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Michelle Faul

Nigerian survives three days at bottom of Atlantic Ocean
Africa
/ 4 December 2013

Nigerian survives three days at bottom of Atlantic Ocean

Harrison Odjegba Okene, a sunken tugboat’s cook, managed to suvive three days by breathing a dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket in the wreck.

By Michelle Faul
Plight of rescued baby gorillas raises fears in DRC
Africa
/ 25 September 2012

Plight of rescued baby gorillas raises fears in DRC

The plight of two rescued infant gorillas highlights the dangers confronting the endangered animals, victims of ongoing violence and rebellion in DRC.

By Michelle Faul
Congo civilians killed in military tug-of-war
Africa
/ 7 August 2012

Congo civilians killed in military tug-of-war

With Congo’s army diverted to eastern Congo, new militia groups have arisen as older ones reassert themselves, killing hundreds of civilians.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 27 February 2012

Activists rally against Africa dictator’s UN prize

Activists are urging Unesco to abandon a prize named after Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 12 November 2011

Congo opposition leader sends bombshell from afar

Etienne Tshisekedi has proclaimed himself president and ordered his followers to stage jailbreaks to free detained colleagues.

By Michelle Faul
Returned Namibian skulls ignite anger, not peace
Article
/ 5 October 2011

Returned Namibian skulls ignite anger, not peace

Historians say the genocide committed by German soldiers in what they called South West Africa was a precursor to the Nazi holocaust of the Jews.

By Michelle Faul
South Africa’s ‘first lady’ dreams of the future
Article
/ 9 September 2011

South Africa’s ‘first lady’ dreams of the future

Twelve-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse is the first black child diagnosed with progeria, a rare and fatal condition that accelerates the aging process.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 15 August 2011

Will DRC vote tip country back into violence?

The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election.

By Michelle Faul
Libyan rebels broke despite piles of gold
Article
/ 3 June 2011

Libyan rebels broke despite piles of gold

Three months into the fight against Muammar Gaddafi, the rebels complain they have yet to see a penny of the hundreds of millions of dollars on offer.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 25 April 2011

Gbagbo’s fate an indicator for Côte d’Ivoire’s future

The fate of former strongman Laurent Gbagbo will be an indicator of how calls for reconciliation play out in the West African nation.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 18 April 2011

Côte d’Ivoire warlord cites heavy toll

A warlord who began the battle to wrest Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital from soldiers says a lack of military coordination cost too many lives.

By Michelle Faul
In Côte d’Ivoire conflict, both sides spilled blood
Article
/ 10 April 2011

In Côte d’Ivoire conflict, both sides spilled blood

Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s elected president killed hundreds of civilians and raped his rival’s supporters, Human Rights Watch said.

By Michelle Faul
Aristide leaving for Haiti ‘in hours’
Article
/ 17 March 2011

Aristide leaving for Haiti ‘in hours’

Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide is leaving exile in South Africa in just a few hours, despite President Barack Obama’s bid to keep him away.

By Donna Bryson and Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 6 March 2011

Gold smuggling a way of life in east DRC

The tip-off led intelligence agents to an US jet loaded with half a tonne of gold, a Houston diamond merchant and a car chase that produced $6,8m.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 21 February 2011

Congo colonel gets 20 years after rape trial

A DRC court has sentenced a colonel to 20 years in the highest-profile rape case ever held in the massive state where sexual violence is endemic.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 15 October 2010

‘Canned lion hunting is like fishing with dynamite’

Each year, lions are raised in captivity in South Africa and then set loose in enclosed areas where hunters, many from the US, gun them down.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 18 September 2010

Violence spirals out of control in east DRC

First the soldiers told residents of the villages in the mineral-rich eastern DRC not to worry. They were just there for a rest and would do no harm.

By Michelle Faul
Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers
Africa
/ 29 August 2010

Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw from UN peacekeeping if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of possible genocide.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 24 May 2010

DRC pastor loses nine out of 10 children

In the east of this vast country, ongoing rebel attacks and poor healthcare have produced a generation of mourning mothers and fathers.

By Michelle Faul
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Africa
/ 11 May 2010

UN peacekeepers at crossroads in DRC

More than a decade and billions of dollars after UN peacekeepers deployed to the DRC during a civil war, President Joseph Kabila wants them out.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 5 April 2010

Mother tells how son killed Terre’Blanche

The mother of a 15-year-old murder suspect said on Monday that her son struck Eugene Terre’Blanche with an iron rod after he refused to pay him.

By Michelle Faul
Sarkozy’s Haiti visit a first ever by a French President
Article
/ 17 February 2010

Sarkozy’s Haiti visit a first ever by a French President

France’s national anthem blared across the tarmac on as Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 19 January 2010

Crushed and gashed, dozens in Haiti now lose limbs

For two days, Ticia Vital refused doctors’ pleas to allow them to amputate her festering left leg, even as the gangrene spread.

By Michelle Faul
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Article
/ 16 January 2010

Water crisis threatens Haiti quake survivors

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are in need of drinking water because of a damaged pipeline and drivers unwilling or unable to deliver their cargo.

By Mike Melia and Michelle Faul

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