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Nigerians attend church on Ash Wednesday - Abuja

Christians receive ash made in the sign of a cross on their heads to mark the beginning of the lenten season at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in...

by Ayemoba Godswill in Nigeria on 22/02/2012

Politics

Senegalese President Wade continues campaign Rally

Incumbent Senegalese President and presidential candidate Abdoulaye Wade greeted supporters during a campaign rally at the Guediawaye stadium in a...

by Sylvain Cherkaoui in Senegal on 22/02/2012

Politics

M23 protest calls for departure of President Wade

A demonstration took place near to Independence Place called for by leaders of the opposition movement known as M23 demanding the departure of...

by toure Mamadou aka Behan in Senegal on 21/02/2012

22/02/2012 - Nigerians attend church on Ash Wednesday - Abuja - Nigeria - Christians receive ash made in the sign...
22/02/2012 - Senegalese President Wade continues campaign Rally - Senegal - Incumbent Senegalese President and...
21/02/2012 - M23 protest calls for departure of President Wade - Senegal - A demonstration took place near to...
21/02/2012 - Police use teargas to disperse opposition movement rally - Dakar - Senegal - Violent demonstrations against...
20/02/2012 - Overnight clashes in Dakar - Senegal - Unrest took place between police and...
19/02/2012 - Riots turn violent - Dakar - Senegal - Riots take a violent turn in Dakar and...
19/02/2012 - Protests amid Senegal elections after mosque hit by teargas - Senegal - A third day of clashes erupted outside...
18/02/2012 - Protests amid Senegal elections - Senegal - Demonstrators are defying a government...
18/02/2012 - Clashes during protests amid Senegal elections - Dakar - Senegal - Senegal riot police clashed with rock-...
17/02/2012 - Protest against police repression descends into violence - Dakar - Senegal - Citizens face off with police near the...

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Senegalese President Wade continues campaign Rally
Incumbent Senegalese President and presidential candidate Abdoulaye Wade greeted supporters during a campaign rally at the Guediawaye stadium in a suburb of the capital, Dakar.
Nigerians attend church on Ash Wednesday - Abuja
Christians receive ash made in the sign of a cross on their heads to mark the beginning of the lenten season at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nigeria.
Police use teargas to disperse opposition movement rally - Dakar
Violent demonstrations against incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade's re-election bid continue in the capital Dakar ahead of presidential elections. Police used teargas to disperse o...
M23 protest calls for departure of President Wade
A demonstration took place near to Independence Place called for by leaders of the opposition movement known as M23 demanding the departure of Abdoulaye Wade, the third and current Pres...
Overnight clashes in Dakar
Unrest took place between police and those in opposition to the candidacy of outgoing President Wade, and also due to the death of a young man in the neighborhood of Rufisque, with demo...
Protests amid Senegal elections after mosque hit by teargas
A third day of clashes erupted outside a mosque in Dakar, after demonstrators said it had been 'profaned' when it was hit by teargas grenades thrown by a police officer a numb...
Riots turn violent - Dakar
Riots take a violent turn in Dakar and around the country calling for the departure of President Abdoulaye Wade.
Clashes during protests amid Senegal elections - Dakar
Senegal riot police clashed with rock-throwing protesters, firing teargas and water cannon for the fourth day running as fresh violence hit the capital a week before highly divisive pol...
Protests amid Senegal elections
Demonstrators are defying a government ban on protests to call for the departure of 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade, who is running for a third term in the upcoming election.
Protest against police repression descends into violence - Dakar
Citizens face off with police near the site of a recent attack on a mosque. The clashes occurred during a rally called for by two presidential candidates in response to claims of police...
More women farmers at Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors
Women small scale communal farmers in Zimbabwe are now more prevalent at the tobacco auction floors. These ladies, who do much of the hard labor on the lands under cash crops through ou...
Thabo Mbeki Reflects during a public lecture at UWC
South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki delivers a lecture on 'Reflections on peacemaking, state sovereignty and democratic governance in Africa," at the 8th Annual ...
March against candidacy of Abdoulaye Wade repressed by Police
A confrontation took place between demonstrators and police at the gates of Radio Television Senegal as supporters of the M23 movement were prevented from rallying to denounce the candi...
William Hague giving a lecture at the UWC
The UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague gave a lecture at the University of the Western Cape and met with members of the Somalia diaspora l...
Zambia wins the Africa Cup of Nations - Lusaka
Zambia welcomes home the Chipolopolo Boys as they Bring home the Africa Cup of Nations, winning a penalty shoot out against Ivory Coast. 13th February 2012
William Hague visiting Royal Navy HMS Montrose frigate in South Africa
The UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague visiting HMS Montrose frigate, part of the Royal Navy, in Simons Town. Cape Town, South Africa. 13t...
William Hague and GB Hockey team in South Africa - Cape Town
The UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague visiting Mount View High School in Hanover Park, with the presence of Great Britain's Hockey t...
Vendors prepare for Valentines Day - Nairobi
Vendors in Nairobi, Kenya prepare and sell flowers to customers in preparation of the annual Valentine Day Celebrations significant to lovers. Celebrations are normally held on the 14th...
UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in SA
The UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague met with South African Minister for International.Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane d...
Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Finals - Côte d'Ivoire Vs Zambia
Zambia won their first Africa Cup of Nations title after beating Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shootout which was played in Libreville, Gabon. 12th February 2012

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I am a journalist working in

I am a journalist working in Zambia, please add me to your skype contacts, that would be great. Thank you and happy new year. Georgina

Regards from Mexico. Regards

Regards from Mexico.

Regards from Mexico.

The motive of this message is to wish them each and every of you in order that they enjoy these parties of end of year in company of his beings more dear and close to wish them that the happiness is not absent in your home, as well as in his tables a bread, salt and water is never absent to share today and always.

And that the year 2010 that is for beginning him brings good things and all his plans and desires meet realized...

I wait that prompt we could meet the complicity of the chance and the destination(destiny) and to seize the opportunity to greet ourselves personally, to coexist and to share ... and certainly... To do Photos …

Receive a greeting and brotherly embrace, From some place in National Mexican Territory …
Pd. That the world stops while are happy!!!

Sincerely …
Enrique Perez Huerta (olvidadodeldestino)

Amnesty International General

Amnesty International General Secretary Irene Khan trip to Kenya and Zimbabwe:
-11th June NAIROBI
-13th June HARARE

Looking for images relating

Looking for images relating to sweatshops around the world - images of sweatshops themselves and related protests.

International Woman's Day for

International Woman's Day for Peace & Disarmament 05/24/09
Marches, rallies, seminars and debates will take place across the world. Please Send in reports and images.
05/24/09