Engineers and visitors tour an exploratory well in Somalia‘s semi-autonomous Puntland region. Photograph: Reuters Britain is involved in a secret high-stakes dash for oil in Somalia, with the government offering humanitarian aid and security assistance in the hope of a stake in the beleaguered country’s future energy industry. Riven by two decades of conflict that have seen the [...]
Tags: Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Africa, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, David Cameron, Indian Ocean, London, Puntland, Somali, Somalia, United States, William Hague
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Saving Somalia: A wasted effort? We ask how serious world leaders at the London conference are in tackling problems facing the war-torn African state. An international conference on Somalia has taken place in London on Thursday, with representatives from 40 countries attending. “We cannot exclude any kind of an attempt at [...]
Tags: African Union, David Cameron, George Saitoti, Kenya, London, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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Celebration and criticism as the ANC turns 100 Reflecting on the first 100 years of Africa‘s oldest liberation movement, celebrating its centenary today. South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) celebrates its 100th anniversary ceremony on January 8, 2012 [EPA] New York, NY - The invitation came by email, inviting “CDE Danny Schechter” to the ceremony marking the [...]
Tags: Africa, African National Congress, ANC, Bloemfontein, Danny Schechter, Nelson Mandela, Orange Free State, South Africa
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We continue our week-long coverage from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP17, in Durban, where negotiators from more than 190 nations are in their final week of key talks on fighting climate change. The future of the Kyoto Protocol is in doubt, as is the formation of a new Green Climate Fund. [...]
Tags: Africa, Climate change, Durban, Friends of the Earth, Kumi Naidoo, Nigeria, Nnimmo Bassey, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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