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Drogba To Star In Gala Night In Africa
Chelsea’s goalscoring legend to attend all-night party to celebrate his genius.
January 2008
Chelsea's Didier Drogba is to be honoured by players, managers and fans in a special event in Accra, Ghana, as part of the 26th African Cup of Nations taking place in the country from January 20th until February 10th.
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=541322
White House focuses on Malaria 'genocide'
World Peace Herald, DC - Jul 8, 2007 by Amy Fagan
Mali native Coumba Makalou described it as lightning jolting through her body. The young woman contracted malaria while visiting her home country in ...
http://wpherald.com/articles/5345/1/White-House-focuses-on-Malaria-genocide/1-million-deaths-annually-mostly-African-children.html
Africa marks “Malaria Day”
Baku Sun, Azerbaijan - May 4, 2007
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania — Countries across the continent marked Africa Malaria Day on Tuesday with an appeal for more aid money to control and possibly eliminate ...
http://www.bakusun.az/cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=9553
Toure re-elected Mali President
The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - May 4 2007
AMADOU TOUMANI TOURE, elected for a second term in weekend elections in Mali, is a former military ruler known as the "soldier of democracy" for bringing
http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=29047
Africa's golden voice
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, LA - Apr 27, 2007
In his native Mali, Salif Keita, who has albinism, went to college to become a teacher in the late 1960s. But a day before he was set to graduate, Keita was
http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/ENTERTAINMENT/70426041/1040
Salif Keita showcases his inimitable vocal style
April 30, 2007 By Don Heckman, Special to The Times
Africa's Salif Keita brings dark intensity to complex works at Disney Hall.
Divided Ivory Coast striving to reuniteBaltimore Sun, MD - Apr 29, 2007BOUAKE, Ivory Coast // For more than four years, a 12-mile- wide buffer zone has split this once-thriving West African country in two, ...
$461 million grant will help Mali invest in a brighter future
Washington Times, DC - Nov 19, 2006
... said. In an interview, he said Mali had "won the jackpot," because it got the second largest MCC grant to date, after Ghana. In ...
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20061119-111823-9118r.htm
Georges Moustaki, Johnny Depp, Salif Keita dans 'Le Petit Larousse'
Georges Moustaki, le chanteur malien Salif Keita ou l'acteur américain Johnny Depp entrent dans l'édition 2007 du "Petit Larousse illustré", qui compte cette année une centaine de mots nouveaux et une cinquantaine de personnalités supplémentaires.
http://www.emarrakech.info/Georges-Moustaki,-Johnny-Depp,-Salif-Keita-dans-Le-Petit-Larousse-_a9465.html
Albino Afropop Star Salif Keita Talks About Mali, Magic, Murder
Bloomberg - Jul 17, 2006
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Salif Keita, the albino Afropop star, stopped by Brooklyn's Metrotech Commons recently at a packed afternoon concert to promote his new ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a8yRTPVym_GU&refer=home
West African Singer Joins the Campaign to Make Trade Fair
Salif Keita calls attention to African farmers’ struggles before WTO deadline.
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/campaigns/agriculture/news_publications/feature_story.2006-07-03.5812738930/?searchterm=salif%20keita
SALIF KEITA"M'Bemba"Decca
Washington Post, United States - Jun 23, 2006
LIKE MANY AFRICAN musicians who have become international stars, Salif Keita has recently been divesting Western influences, substituting traditional acoustic ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062200540.html
Salif Keita
Exclaim!, Canada - Jun 29, 2006
Salif Keita possesses one of the world’s unique voices — powerful, sensitive, and blessed with a huge range; he draws from styles and forms of his Malian ...
http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=22&csid1=5357
Bono: 'Keep aid money out of politicians' pockets'
23/05/2006 - 22:39:43
Pop star and activist Bono called today for African media and civil society organisations to ensure that hard-fought debt relief money doesn’t end up in politicians’ pockets.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=183624246&p=y836z495z
World. Le chanteur malien fait vibrer la salle parisienne au son de ses blues sahéliens et de ses rythmes enfiévrés.
Salif Keita, le phénix de l'Olympia
par Bouziane DAOUDI
QUOTIDIEN : mardi 23 mai 2006
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=384125
Bono sings with African band
Reuters
Tuesday, May 23, 2006; 11:21 AM
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Rock star Bono took a night off from campaigning on aid for Africa and went back to his day job -- music -- as he sang along with a local band in a 1,000-year-old chant in the West African state of Mali.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300442.html
Ivory Coast factions gear up for disarmament
Independent Online, South Africa - May 22, 2006
Abidjan - Rebel and government troops in war-divided Ivory Coast said on Monday that they were withdrawing some forces from front-line positions in preparation ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1148332505200B216
Africa Malaria Day
April 25, 2006
By Joyce Howard Price
Several groups will mark Africa Malaria Day today by trying to raise awareness in the United States about the disease, which is the leading killer of preschool children and pregnant women in Africa.
