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    BBC SWAHILI BRINGS FA CUP FINAL IN SWAHILI FOR FIRST TIME May 20, 2005

    <|bbc_sw.gif||right|>PROGRAMME INFORMATION 20 May 2005 BBC Swahili brings FA Cup Final in Swahili for first time Swahili speaking audiences across East and Central Africa can now enjoy, for the first time in Swahili, special live coverage of the FA Cup Final, between Arsenal and Manchester

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    AFRICA: AWARD-WINNING ARTIST PAINTS FOR WILDLIFE AND CHILDREN June 9, 2005

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Arend de Haas Director African Conservation Foundation Tel. +44 (0)1535 274160 Fax. +44 (0)1535 271631 arend@africanconservation.org Award-Winning Artist Paints for Wildlife and Children African Conservation Foundation Launches New “Art for Afric

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    BBC SWAHILI LAUNCH WEBSITE THAT 'SPEAKS BOLDLY' ABOUT SEX August 3, 2005

    PRESS RELEASE 3 August 2005 BBC Swahili launch website that 'speaks boldly' about sex <|bbc_ks.gif||left|>BBC Swahili and the BBC’s international charity, BBC World Service Trust have launched a Swahili language website which aims to break down taboos and myths around sex and sexuali

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    BBC WORLD SERVICE PRESS RELEASE: THE GOOD SON RETURNS HOME October 3, 2005

    PRESS RELEASE 3 October 2005 THE GOOD SON RETURNS HOME Carlos Queirós takes BBC on an exploration of football in Mozambique <|bbcworldservice.gif|BBC World Service|left|>The Manchester United Assistant Coach, Carlos Queirós is returning to his home country of Mozambique on 3 October

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    BURUNDIAN REFUGEES SEEK RWANDA CITIZENSHIP December 13, 2005

    Apunyu Bonny (SomaliNet) Burundian refugees who have no! w spent 30 years in Rwanda at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Gikongoro Province are petitioning Rwandan authorities to accord them permanent residence status. Reports New Times, Monday. Burundian refugees who are seeking Rwandan permanent r

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    NIGERIA: OBASANJO LASHES OUT AT AIR TRANSPORT REGULATOR December 14, 2005

    Kizza Hajarah (SomaliNet) Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo lashed out at the country's air transport regulator, Fidelis Onyeyiri for not doing his job. This followed a series of clashes in which 224 people lost their lives. "If you were doing all that you claim you are doing, we wouldn't

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    GHANA: JAPAN CANCELS DEBT December 14, 2005

    Kizza Hajarah Japan and Ghana yesterday signed a debt cancellation agreement of approximately one billion US dollars. This was after Ghana satisfied the HIPC requirements which qualified her for debt cancellation by most of her creditor countries. A sector programme grand aid amounting to ab

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    BURUNDIANS TO BENEFIT FROM UN’S APPEAL FOR US $128M IN HUMANITARIAN AID FOR 2006 December 15, 2005

    Apunyu Bonny (SomaliNet) A large share of the US $128 million in humanitarian aid to Burundi that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) appealed for on Wednesday will not be for emergency relief. "More than half of the funds will go to development," Jean Sebastian Muni

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    RWANDA ARMY OFFICER SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN JAIL BY UN COURT FOR GENOCIDE December 15, 2005

    Apunyu Bonny (SomaliNet) A Rwandan Army officer and Member of Parliament, Mr. Aloys Simba has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Uni! ted Nations Court for the role he played in 1994 genocide in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in 100 days. His sentenci

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    LIBERIA: PRESIDENT MEETS US SECRETARY OF STATE December 16, 2005

    <|rice_liberia.jpg| |left|>(SomaliNet) Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (l) with Secretary of State Rice Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf met US Secretary of State, Rice Condoleezza on Thursday on her trip to the United States. Rice preached reconciliation in the country after last

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