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Investigations into alleged misuse of Dutch government funds at Uganda’s main university are deepening rnw.nl/africa/article… 6:08 AM Jun 1st via web
South Africa ready to bring #Madagascar ex-chief #Ravalomanana for crimes against humanity bit.ly/KLtAS0 4:52 AM May 31st via web
Chinese sex workers hot among Cameroonian men bit.ly/JAfMLY 9:40 AM May 30th via web
Lighting up in Nairobi could cost you $30 or 6 months in jail. Photo report by @mkaloki on.fb.me/JNae29 @WHO #NoTobacco 8:53 AM May 30th via web
50-year sentence for ex-president of #Liberia #CharlesTaylor, decision by International Criminal Court 2:47 AM May 30th via web
Building the road from #Uganda to #SouthSudan: an up-close and bumpy account bit.ly/KT0z3k 6:10 AM May 29th via web
Irony of ironies: #Guinea-Bissau champions human rights in an old prison bit.ly/Jhx63n 6:30 AM May 25th via web
Uganda police say it was a female officer who violently squeezed politician's breast; new video here bit.ly/KADZfD 5:01 AM May 24th via web
How #Guinea-Bissau became so crazy about coups? Insightful report by @bramlol44 bit.ly/KsFS23 4:36 AM May 24th via web
@Shell shareholders get served up Oily Mary cocktails by @milieudefensie. Secret spirit? Polluted water from the Niger Delta. 5:23 AM May 23rd via web
bit.ly/Jas6h6 - DRC: Malaria claiming lives in North Kivu 5:27 AM May 22nd via web
bit.ly/MD7iVe - Child killing in northern Ghana (part 2) 4:37 AM May 22nd via web
bit.ly/Mggufy - Congo army claims killing of 25 mutineers 3:16 AM May 22nd via web
bit.ly/KPNr0Q - Every year the same: you spill oil, no we don’t 2:45 AM May 22nd via web
bit.ly/K3qsQF - Child killing in northern Ghana (part 1) 5:22 AM May 21st via web
bit.ly/KrpVFi - Sudan president: security before peace 1:53 AM May 21st via web
bit.ly/M9VR4H - Post-war Ivory Coast closer to second "miracle" 1:17 AM May 21st via web
#Amsterdam Central Station gets an African makeover by architecture students at #Senegal art fest Dak'Art bit.ly/JcsyQD 7:37 AM May 18th via web
RNW does some more chatting with Tauregs in northern #Mali bit.ly/JouBvO 4:41 AM May 18th via web
Captivating photos of #DRC refugee camp Mugunga from our correspondent @Melaniegouby on.fb.me/KtaFxe 7:53 AM May 16th via web

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