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All International wire news
 Reuters (Eng) - 3/17/16 Botswana's highest court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by the government to ban a gay rights lobby group, providing a rare victory for African gay rights... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 1/21/16 Africa's small farmers, more than half of whom buy their seeds from local informal markets, need access to improved seeds that can yield more food and cope with... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 11/20/15 THE HAGUE— The International Criminal Court faced calls to change its approach in Africa or face losing some of its largest members as Kenya and South Africa joined... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 11/12/15 The European Union has offered African states a range of aid as well as easier visa access and lower costs for migrants sending cash home in return for help to curb... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 10/26/15 India hosts its biggest-ever Africa summit this week as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to challenge China's dominance on a continent that is blessed with vast... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 10/19/15 Pope Francis will meet slum dwellers and refugees and call for dialogue between Christians and Muslims when he visits Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic next... |
 AFP - 10/18/15 Ten Eritrean footballers who sought political asylum in Botswana after playing in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup can stay until a hearing on their case in... |
 AFP - 10/15/15 Ten footballers from Eritrea's national squad have sought political asylum in Botswana after playing in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup, an Eritrean non-... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 10/15/15 China slapped a one-year ban on African ivory hunting trophy imports, the state forestry authority said on Thursday ahead of a trip by President Xi Jinping to Britain... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 10/6/15 Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa.... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 9/23/15 Washington - The United States and India on Tuesday agreed to train troops in six African countries before they are deployed to UN peacekeeping missions, US Secretary... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 9/16/15 Kellogg Co (K.N) is setting up a joint venture with the African arm of Singapore's Tolaram Group to bolster its breakfast and snack food offerings in West Africa.... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 9/3/15 A boat containing around 40 African migrants including a toddler girl landed on a beach on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, sea rescue services said on Wednesday... |
 AFP - 7/30/15 Botswana has allocated emergency funds in response to the worst drought conditions in 30 years with agricultural land badly hit by the lack of irrigation, the... |
 Xinhuanet - 7/24/15 About 48 Botswana officials on Thursday attended the first class of a basic Chinese training course in the capital city of Gaborone. The course co-sponsored by... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 6/17/15 Swiss food and drinks company Nestle (NESN.VX) is cutting 15 percent of its workforce in 21 African countries, the company confirmed on Wednesday. A Nestle... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 6/13/15 London — Protecting the world's dwindling forests and making small farms more productive will cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually - money governments and... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 6/6/15 Barcelona — African governments should aim to increase power generation 10-fold to give all their people access to electricity by 2030, an effort that would require a... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 5/21/15 Chinese fishing boats have been illegally fishing off West Africa, Greenpeace said on Wednesday, adding that Chinese companies expanded operations in Africa from 13... |
 AFP - 5/4/15 Surveying her destroyed cornfield in northern Botswana, Minsozie Kasaira wishes for a return to the days of elephant hunting. Until last year, villagers like... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 4/22/15 (Reuters) - Leaders of Asian and African nations called on Wednesday for a new global order that is open to emerging economic powers and leaves the "obsolete ideas"... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 4/8/15 (Reuters) - The head of the African Union has urged the United Nations to add human rights monitoring to the tasks of its peacekeeping mission in the disputed North... |
 AFP - 3/26/15 Conservation experts meeting in Botswana on Wednesday issued dire warnings over the booming illegal wildlife trade that threatens the survival of elephants, rhinos,... |
 Reuters (Eng) - 3/25/15 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Google and Facebook are at the forefront of a scramble to win over new African Internet users, offering freebies they say give a leg-up to... |