Hello, Handsome Gao Gao
As Su Lin and Zhen Zhen were getting ready for their move to China on Friday, September 24 , an old, familiar face came back into the spotlight: Gao Gao has emerged once again into our front viewing...
View ArticleSan Diego Zoo Bids Farwell to Two Giant Panda Sisters
The San Diego Zoo said goodbye to two giant pandas this weekend, but not before collecting valuable scientific data about the panda's ability to hear.
View ArticleMauritania extradites Malian nationals detained for trafficking
Up to 22 Malian nationals detained for seven months in Mauritania on charges of drug and arms trafficking were extradited to Bamako on Monday afternoon, judicial sources told Xinhua.
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BLICK BASSY / "Blick Bassy Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 02 Blick Bassy Mixtape.mp3 Blick Bassy is from Camaroun.
View ArticleResearch says women under-represented in news media
UN chief tasks member states on women's role in peace making UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Saturday urged UN mem ber states to make concerted efforts to involve women in promoting peace and...
View ArticleAfroCubism: Buena Vista take two
As stories of musicians' ill fortune go, it ranks not far from Leonard Cohen having to tour because his business manager stole $5m of his savings.
View ArticleMalian President Supports Korean People's Just Cause
Amadou Toumani Toure, President and head of state of Mali, received Ri Kyong Son, DPRK ambassador to Mali, on Sept.
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The UN Police Adviser, Ann-Marie Orler, said that the organization's initiative to boost the number of female police officers deployed in peacekeeping missions around the globe was recording...
View ArticleMali: New Park Changes Face of Capital
Mali marked its 50th independence celebrations a week ago and one of the events lined up was the inauguration of a new park in its capital, Bamako.
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The UN Police Adviser, Ann-Marie Orler, said that the organization's initiative to boost the number of female police officers deployed in peacekeeping missions around the globe was recording...
View ArticleGovernments Look to End Child Labor in West African Cocoa Farming
Malian children demonstrate against child labor in Sikasso, Mali. Sikasso is the point of departure for children going to work in the Ivorian cocoa, coffee and cotton plantations A $10 million dollar...
View ArticleForum calls for global partnership against human trafficking
Group launches report on women, media The gender-based group, Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development , on Wednesday launched the Global Media Monitoring Project report at the...
View ArticleLobi Traor
Banning Eyre ONE OF MALI'S MOST HARD-ROCKING GUITARISTS, LOBI TraorA©, died suddenly at 49 in Bamako this past June.
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The gender-based group, Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development , on Wednesday launched the Global Media Monitoring Project report at the organization's office in Dakar, Senegal.
View ArticleMali's army says Western countries should limit involvement in fight against...
Col. Yamoussa Camara said Wednesday that foreign forces should remain in the background - providing training and equipment - so Mali's armed forces can keep the support of their population.
View Article'Original' Buena Vista Social Club album finally out -- 14 years later
It's been 14 years in the making -- an album combining the sensual rhythms of Cuban music with the desert-inspired sounds of west Africa.
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Two officials of the Gambian NGO, Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children , were on Monday charged with theft before Principal Magistrate Emmanuel Nkea of...
View ArticleAfrican editors honour Mandela
An award presented to former president Nelson Mandela at The African Editors' Forum was collected on his behalf by South African writer Njabulo Ndebele, a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
View ArticleRemarks by H.E. Dr Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African UnionClimate ...
Dr Abdoulie Janneh, Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, African Development Bank Group, Honourable Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps...
View ArticleNobel: China won't kow-tow to the West on human rights
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's award of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo hasn't made headlines in China.
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