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In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2009, ruling-party candidate Malam Bacai Sanha waits to speak during a rally, in the capital Bissau on the final day of campaigning for Guinea-Bissau's presidential elections.
Africa   Election   Guinea Bissau   Peace   Photos   		 Inquirer 
Guinea-Bissau votes in new president
Sun 28 Jun 2009
| BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau—Voters here go to the polls Sunday in an election where the key contenders are promising to bring stability and peace to one of Africa's poorest and coup-wracked states. | The ... (photo: AP / Fid Thompson)
In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2009, supporters run beside presidential candidate Kumba Yala's motorcade as he enters Guinea-Bissaus capital Bissau, on the final day of campaigning. Coup-prone Guinea-Bissau chooses a new leader Sunday, June 28, 2009, in an election organized to replace slain president Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, whose murder earlier this year cast doubt over the West African nation's fate.
Africa   Bissau   Elections   Photos   Politics   		 BBC News 
Hoping for change in Guinea-Bissau
Sat 27 Jun 2009
| By Luis Cardador | BBC News, Bissau | Voters in Guinea-Bissau hope presidential elections on Sunday will be a turning point for the deeply troubled state which has become a major transit route for c... (photo: AP / Fid Thompson)
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, gives the annual address to the Federal Assembly.  Gulf News  Mon 29 Jun 2009
Russia's plans for Africa
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spent last week in Africa, visiting four countries, Egypt, Nigeria, Angola and Namibia. | Russian official sources present the visit as purely economic, stressing t... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
Africa   Business   Photos   President   Russia  
Ruins-Africa-Sierra Leone-slavery-tourism  The Daily Mail  Mon 29 Jun 2009
Smell of success: Travel agents use holiday scents to sell trips
| The smell of coconut oil and orange groves are being pumped into travel agents in a desperate bid to boost flagging sales. | Recession-struck travel agents are using exotic smells to remind would-be... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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Oprah Winfrey speaks at the Barack Obama rally at UCLA BBC News Mon 29 Jun 2009
Americans seek their African roots
| First it was Oprah Winfrey's wistful reach for the continent, now other prominent African Americans are finding their roots. | In 2005 Oprah Winfrey underwent DNA testi... (photo: Creative Commons / Vaguely Artistic)
Africa   People   Photos   Society   US  
In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2009, ruling-party candidate Malam Bacai Sanha waits to speak during a rally, in the capital Bissau on the final day of campaigning for Guinea-Bissau's presidential elections. Inquirer Sun 28 Jun 2009
Guinea-Bissau votes in new president

| BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau—Voters here go to the polls Sunday in an election where the key contenders are promising to bring stability and peace to one of Africa's poorest a... (photo: AP / Fid Thompson)
Africa   Election   Guinea Bissau   Peace   Photos  
Uncut industrial-grade diamond The New York Times Sat 27 Jun 2009
Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields Enrich Ruling Party, Report Says
| JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's military, controlled by President Robert Mugabe's political party, violently took over diamond fields in Zimbabwe last year and has used the i... (photo: Creative Commons / Shieldforyoureyes Dave Fischer)
Diamond   Human Rights   Photos   President   Zimbabwe  
Tema Harbor-Ghana Joy Online Sat 27 Jun 2009
Tema is decaying slowly
This article was first published in the Daily Graphic on Tuesday 19th May 2009 | Tema is the crystallisation of one of the dreams of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the nation... (photo: Creative Commons / ascentstage)
Africa   Development   Ghana   Photos   Tema  
In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2009, supporters run beside presidential candidate Kumba Yala's motorcade as he enters Guinea-Bissaus capital Bissau, on the final day of campaigning. Coup-prone Guinea-Bissau chooses a new leader Sunday, June 28, 2009, in an election organized to replace slain president Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, whose murder earlier this year cast doubt over the West African nation's fate. BBC News Sat 27 Jun 2009
Hoping for change in Guinea-Bissau

| By Luis Cardador | BBC News, Bissau | Voters in Guinea-Bissau hope presidential elections on Sunday will be a turning point for the deeply troubled state which has beco... (photo: AP / Fid Thompson)
Africa   Bissau   Elections   Photos   Politics  


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