Kirimi Muthaura civil service head and cabinet secretary and Joshua Arap Sang. They are to face charges on murder,&#8230;]]></description>

					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that four senior Kenyan officials are to stand trial over violence after the 2007 election. The four - deputy prime minister Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, ex-minister William Samoei Ruto, Francis Kirimi Muthaura civil service head and cabinet secretary and Joshua Arap Sang. They are to face charges on murder,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
<category>Articles</category>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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