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      Monday 13 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      Awoula Amon Tanoe, king of the N'Zima Kotoko people and first vice president of the Ivorian Commission on Dialog, Truth and Reconciliation, is carried by porters in Bassam. The king parades to convey messages of peace and cohesion at the annual Abissa festival.
      Bulletin: Traditional chiefs take on Ivory Coast's post-war ills

      Bulletin: Traditional chiefs take on Ivory Coast's post-war ills

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      Young Maasai girls at a village near Narok, west of Nairobi, where the culture of female-circumcisiion is still practiced despite having been outlawed. A small church house shelters around a dozen Maasai girls escaping female circumcision and early marriage - age-old customs of the Kenyan tribe now being frayed by health risks and new laws.
      Bulletin: Kenyan Maasai seek to end female circumcision

      Bulletin: Kenyan Maasai seek to end female circumcision

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      Zoko Djowa, the curator of the museum in Abidjan, shows the few remaining pieces on display. As Ivory Coast recovers from deadly post-electoral violence earlier this year, Abidjan's Museum of Civilisation is mourning the loss of over 100 historic objects looted in the conflict.
      Bulletin: I.Coast museum mourns stolen artefacts

      Bulletin: I.Coast museum mourns stolen artefacts

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      A Libyan boy from the Amazigh (Berber) community is seen attending a class in his ancient, amd previously outlawed, language at the Ezefran center in Jadu in Libya on July 17. Under Kadhafi, it was forbidden to speak or write Berber in public, even to read or print Amazigh-language material.
      Bulletin: Freedom boosts Berber boom in western Libya

      Bulletin: Freedom boosts Berber boom in western Libya

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      An Algerian boy (L) smiles in front of a placard with the picture of murdered singer Matoub Lounes during a march in Tizi-Ouzou 2006. A judge on Monday handed 12-year jail terms to two men convicted of killing popular Algerian singer Lounes Matoub, an avid Berber campaigner.
      Bulletin: Algeria puts suspected killers of Berber musician on trial

      Bulletin: Algeria puts suspected killers of Berber musician on trial

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      Police forces patrol in Brazzaville, 2002. Two Congolese human rights groups blamed police for a stampede that left seven people dead at the opening of a pan-African musical festival in a Brazzaville stadium.
      Bulletin: Rights groups blame Congo police for deadly stampede

      Bulletin: Rights groups blame Congo police for deadly stampede

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      Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, seen here with his wife, Patience, in Otuoke, at Ogbia district in Bayelsa State. The 53-year-old leader has benefited from a series of events that have advanced his career by default.
      Bulletin: Nigerian names and the stories they tell

      Bulletin: Nigerian names and the stories they tell

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      Swaziland's King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch. Swaziland's largest music festival has sparked a war of words between organisers and opponents of King Mswati III's regime amid calls for a cultural boycott against the last absolute monarchy in Africa.
      Bulletin: Call to boycott Swaziland music fest sparks tension

      Bulletin: Call to boycott Swaziland music fest sparks tension

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      Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini unveils his late mother Queen Thomozile Jezangani KaNdwandwe Zulu's tombstone during a ceremony at Cato Manor south of Durban. The late queen was reburied at the memorial site in the Durban neighbourhood of Cato Manor, where she lived at the end of her life and where a cultural museum and heritage centre will be developed.
      Bulletin: Zuma holds memorial for reburied queen of S.Africa's Zulus

      Bulletin: Zuma holds memorial for reburied queen of S.Africa's Zulus

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      Swazi public servants demonstrate in Mbabane in March 2011. Opponents of Swaziland's monarchy called Saturday for an international culture and sports boycott on the small southern African kingdom.
      Bulletin: Swazi dissidents call for culture, sports boycott

      Bulletin: Swazi dissidents call for culture, sports boycott

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