On Capitol Hill, for instance, the Global Health Council will sponsor a panel discussion to provide updates on efforts to reduce malaria's toll on the developing world, including the repeal of taxes on bed nets and service fees.
A grass-roots group known as COUMBA (Conscientious Organizations Using Music to Bring Awareness) Foundation, uses African music and art to draw attention to the malaria problem.
Copyright 2006 News World Communications, Inc.
For the Full Article, visit:
http://washingtontimes.com/culture/20060424-104202-3626r.htm
Africans not surprised by riots in "racist" France
Reuters AlertNet, UK - Nov. 10 2005
... the violence on what many see as the racist nature of French society. ... house a wave of immigrant workers after France's colonies in Africa gained independence ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10340950.htm
Randgold's Loulo mine in Mali ships first gold ahead of schedule
Metals Place, UK - Nov. 10, 2005
Randgold Resources' new mine at Loulo, Mali, shipped its first commercial consignment of bullion on Tuesday, a week ahead of schedule and four days before its ...
http://metalsplace.com/metalsnews/?a=2920
Exxon Mobil to sink billions into Africa
Houston Chronicle, United States - Nov. 10, 2005
Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Wednesday it will spend $24 billion in Africa over the next decade as it seeks to ...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3450749
New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented
afrol News, Norway - Nov. 10, 2005
... The "new single-day cure for malaria" has already been widely tested on several locations in Africa, making it ready for marketing in 2006. ...
http://www.afrol.com/articles/17201
China to beef up co-op with Africa's biggest economic bloc
Xinhua, China - Nov. 10, 2005
10 (Xinhuanet) -- China will work hand in hand with Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to help countries on the continent in their efforts ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10/content_3763606.htm
Johnson-Sirleaf appears to be Africa's first female president
Xinhua, China - November 10, 2005
10 (Xinhuanet) -- Harvard-trained Iron Lady Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf appeared to be the first female president in Africa as results from nearly 90 percent of the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/11/content_3763630.htm
Mali raises investment to search for gold, diamonds
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Nov 4, 2005
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali will invest more than $180 million in its mining sector over the next decade as it steps up the search for gold, diamonds and other ...
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-11-04T140809Z_01_BAN450881_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-MINERALS-MALI-INVESTMENT-20051104.XML
Ivory Coast's 'Young Patriots' key to peace
ABC News - Oct 31, 2005
... Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy, who was recently named a United Nations ambassador of peace in the country, has met with Goudé and says the president is ...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1267739
US pledges $7 mln aid to W.Africa cotton growers
Reuters South Africa, South Africa -
Johanns, in Burkina Faso with US trade representative Rob Portman, announced the "The West Africa Cotton Improvement Programme" ahead of a meeting with ...
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-11-10T105610Z_01_BAN039391_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-TRADE-AFRICA-COTTON-20051110.XML
The Africa Society and Discovery Communications Co-Host Exclusive ...
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Oct 24, 2005
On Wednesday, October 26, Discovery Communications and The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa will host an exclusive premiere screening of the ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200510240835.html
Anti-poverty music fest starts in Ghana
GhanaWeb, Ghana - Sep 3, 2005
Some of Africa's top acts, including Mali's Salif Keita, were scheduled to play at the "Standing Tall Against Poverty" jamboree in Accra. ...
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=89437
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Africa Calling will be the voice of the African musicians
Africa Calling will give African musicians an opportunity to be heard. Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, Maryam Mursal, Salif Keita and Thomas Mapfumo will perfprm at this event, to be held in Cornwall, southwest England, on July 2.
http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=68917
Sahel-Sahara summit starts with push for integration |
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LOME, June 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Leaders from the Community of Sahel and Sahara states gathered for their seventh summit Wednesday in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, to seek concrete progress toward African integration. |
McCONAUGHEY TURNS DOCTOR IN MALI
Contactmusic.com, UK - March 23, 2005
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY turned witch doctor while preparing for his role in new film SAHARA, by treating Malian villagers with "miracle medicines". ...
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mcconaughey%20turns%20doctor%20in%20mali
African Artists Raise Voices Against Malaria
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - Mar 20, 2005
... They stuck to what they knew best. Salif Keita, the Malian singer, strutted on the stage, belting his shrill anthems to a spellbound audience. ...
