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ZIMBABWE: Rice Calls African Leaders to Seek Zim Solution (The Shebeen)

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:38:18 GMT

UNITED STATES Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has softened her rhetoric on Zimbabwe and called on African leaders and former UN chief Kofi Annan to help find a solution to resolve the crisis in the country. Full article ... (http://allafrica.com/stories/200805100003.html)

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Rice Calls African Leaders to Seek Zim Solution (All Africa)

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:35 GMT

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Rice seeks African insight to help end Zim crisis (Mail & Guardian)

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:07:24 GMT

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke on Friday with African leaders and former United Nations chief Kofi Annan for their insight into how to end Zimbabwe's election crisis, her spokesperson said. Rice spoke to Botswana President Ian Khama, Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.

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Can Tanzania reap bumper harvests? (BBC News)

Thu, 08 May 2008 06:31:05 GMT

As former UN chief Kofi Annan calls for a "green revolution" in Africa, the BBC's Madeleine Morris reports on one project to help Tanzanian farmers.

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The Drug Menace, Country Sits on Time Bomb (All Africa)

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:02:39 GMT

THE HEAD of Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Department (CPMRD) at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Dr. Kwesi Aning, says Ghana is sitting on a time bomb. He said this in regard to the increasing spate of drug menace in the country.

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OLPC reshuffles, gets new president and COO- About: Technology (Technology Blog)

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:45:54 GMT

There’s been a rash of defections at OLPC lately, with NickNeg himself looking to leave soon , so it's nice to hear that the charitable endeavor is filling in the vacancies. Although Negroponte has said that's he looking for someone “similar to Kofi Annan” to lead the project, it looks like he’s just shuffling people [...]

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Africa needs ‘green revolution’ says Annan (An Inconvenient Blog)

Mon, 05 May 2008 05:48:07 GMT

Former UN head Kofi Annan has called for a “green revolution” to solve the food crisis threatening Africa. Most of Africa has communal land tenure, not a market in land “A genuinely African green revolution could lead to a doubling or tripling of food production,” he told the BBC. Africa needs direct, immediate help for farmers to stop [...]

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Help Africa to Feed Itself, Annan Urges World (Hip Hop Caucus Blog)

Sat, 03 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Farmers in Africa could double food output in five to 10 years if rich countries partner them in a "Green Revolution" for a long-term solution to the continent's food crisis, former U.N. chief Kofi Annan said on Friday. Speaking in a telephone conference call from Austria, the former U.N. secretary-general urged developed nations to give generously to first stave off the risk of hunger...

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In the Footsteps of Kofi Annan - Adeniji's Experience (All Africa)

Thu, 01 May 2008 21:54:23 GMT

You rarely see him in public and very little is known about him by Kenyans.

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Africa needs "green revolution" (BBC News )

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:24:47 GMT

Former UN head Kofi Annan calls for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis threatening Africa.

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Africa needs 'green revolution' (BBC News)

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:24:47 GMT

Former UN head Kofi Annan calls for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis threatening Africa.

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Kofi Annan To Address Global Food Crisis, Its Impact And Solutions In Africa (Medical News Today)

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Global food prices have doubled in the last three years, and the cereal bill for low-income food-deficit countries in Africa is projected to increase another 74 percent this year. Across sub-Saharan Africa, 33 million young children are malnourished, even as food riots have broken out in more than half a dozen African countries. With Africa's own food production tragically low, the continent remains...

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Louise Arbour Joins International Crisis Group (Slaw)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:21:07 GMT

Louise Arbour, former Supreme Court Justice and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will join the Board of the International Crisis Group. New fellow board members include Kofi Annan, (Lord) Paddy Ashdown, HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal and the former President of Poland, Alexander Kwaśniewsk. There are 54 members on the board all told. The International Crisis [...]

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How Very Unpromising (Red State)

podcasts@redstate.com (Redstate Network) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:56:32 GMT

The not-so-rave reviews for the U.N.'s new Human Rights Council just keep rolling in : TWO years ago, the 60-year-old UN Commission on Human Rights was dumped. Kofi Annan, who was then the UN's secretary-general, gave the reason: the world's worst abusers had used the agency "to protect themselves against criticism or to criticise others". When its successor, the Human Rights Council,...

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Bulli for who? (The Independent)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:01 GMT

If Belarus won the Eurovision Song Contest every year, there would be an outcry. If Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a decade on the trot, there'd be an inquiry. If Peter Carey took the Man Booker five times running, there would be blood in the streets. So when Ferran Adria took to the stage at Restaurant magazine's World's 50 Best restaurants 2008 ceremony on Monday...

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Sorry, Mr Moon (New Zealand Herald )

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:15:00 GMT

The post of United Nations Secretary-General is not exactly a low-profile job. But the world's top diplomat, Ban Ki Moon of South Korea, is struggling for name recognition more than a year after taking over from Kofi Annan. Ban's...

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The evening I did not meet Kofi Annan:) - Abuja, Nigeria (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:15:22 GMT

... just to send some mails, while I waited for the gala dinner. It turned out that this was the event Kofi Annan should have come, but he pulled out due to a busy schedule. The dinner was supposed to start at seven, but due to African time it started at nine. But nonetheless, I was able to discuss with the politicians in a more formal tone, and to say what I wanted to say. We agreed...

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Barry Joseph: Comparing Apples and Oranges in Virtual Worlds (Spotlight on Digital Media and Lear)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:53:00 GMT

Global Kids reflects on lessons learned from a massively multiworld simulcast of Kofi Annan's receipt of the MacArthur Award for International Justice.

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A screaming start (OTB News)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:15:03 GMT

A new UN institution is struggling to prove that it is doing better than its unloved predecessor. Thanks to an obsession with Israel, it isn't, yet TWO years ago, the 60-year-old UN Commission on Human Rights was dumped. Kofi Annan, who was then the UN's secretary-general, gave the reason: the world's worst abusers had used the [...]

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A screaming start (The Economist)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:41:21 GMT

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