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In 1988, Tom Warth set out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, but stumbled upon a much loftier goal -- ending what he calls Africa's "book famine."
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Last October, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Togetherness Supreme was described as "Africa's slum dog without the millionaires."
Ruth Starkman: Togetherness Supreme: Kenyan Youth, Hipness and Hope on Screen Ruth Starkman 2011
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Numerous international law rulings have declared the continued occupation by the Moroccans illegal, leading to the region being dubbed 'Africa's last colony'.
Joe Dyke: Libya's new Leaders Liberal? They Don't Even Support Self-Determination Joe Dyke 2011
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Numerous international law rulings have declared the continued occupation by the Moroccans illegal, leading to the region being dubbed 'Africa's last colony'.
Joe Dyke: Libya's new Leaders Liberal? They Don't Even Support Self-Determination Joe Dyke 2011
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The son of a car mechanic, Mr. N'dour rose from Senegal's poverty, through studio sessions with producers such as Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and Wyclef Jean, to become a Grammy-winning world-music star that Rolling Stone magazine once called Africa's most famous living singer.
Senegal Music Star Seeks Presidency Drew Hinshaw 2012
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In 2010, the Economist dubbed her "Africa's Iron Lady;" Newsweek said, "Under her leadership, Liberia is a country rebuilt and reborn."
Barbara Lee: What the U.S. Can Learn from Women's Leadership Worldwide Barbara Lee 2011
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Known as 'Africa's Kingdom of Pleasure,' this luxury resort and casino complex, just two hours from Johannesburg, boasts two large casinos, two 18-hole golf courses and a wildlife reserve.
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In 2007, the Muslim Human Rights Forum MHRF, which Kimathi chairs, exposed a huge renditions scandal - dubbed "Africa's Guantanamo" - in which Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and the U.S. were secretly moving prisoners to different African countries.
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Outside the square, uniformed and plainclothes police kept watch on the streets in southern Africa's usually peaceful tiny mountain kingdom.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Sun City, South Africa Known as 'Africa's Kingdom of Pleasure,' this luxury resort and casino complex, just two hours from Johannesburg, boasts two large casinos, two 18-hole golf courses and a wildlife reserve.
unknown title 2011
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