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050320/ZNYT04/503200391/1051/news01
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Tsunami cash 'is well spent'
Feb. 15, 2005-OXFAM has insisted that money donated by the British public to aid victims of the Asian tsunami disaster is being well spent.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=174302005
Merck Vaccine Network-Africa Center in Mali Hosts First Immunization Training Program
BAMAKO, Mali--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--Today, 15 immunization managers completed the first vaccination management skills training program of the Merck Vaccine Network - Africa (MVN-A) Center in Mali. During the week-long program held at the Center pour le Developpement du Vaccins, Mali (Center for Vaccine Development, Mali), immunization managers participated in training sessions on how to store and handle vaccines safely, provide vaccination services, and conduct immunization surveillance and disease monitoring activities.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050214005678&newsLang=en
U.K. Agrees to Pay $45.4 Million of Mali's International Debt
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government agreed to pay 10 percent of Mali's debt to international lenders as part of Britain's bid to ease the financial burden on poorer countries, the U.K. Treasury said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=atIRovDFuc0U&refer=uk
Singer, guitarist brings the music of Mali to Union Theater
(Posted: 2/8/2005)
Malian superstar Habib Koité, "praised by everyone from Joan Baez to Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne," according to the Los Angeles Times, will perform in the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, Feb. 18. The show will be followed by a dance party, free to ticket holders, with Malian musician and singer Tani Diakite and Friends.
http://www.news.wisc.edu/10657.html
EYE ON AFRICA: MALI'S DEMOCRACY
By Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
UPI Africa Columnist
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Like the country he represents in Washington, Mali's Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop is tall, robust and has a powerful presence. He is gentle, affable and cultured.
This article was mailed from World Peace Herald
(http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20041220-112734-1281r)
3 December 2004
Nigerian President Upbeat on African Future
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who met with President Bush at the White House Thursday, says peace and prosperity can be within Africa's grasp if the world unites behind the region. VOA's Michael Bowman reports Mr. Obasanjo, later attended a gala dinner to promote African economic progress.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-12-03-voa10.cfm
Monday, November 29, 2004; Page E05
Company Hopes to Take Outsourcing to a New Level: Africa
By Mary Ellen Slayter
Washington Post Staff Writer
November 28, 2004
Hurry, we'll be late for the party
Mali’s annual celebration of Tuareg culture has become a world party.
Anthony Sattin, plus turban, joins in
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2100-1377614,00.html
First Wave of On-Air Public Service Announcements
to Launch July 13th in the U.S. on VH1
U.S. Television Network VH1 has teamed up with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to create an unprecedented collaborative public education campaign designed to raise awareness about and inspire action in the fight against the world's worst health crisis.
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/media_center/press/pr_040708.asp
Tracy Chapman and Oumou Sangare at the Hollywood Bowl --July 12th 2004
http://www.about-tracy-chapman.net/news.htm
Down Side
Kenya: Vote Exposes Africa's Weak Democracy
AllAfrica.com, Washington - January 10, 2008
I have been reading many contributions on the unfortunate developments in Kenya. Some addressed the fundamental issue of what could be done to enhance
http://allafrica.com/stories/200801090977.html
Artists, Entertainers Who Died in 2007The Associated Press - Dec 28, 2007Lucky Dube, 43. South African reggae star. Oct. 18. Shot in apparent carjacking attempt. Vincent DeDomenico, 92. Co-inventor of Rice-A-Roni, ...
Malaria Kills Development in Africa
AllAfrica.com, Washington - May 2, 2007
Last week, Africa celebrated Malaria Day making it seven years since the summit of 44 African leaders who gathered in Nigeria on April 25, ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705030013.html
1758 cases of malaria reported in UK travellers in 2006
News-Medical.net, Australia - May 3, 2007
Where the reason for travel is known, 57% of the malaria cases reported in the UK were in people visiting friends and relatives in the tropics. ...
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=24591
Opposition charges fraud in Mali elections as early results come in
International Herald Tribune, France - May 1, 2007
BAMAKO, Mali: Opposition leaders rejected the results of Mali's weekend elections Tuesday as early results showed President Amadou Toumani Toure with a ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/01/africa/AF-POL-Mali-Elections.php
Ivory Coast: Increasing violent attacks against civilians in the ...
Reuters AlertNet, UK - Apr 26, 2007
The Zone of Confidence (zone de confiance) was a buffer zone between the warring parties in Ivory Coast, spanning from the Liberian border in the west to ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/MSFIntl/117757499846.htm
Armed men seize two bases in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali, May 23 (UPI) -- Armed men reportedly have seized two military bases in the western African country of Mali, a neighbor of Algeria.
French lawmakers pass tough immigration law
Gulf Times, Qatar - May 18, 2006
... Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy said: “This notion of chosen immigration, this migratory apartheid takes us back to the time of slavery, when the traders ...
