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		<title>Africa: the Paradox of Plenty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Africa is a land of enormous natural riches, this is a fact. It is also a statement of fact that mostly foreigners, not the locals, have built great fortunes off of Africa&#8217;s material riches and its people. Ian Fisher, via New York Times, presents &#8220;Paradox of Plenty&#8220;, a multimedia series highlighting the impact of slavery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Virus Destroys Online Bank Accounts in Nigeria and South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Trojan, is reported to have infected and destroyed more than 500 000 online bank accounts and affected several thousands credit cards in Nigeria, South Africa and some countries in the developed world.
The Trojan’s’ origin is yet to be established, but computer experts on security say it was first detected in 2006 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8230;If America was Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of serious discussion on the American ground-breaking election, a Nigerian blogger examines the facts and injects some humor into the topic. The blogger examines the possible newspaper headlines if the election had been in Nigeria. 
Head to Anthony Arojojoye&#8217;s On a Lighter Mode blog, &#8220;If America Was Nigeria&#8221;
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		<title>The Obama Election Victory as Viewed from Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/the-obama-election-victory-as-viewed-from-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you write about something as monumental as the election of the first African American president of the United States of America?&#8221; BRE, an African American expatriate in Germany and blogger at Jewels in the Jungle asks.

It has taken me the better part of a week to recover from my overwhelming joy over this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Farafina!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farafina magazine was started in 2004 as an online magazine. It was in this original incarnation that the magazine established contact with contemporary writers based in Nigeria and overseas, publishing the early work of such writers as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Petina Gappah, Tolu Ogunlesi, Yemisi Ogbe and Victor Ehikhamenor.
Below is issue 15 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Niger Delta:  &#8220;A Nightmare to Nigeria&#8221;. Yar A&#8217;dua Lacks Leadership Vision [podcast]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;Adua has described the escalating violence in oil-rich but restive Niger Delta as a nightmare facing his administration. Chudi Chukwuani, a Nigerian economist fired back: &#8220;Clearly it&#8217;s a statement that can be made by somebody that has absolutely no vision of leadership&#8221;.
Take a listen.
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		<title>Health Services For All: The Ghana Example</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ghana is reportedly one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa which have made tremendous progress in reducing infant and maternal deaths. The country has also started a process of integrating traditional medicine in its mainstream healthcare delivery system. In this interview with Chukwuma Muanya of Nigerian Guardian, who was in Ghana recently, Dr. Eddie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South African President Thabo Mbeki to Step Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH AFRICA - South African President Thabo Mbeki agreed to resign after the ruling party ordered him today to step down, a move that could heighten turmoil in Africa&#8217;s economic powerhouse.
Mbeki&#8217;s rival and heir apparent Jacob Zuma was not expected to take over immediately. Another figure in the ruling African National Congress could be named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NNS Nigeria is About to Collide with the Iceberg</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/nns-nigeria-is-about-to-collide-with-the-iceberg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chxta, a UK-based Nigerian Blogger examines the state of the academia in Nigerian nation, excerpts:
&#8230;The very best brains are retained by the academia, or at the very least allowed to go into industry but encouraged to contribute to academic work in one way or the other. Glen Mapp, one of my lecturers during my Masters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only in Nigeria: States Spent 35M Naira Over Yar&#8217;Adua&#8217;s Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Trust reports how some state governors spent some $300,000 USD publishing congratulatory messages for the Nigerian president on his birthday. But they got the date wrong! 
Over N35 million taxpayers&#8217; money was spent by state governors, ministers and lawmakers sponsoring advert messages congratulating President Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;adua on his 57th birthday in national [...]]]></description>
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