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Acacia Wood Carvings just added a new line of authentic African art to their online store, from unique and old African masks to African statues that were used in actual tribal ceremonies, their online store is now the most diverse African art store on the internet.

NHS Health Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited , a British Virgin Islands corporation, has formally engaged with a South African company to deploy Mineseeker technology, MIR , across the Southern African Development Community .

Allie Ware has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and endured African summer heat, but these weren't her most influential memories of her trip to Tanzania.

Alaska on Madison showing spectacularly refined c1870 carved wood and abalone Tsimshian Frontlet 7 x 6.5 inches NW coast Alaska.

Somalia has been a "collapsed state" since 1991. The instability that it harbors not only threatens the lives and livelihoods of its own people but endangers international security.

Contemporary Caribbean cinema is a relatively rare commodity in U.S. distribution channels, which makes the arrival of this documentary from Trinidad and Tobago rather special.

Female genital mutilation/cutting refers to several different harmful practices involving the cutting of the female genitals.

Not a week goes by that I do not read something about Somaliland recognition. It has become an incurable obsession for most from this self declared independent State who believe in its release from the violent marriage they were tricked into after independence in 1960.A Perhaps they are right in that they have met all the international requirements ... (more)

Lack of unity is South Sudan's most profound crisis, one that underlies the country's economic and political woes.

Tribal, saharan themes are often colorful and exotic; the Josefine Nielsen Dansk SS12 editorial may focus on this theme, but in a darker and more futuristic way.

Dear Sen.Obama: Thanks for repudiating Gen. Wesley Clark's stupid comments regarding John McCain's military service and preparedness to be Commander in Chief.

The story of earth and life Southern Africa is without equal in terms of geology, a treasure trove of valuable minerals with a... Now R234.95 buy now Hazyview - A protracted land claim involving two tribal authorities in Mpumalanga has resulted in an invasion by squatters.

There is virtually no doubt that global warming exists. Aside from a few cranks and those heavily invested in the fossil fuel industry, the scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate is changing, and changing faster than ever before.

China's decision to veto a condemnation of Syria's regime at the United Nations Security Council is just the latest signal that illustrates the need for a fundamental change in Chinese foreign policy. The question is no longer whether officials in Beijing will abandon the principle of non-interference in other countries' affairs to protect their expanding interests around the globe. The question is when. China joined Russia in vetoing last weekend's resolution partly for fear that backing the U.N.'s rebuke of a government's brutal suppression of its people may come back to haunt China itself, given its treatment of Tibetans and of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang autonomous region. Yet China's economic growth and associated need to secure resources increasingly have been at odds with this long-standing policy of being aloof. That's especially true in the resource- rich region that stretches from the Atlantic coast of Africa to Central Asia and the subcontinent, much of which is now in revolt. Over the past year, a series of incidents in the region have tested China's non-interference policy, but without serious damage to the country's image. With China's veto of the U.N. resolution on Syria, Chinese determination to cling to a principle rooted in 19th-century diplomacy seems set to backfire. Rather than portray China as a global power that seeks good relations with all and — unlike the United States — doesn't meddle in other countries' affairs, last weekend's veto of a relatively toothless condemnation of the regime in Damascus has painted China into a corner. The nation now appears to support an international pariah that brutally suppresses its people, a stance that risks roiling ties with some of China's most important energy suppliers in the Arab League, which sponsored the defeated U.N. resolution. In Libya, China initially avoided its policy dilemma. There, the Chinese abstained from voting on a U.N. resolution that effectively authorized international military intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds. Chinese diplomats then went a step further. They supported a Security Council resolution that imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions on the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and endorsed referral of the regime's crackdown to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. China cultivated relations with both Gadhafi's embattled regime and the Benghazi-based rebels. Yet that evenhanded approach didn't prevent the rebels from threatening a commercial boycott, particularly after they found documents purporting to show that Chinese defense companies had discussed the supply of arms with Gadhafi operatives. A Chinese Ministry of Commerce delegation visited Libya this week in a bid to recover at least some of the losses that China, Libya's biggest foreign contractor, suffered with the evacuation last year of 35,000 workers who were servicing $18.8 billion worth of contracts. The Arab revolt is certain to force not only a revision of China's policy of non-interference but also of the employment practices of Chinese companies. With new and long-standing governments in the region desperate to reduce unemployment — a key driver of the revolts — authorities in Libya and elsewhere are likely to demand that Chinese construction companies employ local, rather than imported, labor. Moreover, Chinese authorities have twice in recent days come under criticism in the country's social media for the government's inability to protect workers abroad after 29 Chinese nationals were kidnapped by rebels in Sudan's volatile South Kordofan province, and an additional 25 were abducted by restive Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai Desert. The critics charged that as a superpower, China needed to project its economic, as well as its military, muscle to stand up for those who put their lives at risk for the national good — much like the U.S. sent Navy Seals to rescue two hostages in Somalia. Censors were quick to remove the critical messages from social media because they touched a raw nerve. A policy of winning friends economically rather than make enemies by flexing military muscle is increasingly inconsistent with China's dislike of appearing weak and vulnerable. National pride was at stake. The dilemma sparked public debate, with official media saying China needs time to build the necessary military capability to intervene when its nationals are in jeopardy, while others argue that China's inaction may encourage further attacks. The need for a revised approach to the Middle East and North Africa, as well as countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan, will become increasingly clear as China boosts its investment in Central and South Asian nations before the scheduled 2014 withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, where China has secured oil and copper rights. Reports that China is considering establishing military bases in Pakistan's insurgency-plagued northwestern tribal areas near the border with Afghanistan, and a naval base in the port city of Gwadar, could create further pressure for change. China holds the Pakistan-based East Turkestan Islamic Movement responsible for attacks last year in Xinjiang's city of Kashgar. Defeating the movement is key to Chinese plans to keep regional trade and energy flowing, and the bases in Pakistan may tempt China to take on a role as local policeman. If it takes an event to drive a change of China's foreign policy, Yemen may prove to be the spark. With $355 billion worth of trade with Europe and a quarter of China's exports traveling through Bab el Mandeb — the strait that separates Yemen from Somalia and Djibouti — China cannot afford a collapse of law and order in Yemen. The crisis-ridden country is countering multiple threats, including an al-Qaida insurgency after mass protests and intercommunal fighting that forced the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and paved the way for elections later this month. China has breached its non-interference policy to respond to these pressures in the recent past. Its deployment of naval vessels off the coast of Somalia to counter piracy, for example, constituted the first Chinese venture of its kind. But China's status as an emerging economic superpower demands that it become a more muscular global actor to pursue its interests. Ultimately that will mean taking positions on domestic disputes and conflicts around the world that have a bearing on China's global national-security interests, the very opposite of the stance it adopted on Syria. Similarly, China will need to maintain military bases in key regions that serve to secure Chinese demand for natural resources, and to satisfy domestic calls to ensure the safety of its nationals abroad. In short, China will have to use virtually the same tools employed by the U.S., shouldering the risks of a foreign policy that is interest-driven and therefore, at times, contradictory.

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Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 120 people just in one city, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Wednesday.

One of my favorite parts of Oscar season is the treat of watching the short films nominated for an Academy Award.

Pakistan's nuclear weapons renegade, who sold nuclear secrets to America's enemies and spent the best part of the last decade under house arrest, is still Pakistan's most popular man.

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The Rev. Michael D. Stark is the new pastor at First Baptist Church of Roxana. He and his wife traveled throughout Africa while he was serving as a missionary appointee.