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All Africa News Headlines- Nigeria: Media, Civil Society Must Call Govt to Account December 18, 2009For the vast majority of Nigeria's population of more than 140 million, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) country review report for Nigeria published this week will have significance only if the media and civil society respond strongly to its findings, and if it is able to trigger substantial reforms.
- Western Sahara: Hunger Striker Aminatou Haidar Returns Home December 18, 2009Intense negotiations to save the life of Saharan hunger striker Aminatou Haidar and allow her to return to her home in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara bore fruit Thursday night, when she was loaded by stretcher into a plane leaving the Canary Islands.
- Africa: New Climate Change Deal in Sight, Says UN Chief December 18, 2009With only 24 hours to go before the scheduled end of the historic United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced optimism that a new agreement will be reached.
- Zimbabwe: Report on Unity Govt Crisis Revealed December 18, 2009ZANU PF has refused to dismantle the Joint Operations Command (JOC), a state security organisation that was reportedly behind the bloody presidential run-off poll last year that retained President Robert Mugabe in power.
- Nigeria: Court Quashes Top Corruption Case December 18, 2009Money Laundering Former Delta State Governor James Ibori's worst fears may have been over. Yesterday, a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, the state capital, quashed the 170-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering.
- Liberia: British Court Orders Govt to Pay 'Vulture Funds' U.S. $20 Million December 17, 2009A United Nations human rights expert voiced concern today over the decision of a court to order Liberia to pay debts of about $20 million to two so-called "vulture funds" - private investment firms that buy the debts of struggling countries or companies at below face value and then aggressively pursue repayment of the entire sum.
- Africa: U.S. to Join Climate Fund for Poor Countries December 17, 2009Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced the United States is willing to join other rich countries in raising US$100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020.
- Sudan: Country Risks Return to All-out Civil War, Group Warns December 18, 2009If the international community does not step in to ensure full implementation of Sudan's North-South peace deal and shore up other failing centre-periphery agreements, the country risks a return to all-out civil war.
- Africa: Everything Left to Accomplish December 18, 2009"It's clear now - we're not getting a binding deal at the end of tomorrow," said the president of Friends of the Earth-United States, Erich Pica.
- Sierra Leone: Police Plan to Use Youth Against Crime Sparks Row December 18, 2009A new police force plan to recruit youths in each community, to help fight the country-wide spate of armed robbery, has provoked controversy and sparked a nationwide debate.
- Nigeria: Media, Civil Society Must Call Govt to Account December 18, 2009
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- Thieves steal Auschwitz sign December 18, 2009Thieves have stolen the infamous sign at the entrance to Auschwitz. Pavel Saveetskee from the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum, told the BBC the sign is symbolic but has 'no material value'.
- Hope for Copenhagen climate deal December 18, 2009Delegates at the climate change summit in Copenhagen appear to be edging closer to a deal following negotiations into the night.
- Climate talks: Views from world cities December 18, 2009BBC correspondents Damian Grammaticas, Nick Bryant and Roland Buerk report from Beijing, Sydney and Tokyo on the climate change talks in Copenhagen, as a deal appears to be in sight.
- Europe hit by heavy snowfall December 18, 2009Severe weather has continued to affect swathes of Europe with forecasts for heavy snowfall from Spain in the west to Ukraine in the east.
- Legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution December 18, 2009The BBC's Brian Hanrahan looks back at the legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution.
- Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones' December 18, 2009Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say
- On the frontline during Afghanistan surge December 18, 2009The BBC's Mark Urban is given exclusive access to a key part of surge of the US surge in Afghanistan.
- Thieves steal Auschwitz sign December 18, 2009
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