African bluesman Ali Farka Toure dies in his sleep
Tue Mar 7, 2006 4:22 PM GMT
Ivory Coast's Armed Forces Fight Against AIDS
Voice of America - Nov 8, 2005
By Gabi Menezes. In war divided Ivory Coast, members of the military are particularly at risk of spreading and being infected by HIV/AIDS. ...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-08-voa22.cfm
Liberia: LET DEMOCRACY TAKE ITS COURSE
TheLiberianTimes.com, New York - Nov 1, 2005
... s cool down the temper, and hopefully on the inauguration day, we can either play the Zack and Geebah’s “Sweet Liberia,” or Alpha Blondy’s “Peace In ...
Police disperse huge Ivory Coast protest
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 30, 2005
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Security forces in Ivory Coast fired into the air and hurled tear gas canisters Sunday at thousands of unarmed opposition militants ...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1105AP_Ivory_Coast.html
Ivory Coast's Ethnic Lines Harden, Hobbling Economy
New York Times, United States - Oct 30, 2005
FENGOLO, Ivory Coast, Oct. ... So Ivory Coast is suspended between war and peace, its economy in shambles, its infrastructure crumbling and its future uncertain. ...
http://news.google.com/news?q=ivory+coast&hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&start=30
Live8 line-up 'patronising' to Africans
Robin Denselow
Thursday June 2, 2005
The Guardian
Bob Geldof has been accused of being "deeply patronising" and "missing a golden opportunity" by leaving African musicians out of the predominantly white bill for his series of Live 8 concerts on July 2.
There are no
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1497259,00.html
Over 40 killed in attack in Ivory Coast
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jun 1, 2005
Nairobi (dpa) - At least 41 people were killed and 45 were wounded when armed men attacked people living in the outskirts of the western Ivory Coast town of ...
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MMQD-6CXKKF?OpenDocument
Locust invasion leaves Mali on the brink
Independent Online, South Africa - May 30, 2005
Bamako, Mali - More than a million people could go hungry in this West African nation after a severe locust invasion last year devastated crops, officials ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1117460520217B254
One million people exposed to hunger in Mali
Ireland Online, Ireland - May 30, 2005
More than one million people could go hungry in the West African nation of Mali after a severe locust invasion last year devastated crops, officials warned ...
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=144650928&p=y4465y634
In Mali, nomads and villagers scramble for food
Reuters AlertNet, UK - March23,2005
By Mercedes Sayagues. MOPTI, Mali (AlertNet) -- The Peul herders arrived two months early in Mopti town this year. Normally, the ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/111159520196.htm
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=13737&Cr=locust&Cr1=
Tsunami death toll at 287,993
From correspondents in Jakarta
February 16, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
THE number of people believed killed in December's tsunami disaster rose to 287,993 today, more than six weeks after the catastrophe.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12265467-38196,00.html
Social Uprising Triggers Violence in Togo, Africa
Lome, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Police and Army forces opened fire against demonstrators who were demanding respect for the Constitution and the resignation of new President Faure Gnassingbe in Lome on Tuesday. There was one dead, the authorities said.
http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B29603602-0555-4F1C-A83F-679CD5D9E6B5%7D&language=EN
Dec 17, 2004 10:30 AM
West African cotton meeting delayed, USDA says
By Forrest Laws
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A December meeting aimed at furthering cooperative ties between the United States and the West African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali has been postponed, USDA officials announced.
Just click the link to go directly to this feature at http://deltafarmpress.com/news/121704africa-meeting/
UN secretary general’s Ivory Coast envoy quits
(AFP)6 December 2004
ABIDJAN - The UN secretary general’s special envoy to Ivory Coast, Albert Tevoedjre, has resigned, UN officials announced here Monday.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2004/December/theworld_December161.xml§ion=theworld
Nobel peace laureate claims HIV deliberately created. 09/10/2004. ABC News Online
Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize today reiterated her claim that the AIDS virus was a deliberately created biological agent Some say that AI
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1216687.htm
After Accord, Sudan Camp Raided
By Emily Wax
OLD AL-JEER SUREAF, Sudan, Nov. 10 -- Just hours after the government agreed to a peace deal Tuesday aimed at ending violence in Darfur, Sudanese police arrived at this battered camp in the middle of the night, beating residents with wooden poles, bulldozing and burning shelters and firing tear gas into a health clinic, residents and aid workers reported.
To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41010-2004Nov10.html?referrer=emailarticle
France Blamed in Ivorian Unrest
By Craig Timberg
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 11 -- President Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday challenged French accounts of a bombardment that killed nine French troops and a U.S. aid worker Saturday. Gbagbo accused France of using the incident as a pretext to launch a drastic counterattack to weaken his grip on power.
To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44055-2004Nov11.html?referrer=emailarticle
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