FamousAbout.com » Africa http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:07:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Nigeria oil line on fire; militants claim attack (AP) http://famousabout.com/nigeria-oil-line-on-fire-militants-claim-attack-ap http://famousabout.com/nigeria-oil-line-on-fire-militants-claim-attack-ap#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:24:30 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/nigeria-oil-line-on-fire-militants-claim-attack-ap AP – An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits trial on terrorism charges in South Africa.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/nigeria-oil-line-on-fire-militants-claim-attack-ap/feed 0 South Africa’s Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/south-africas-malema-loses-appeal-against-anc-suspension-reuters http://famousabout.com/south-africas-malema-loses-appeal-against-anc-suspension-reuters#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:22:16 +0000 ninaterol http://famousabout.com/south-africas-malema-loses-appeal-against-anc-suspension-reuters Reuters – South Africa’s ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political wilderness a noisy rebel who had called for the nationalisation of mines.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/south-africas-malema-loses-appeal-against-anc-suspension-reuters/feed 0 Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Dye Their Hair Pink to Raise Awareness for World Cancer Day http://famousabout.com/ethan-zohn-and-jenna-morasca-dye-their-hair-pink-to-raise-awareness-for-world-cancer-day http://famousabout.com/ethan-zohn-and-jenna-morasca-dye-their-hair-pink-to-raise-awareness-for-world-cancer-day#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:52:31 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/ethan-zohn-and-jenna-morasca-dye-their-hair-pink-to-raise-awareness-for-world-cancer-day Ethan Zohn is a survivor in more ways than one! He was the winner of Survivor: Africa back in 2001, and now he’s working to defeat Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. As he prepares to undergo…

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]]> http://famousabout.com/ethan-zohn-and-jenna-morasca-dye-their-hair-pink-to-raise-awareness-for-world-cancer-day/feed 0 African Union summit: disunity on display (The Christian Science Monitor) http://famousabout.com/african-union-summit-disunity-on-display-the-christian-science-monitor http://famousabout.com/african-union-summit-disunity-on-display-the-christian-science-monitor#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:25:21 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/african-union-summit-disunity-on-display-the-christian-science-monitor The Christian Science Monitor – For sheer murkiness, the African Union is in a world of its own.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/african-union-summit-disunity-on-display-the-christian-science-monitor/feed 0 Tuareg rebels attack 6th town in Mali (AP) http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:24:14 +0000 Cheftonio http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap AP – Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali extended their reach Tuesday, attacking a sixth town in the country’s remote north, a locality best known as the hometown of one of Africa’s most famed musicians.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap/feed 0 Tuareg rebels attack 6th town in Mali (AP) http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:24:14 +0000 William Mattson http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap AP – Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali extended their reach Tuesday, attacking a sixth town in the country’s remote north, a locality best known as the hometown of one of Africa’s most famed musicians.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/tuareg-rebels-attack-6th-town-in-mali-ap/feed 0 South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms (AP) http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:04:23 +0000 Cheftonio http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap AP – Some condoms burst.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap/feed 0 South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms (AP) http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:04:23 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap AP – Some condoms burst. Others leaked like sieves. South Africa’s leading anti-AIDS group said Tuesday that allegedly faulty condoms are among more than 1.35 million handed out at the African National Congress’ 100th birthday party.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/south-africa-recalls-1-35-million-condoms-ap/feed 0 UN panel urges world at Rio to launch energy fixes (AP) http://famousabout.com/un-panel-urges-world-at-rio-to-launch-energy-fixes-ap http://famousabout.com/un-panel-urges-world-at-rio-to-launch-energy-fixes-ap#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:43:28 +0000 Ana Santos http://famousabout.com/un-panel-urges-world-at-rio-to-launch-energy-fixes-ap AP – A high-profile U.N. panel headed by the presidents of Finland and South Africa hopes to spark an “ever-green” energy revolution later this year in Brazil using a general roadmap it presented Monday on how world leaders could wean the world off fossil fuels.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/un-panel-urges-world-at-rio-to-launch-energy-fixes-ap/feed 0 Nigeria’s Latest Bloodbath: The Challenge of Boko Haram (Time.com) http://famousabout.com/nigerias-latest-bloodbath-the-challenge-of-boko-haram-time-com http://famousabout.com/nigerias-latest-bloodbath-the-challenge-of-boko-haram-time-com#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:11:46 +0000 Ana Santos http://famousabout.com/nigerias-latest-bloodbath-the-challenge-of-boko-haram-time-com Time.com – A series of attacks in the predominately Muslim north escalate the sense of sectarian crisis in Africa’s most populous country

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