Anthony Mitchell, who reported for The Associated Press (AP) from across East Africa, was remembered for his dedication to telling Africa’s story, and for his humour. Mitchell was among the 114 people that an official said on May 7 were killed in a plane crash over the weekend in Cameroon.
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/ 19 February 2007
Growing demand for clean fuels distilled from plants will likely revolutionise agriculture in both rich and poor countries, a United States agriculture official said on Monday. Michael Yost said African and US farmers both stood to profit from the growing demand for grains that can be converted to ethanol or biodiesel.
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/ 5 December 2006
Somalia’s government on Tuesday ruled out peace talks with the country’s powerful Islamic movement, citing truce violations, which heightened fears of an all-out war in the African nation. Three days after the Islamists seized Dinsoor township, the government ruled out participating in the next round of peace talks.
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/ 17 November 2006
Cool seasonal rains have slowed the march to war between Somalia’s Islamic militants and the secular government, but in the weeks ahead the tropical sun will break through the clouds, dry the muddy roads, shrink the flooded rivers and, many fear, ignite a civil war.
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/ 27 October 2006
Thousands of foreign troops in Somalia could lead to ”an all out war” between Somalia’s transitional government and an Islamic group that controls much of the country, according to a confidential United Nations report obtained by the Associated Press.
For a Mogadishu port worker, an Islamic group’s takeover of most of southern Somalia means he can haul cargo without fear of rampaging militiamen. At the other end of the economic scale, a Coke executive is just as eager to grasp a chance at normalcy in a country that has known little but violence for more than a decade.
An old cleric, a young warrior and a desecrated Italian cemetery are at the centre of the debate over whether Somalia has become a haven for al-Qaeda terrorists. Ever since an Islamic militia seized control of the capital, Mogadishu, Western nations have expressed concern that Somalia could become a new base for Osama bin Laden’s terror group.
On almost any day, at almost any time, children dressed in rags with bottles filled with glue pressed to their faces stake out the major intersections of Kenya’s capital. No one is sure how many children live on the streets of this city of three million, but they certainly number in the tens of thousands.
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/ 17 January 2006
Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that they do not have money to feed millions of Kenyans suffering from food shortages. The warning came a day after Information and Communications Minister Mutahi Kagwe announced that the number of Kenyans at risk from the food crisis has increased to 3,5-million from 2,5-million.
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/ 10 January 2006
Promises of aid to Africa must be kept in 2006 or millions of people will die needlessly, the top United Nations adviser on poverty said on Monday, while insisting that every penny must be accounted for to ensure it is used properly. ”2006 has to be the year of real action on the ground,” said Jeffrey Sachs, director of the UN Millennium Project and adviser to the UN secretary general.