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	<title>the Global Observatory &#187; Africa</title>
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	<description>A lot of caustic and sarcastic humor, stupid opinions, canned news and scanty revelations on politics, foreign affairs, social and fiscal issues, and much else from an independent, yet conservative and Republican, perspective from the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, right.</description>
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		<title>ANC: Shoot The Boer</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/anc-shoot-the-boer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela&#8217;s African National Congress, which pioneered racial peace and reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa, is now actively promoting anti-White violence.
Or, so you could claim if you read the lyrics to the Shoot the Boer song recently being promoted by an ANC youth leader, a Mr. Julius Malema, who is a huge supporter of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senegal Offers Land to Haitians: A Solution For the Middle East?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/01/senegal-offers-land-to-haitians-a-solution-for-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/01/senegal-offers-land-to-haitians-a-solution-for-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade is offering free land and repatriation for those affected by the Haiti earthquake, as many Haitians are of Senegalese descent.
If Arab nations were to behave similarly and offer free land to the Palestinians, we would solve the Israel-Palestine problem in a flash.
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		<title>How Did The Nigerian Government Recover the Money From Bank Debtors?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/how-did-the-nigerian-government-recover-the-money-from-bank-debtors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/how-did-the-nigerian-government-recover-the-money-from-bank-debtors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is how&#8230; now you know too&#8230;


Dear Sir,
Good day and compliments. This letter will definitely                      come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take       [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrorist, Libyan Hero or Both?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/terrorist-libyan-hero-or-both/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/terrorist-libyan-hero-or-both/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You couldn&#8217;t tell, just by looking at the photograph above, that the man on the right is a terrorist responsible for the deaths of 270 innocent civilians.
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		<title>Another Third World Dictator Stays On</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/another-third-world-dictator-stays-on-in-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/another-third-world-dictator-stays-on-in-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mamadou Tandja, aged 71 and President of Niger, has won a referendum allowing him to continue in power for another term.
Turnout was at 4%, according to the opposition, and Tandja won a staggering 92% of the vote.
So, Tandja has been re-elected on the support of 3.6% of the population.
Why is it so difficult for third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming the Wrong Party for the Trouble in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/blaming-the-wrong-party-for-the-trouble-in-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/blaming-the-wrong-party-for-the-trouble-in-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of pushing for accountability and transparency in the so-called &#8220;unity government&#8221; in Somalia led by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Clinton and Obama are blaming Eritrea for supporting Al-Shabab.
While Eritrea may be at fault in this matter, Ahmed&#8217;s incompetence and his government&#8217;s utter failure in establishing any sort of centralized control over Mogadishu, let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria Should Be Broken Up</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/nigeria-should-be-broken-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/nigeria-should-be-broken-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I blogged a few days back about the insurgency in the Delta region, which has seemingly quietened down just a little bit for only a little while.
Now, we have trouble in northern Nigeria (again):
Dozens of people have been killed after Islamist militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghanaians Get 200 Year Old Head</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/ghanaians-get-200-year-old-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/ghanaians-get-200-year-old-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ghana is set to receive the 200 year old head of a ruler executed by Dutch colonists&#8230; sorry about the, uh, pun.
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		<title>Somali Fighters Share Hostages, Love</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/somali-fighters-share-hostages-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/somali-fighters-share-hostages-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two French security advisers, who were kidnapped by Hizbul-Islam from their Mogadishu hotel earlier this week, are now being held by two different extremist groups in Somalia, according to sources familiar with the matter.
After disagreements between the kidnappers and the al-Shabab group, Hizbul-Islam handed one of the men over to placate the demands of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Peace in the Niger Delta, But There&#8217;s Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/false-peace-in-the-niger-delta-but-theres-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/false-peace-in-the-niger-delta-but-theres-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has just declared a 2 month cease-fire in its decades long campaign of terror against oil companies, foreigners in the Niger Delta region and the Nigerian government.
This is in celebration of the release of Henry Okah, a rebel leader arrested by the government during its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Diamonds Funding Mugabe</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/conflict-diamonds-funding-mugabe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/conflict-diamonds-funding-mugabe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I had written about before, Mugabe has given his military full reign over several diamond mines in Zimbabwe.
The military, as could only be expected, is engaging in a campaign of violence, murder and oppression to extract as much monetary value from the mines and, not surprisingly, the miners.
HRW reports:
Zimbabwe&#8217;s armed forces are engaging in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnnie Carson is an Idiot</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/johnnie-carson-is-an-idiot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/johnnie-carson-is-an-idiot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mugabe doesn&#8217;t like Little Johnnie.
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		<title>Zimbabwe: The New Angola?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/zimbabwe-the-new-angola/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/zimbabwe-the-new-angola/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Differences abound between Angola before and during the civil war there and Zimbabwe today, but the one common factor is wealth and control of natural resources in military hands.
UNITA, the Angolan rebel force, controlled diamond mines for decades, using controversial civilian labor, to extract the highly profitable resource. These so-called Blood Diamonds allowed UNITA to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Intervenes in Somalia From Afar: Doomed to Failure</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/obama-intervenes-in-somalia-from-afar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/obama-intervenes-in-somalia-from-afar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is now supplying weapons and training support to the transitional government in Somalia. No American troops or even trainers on the ground; just weapons and support.
Apparently, Obama has learnt the lessons from the last failed intervention in the African Horn. One of the iconic photos from the &#8216;92-&#8217;93 era was that of an American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor of Madagascar&#8217;s Second City Wants to be President Now</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/mayor-of-madagascars-second-city-wants-to-be-president-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/mayor-of-madagascars-second-city-wants-to-be-president-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mayor of Toamasina, Madagascar&#8217;s second largest city and chief port, wants to become the next President of that Indian Ocean island nation.
Attending the extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Johannesburg, Mayor Michael Ratsiraka announced that his city of Toamasina has long &#8220;suffered&#8221; at the hands of Antananarivo, the capital. &#8220;Toamasina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia Wants to Invade Somebody Else Now</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/ethiopia-wants-to-invade-somebody-else-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/ethiopia-wants-to-invade-somebody-else-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia has refused a request from Somalia to intervene in its escalating crisis, claiming it isn&#8217;t really into second helpings.
Somalian Transitional Government troops have been battling Islamist insurgents who control much of the country. The Speaker of Somalia&#8217;s parliament has urged neighboring countries to send troops within 24 hours. Ethiopian troops helped topple an Islamist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA&#8217;s mess with the Zimbabweans (and others)</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/sas-mess-with-the-zimbabweans-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/sas-mess-with-the-zimbabweans-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lessons learnt from South Africa&#8217;s renowned Truth and Reconciliation Committee are lost among its people.
Zimbabwean refugees escaping from Mugabe are being:
raped and injured, being rejected by hospital staff or charged exorbitant fees.
Zimbabwe is in a sorry state, but South African attitudes are making it worse. Where are the abused men, women and children supposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An end to a dysfunctional policy in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/04/an-end-to-a-dysfunctional-policy-in-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/04/an-end-to-a-dysfunctional-policy-in-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somalia has been without a functional government since the 1991 revolution against Siad Barre. Numerous warlords fought each other and remnants of the Central Government to gain control, but no one was successful. The UN and the US tried intervening between 1992-95 and failed miserably. An enduring image of this failed operation was the body [...]]]></description>
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