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		<title>Hang Zimbabweans Out to Dry</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/hang-zimbabweans-out-to-dry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the root of Zimbabwe's suffering is the fact the people of that country refuse to take responsibility for ending their own suffering. They ask the outside world for help and when that help is given, they reject it as not good enough. <strong>The people of Zimbabwe, yes, have defeated every single reasonable solution that has been offered to them by their neighbours and the world.</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>African Coup d&#8217;etat: The Sequel  –  and the Rule of Law</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/african-coup-detat-the-sequel-%e2%80%93-and-the-rule-of-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/african-coup-detat-the-sequel-%e2%80%93-and-the-rule-of-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oscar. H Blayton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Guinea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Within hours of the coup that Captain Moussa Dadis Camara led in Guinea, many governments and international organizations around the world call for the end of the military takeover and the restoration of the former constitutional government. The only problem with the credibility of such denouncements is that it is difficult to find a nation on the planet that can claim to have evolved without a violent political transition at some point in its history. ]]></description>
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		<title>Congo-Kinshasa: Solving the Kivu Equation</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/congo-kinshasa-solving-the-kivu-equation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/congo-kinshasa-solving-the-kivu-equation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[DRC &amp; Congo]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Conflict &amp; War]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DRC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The region’s troubles have been caused by factors from outside the country but also from within. The solution must take both of these things into account.

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		<title>Nigeria in a State of Coma?</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-in-a-state-of-coma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-in-a-state-of-coma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, here we are, 48 years after Independence, no sustainable national ideology has been developed and no clear Nigerian brand has emerged except a grab-grab political and economic culture, which only nurtures political and financial corruption. These twin national vice has worsened the state of our infrastructure, education, healthcare, security, and overall quality of life. And it has dented our international image.]]></description>
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		<title>America Loves Africa Like a Glutton Loves his Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/america-loves-africa-like-a-glutton-loves-his-lunch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/america-loves-africa-like-a-glutton-loves-his-lunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oscar. H Blayton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><img src="http://africanloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bush_africans_africanloft.jpg" alt="President George Bush in Africa" /></div><br />
It may seem more than odd to citizens of the various African nations how past administrations of the United States government have consistently professed their concern for the well being of Africa and Africans while at the same time acting contrary to their words...As we approach the dawn of a yet another U.S. administration, now is not the time to be overly optimistic.  Africans should be hopeful – but watchful.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Scams and &#8216;419&#8242; Fraud isn&#8217;t a Nigerian thing&#8230;Wall Street Brokers Do it too</title>
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		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/scams-and-419-fraud-isnt-a-nigerian-thingwall-street-brokers-do-it-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Life &amp; Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sick and tired of people acting like the only fraudsters in town are Nigerians.  Whenever a scam (a.k.a. 419 or &#8220;yahoo yahoo&#8221;) occurs the world automatically assumes the perpetrator is a Nigerian hence making it hard for innocent Nigerians to transact business globally.  So, to those who feel Nigerians are the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Horror that is Zimbabwe – The Shame of the West</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/the-horror-that-is-zimbabwe-%e2%80%93-the-shame-of-the-west/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/the-horror-that-is-zimbabwe-%e2%80%93-the-shame-of-the-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oscar. H Blayton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Politics-&amp;-Elections]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of its sympathetic hand wringing, the media in countries like the United States and Britain have ignored the part Western nations have played in this mess and placed the blame solely on the shoulders of President Robert Mugabe and his demand for land reform.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Political Corruption - Can Nigeria Learn from America?</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/fighting-political-corruption-can-nigeria-learn-from-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/fighting-political-corruption-can-nigeria-learn-from-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CareTaker</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The state of Illinois in United States and Nigeria has a common denominator – political corruption. But this is where the comparison stops. While the US law has been able to deal with its pool of offending dirty politicians via jail sentences, Nigeria has not, and has seen the pool of sleaze blossom over the years. ]]></description>
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		<title>The United States, AFRICOM and Cluster Bombs</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/the-united-states-africom-and-cluster-bombs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/the-united-states-africom-and-cluster-bombs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oscar. H Blayton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the incoming Administration, there is more justification for hope than ever before that the U.S. will focus more clearly on human rights concerns.  However, given the degree to which many of the practices of the U.S. military are institutionalized, it will takes a great deal of optimism to hope that the U.S. will dismantle AFRICOM, or that if AFRICOM engages in military action in an African nation that it will not use cluster bombs.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Nigeria the Least Risky Economy in the World?</title>
		<link>http://www.africanloft.com/is-nigeria-the-least-risky-economy-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.africanloft.com/is-nigeria-the-least-risky-economy-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a superlative and audacious assertion to make in this season of peculiar and enormous developments in world economy and, in Nigeria itself.]]></description>
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