African
Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin (AP)
September 1st, 2010
AP - More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that…
West African nations to meet over Guinea-Bissau (AP)
August 18th, 2010
AP - Nigeria’s president says a group of West African nations will hold an emergency meeting to discuss sending troops to the troubled and impoverished nation of Guinea-Bissau.
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In ANC bill, South African media see threat to press freedom (The Christian Science Monitor)
August 17th, 2010
The Christian Science Monitor - During the height (or depths) of South Africaâ??s racist apartheid era, draconian media laws restricted reporters from meeting with members of the then-illegal opposition movement,…
Baboons gobble grapes in South African wine region (AP)
March 23rd, 2010
