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ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government has not prosecuted those responsible for 2008 clashes in the country that left more than 130 civilians dead, Human Rights Watch said.
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Equatorial Guineans will cast their ballots today in an election in which President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will probably extend his three-decade rule of the oil-producing nation for another seven years.
Two months after Nigeria’s leaders declared an amnesty program for armed vigilantes a success, there are signs a relative quiet may not last.
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Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday were certain to extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in...
Thomas E. Leonard, 21, of Dexter, was accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Niger in July to begin pre-service training as a community and youth education Peace Corps Volunteer. Upon graduation from volunteer training in September, Leonard's work will include raising awareness about girl's education, running after-school clubs and working with out-of-school youth.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums.
ADAM NOSSITER Two months after Nigeria's leaders declared an amnesty program for armed vigilantes a success, there are signs a relative quiet may not last.
STANFORD, CA.- Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “The Eye of the Beholder: Honoring Ruth and Robert Halperin,” March 17 through May 30, 2010. This exhibition of 45 works, on view in two galleries, acknowledges the sensibility of a discerning art lover and committed friend of the Cantor Arts Center, the late Ruth L. Halperin.
Growing up the son of Nigerian immigrants in White Plains presented FitzGerald Ajoku with plenty to appreciate, but also plenty to question. Born in the United States, he always felt as though he was undoubtably American.
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009.
The Brehm Preparatory School has been around for 27 years. But not until this year has the Carbondale school for children with learning disabilities entered into the state’s basketball consciousness. “We’re a school first,” Brehm athletics director Greg Douglas said from the Tournament of Champions, where the Bears were part of the Team Works National Classic. “That now has a basketball team.”
The Brehm Preparatory School has been around for 27 years. But not until this year has the Carbondale school for children with learning disabilities entered into the state’s basketball consciousness. “We’re a school first,” Brehm athletics director Greg Douglas said from the Tournament of Champions, where the Bears were part of the Team Works National Classic. “That now has a basketball team.”
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti seems an unlikely subject for the star of a Broadway musical. He was a most scrappy fella, internationally famed Nigerian musician and combative political activist.
There has never been a show on Broadway like this portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song.
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