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"I needed to talk to Joseph Kony"

"When you meet somebody who’s a psychopath and so brutal, the first thing you say to yourself is ‘so he actually exists’. You wish you could open up his brain to understand why he does...
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Article: Blog: Rwanda, look ahead!!!

A Rwandan who has lived many years abroad returned to his country. Upon his arrival, he realises: "But this is not Rwanda. This is another country!" A joke I heard at dinner with a journalist from the New Times. They are not known...

Article: Mandela's ex-wife denies trashing him in interview

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Friday said she never granted an interview to a journalist who quoted her in a British newspaper as saying her ex-husband Nelson Mandela had "let down" the blacks.     "I did not g...

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Article: Obama gives $1.4 mln Nobel prize to 10 charities

President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake survivors and education for minorities. "These organizations do extraord...

Article: South Africa boosting condom supply

Half a million soccer tourists from around the world are expected to descend on South Africa during June and July for the FIFA World Cup. But it's feared that as many as 40,000 sex workers could also be trafficked to South Africa for the...

Article: Dutch Labour leader Wouter Bos steps down

The Dutch Labour Party leader, Wouter Bos, is resigning and is leaving the political scene entirely. Once tipped as a potential prime minister, the politician says he’s stepping down as he doesn’t want to miss his children growi...

Article: Drogba, the African Footballer of the Year

Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday, beating Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Ghana's Michael Essien for the 2009 award.     The announcement came on the Chelsea striker's 32nd bi...

Article: Somali tied to Islamists contractor for WFP

A Somali businessman linked to Islamist rebels who likely received a ransom paid for kidnapped French aid workers was a contractor for the World Food Program and UNICEF, a U.N. report said.     The confidential report by the...

Article: Reach out to al-Shabaab, says crisis group

The European Union should encourage Somalia’s ailing transitional government to reach out to moderates within the al-Shabaab Islamic insurgency, says the International Crisis Group.  Ernst Jan Hogendoorn, the ICG Horn of Africa e...

Article: Ailing Cuban hunger striker refuses treatment again

A Cuban dissident journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks was diagnosed as suffering from heart arrhythmia and severe dehydration but again refused hospitalization, a spokesman said on Wednesday.      Guillermo Farinas,...

Article: Red Cross Zimbabwe: Two million need food aid

The Red Cross on Thursday said at least 2.17 million Zimbabweans need food aid and the figures are set to rise because of an expected poor harvest this year. "In some parts of the country, the food situation is as bad as many of our vo...

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