African kangas: Colourful wraps with something to say
Stone City, Zanzibar - They shimmer in bright colours, have patterns in multiple hues and they are adorned with messages written in Swahili. They are called kangas and are part of every day life for the women of east Africa, particularly Kenya and Ta...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Somali insurgents stone woman to death for adultery
Mogadishu - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a 29-year-old married woman to death for adultery, the second such execution this month, officials said. Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Abdirahman, an al-Shabaab judge, also ordered the woman's sexual p...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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Somali pirates seize tanker with 28 North Korean crew
London/Nairobi - Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying 28 North Koreans - but failed in an attack to seize a Ukrainian vessel following a firefight, the European Union's anti- piracy mission off Somalia NAVFOR said Tuesday. NAVFOR said that ...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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1STLEAD:Somali pirates expected to release Spanish ship crew
Madrid - Spain's government Tuesday was expecting the imminent release of the crew of a Spanish fishing vessel held by Somali pirates for 46 days after the shipowner agreed to pay a ransom of 2.3 million euros (4 million dollars), Spanish media repor...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
Africa (World) ]
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