15/2/2012 Angola , Benin , Botswana , Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of the)

Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East

Millions of people in Africa and the Middle East will be able to benefit from free, unlimited access to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia through their mobile phone, starting later this year

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18/6/2010 Benin , Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, CITES , Congo (Republic of the), Democratic republic of the Congo, Food, France , Gabon

Five tonnes of illegal ‘bushmeat’ being smuggled into Europe each week

Several tonnes of illegal "bushmeat" from animals ranging from primates to crocodiles are being smuggled in luggage each week through one of Europe's busiest airports, researchers said today.

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18/2/2010 Afghanistan , Albania, Angola , Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin , Bolivia, Botswana , Bulgaria, Burkina Faso , Cameroon, Canada , Cape Verde

Cluster bombs banned

The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), which seeks to ban the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of these weapons, has been ratified and will enter into force on 1 August 2010.

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14/5/2009 Colombia, Conflicts, Democratic republic of the Congo, Governance, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia , Poverty, Somalia, Sudan, Sweden

Africa: Same Firms Shipping Aid And Arms, Report Says

The military conflicts raging across Africa, Asia and Latin America have been significantly influenced by the heavy flow of illicit small arms, cocaine and rich minerals.

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