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Africa – 15 August 2014

US counters Sino-African trade boom President Barack Obama took a swipe at China in a speech to a summit of

‘Africa has everything except leadership’ The entry of Barack Obama as United States President was characterised by inflated and buoyant

The statement put out by Concerned Africans Forum on the Gaza Israel crisis: CAFIsraelGaza

US-Africa summit: Mugabe snubbed, Malema’s group blast US President Barack Obama, whose election in 2008 as the first black American

Zuma to send envoys to Mid-East Two special envoys will head for war-torn Palestine, President Jacob Zuma told MPs on

The new BRICS Bank should offer a new vision for development, not more of the same Today leaders from Brazil,

African nations still top ’10 Worst’ in Fragile States Index but Liberia, Sierra Leone give hope Zimbabwe surprisingly took the

Terror threat puts African leaders on back foot Beyond signing pledges to co-operate in fighting Islamic extremists like Boko Haram

Egypt hands Al Jazeera reporters jail sentences Three Al Jazeera journalists have received sentences of seven to 10 years each

Open letter to African Union heads of state – ‘Its time to focus on people’ Judging from the daily outpouring