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Man jailed for dangling baby from window in Algeria
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40339723

A court in Algeria has sentenced a man to two years in prison for dangling a baby out of a window in order to attract "likes" on Facebook.

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The Twittersphere is buzzing again! Trump has spoken! And what a word he has invented!



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Interesting way to tell time, no doubt.

African Govts Urged to Diversify Economies
http://allafrica.com/stories/201705170156.html

African governments have been urged to focus on growing intra-African trade and diversifying their economies to stop reliance on commodities to reduce vulnerability to external shocks.

According to a statement from African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), continued commodity price decline and current geopolitical uncertainties are also affecting trade on the continent. This was at the 17th annual general meeting of African Trade Insurance Agency in Nairobi, Kenya last week.

Lindiwe is celebrating her 4th birthday today. Stay bright, my sunshine!

Oh and it's party time!!! :-)

While we are about alarmist apocalyptic predictions, let me mention Stephen Hawking. The older he gets, the more pessimistic he seems to be. Now he is saying that humankind should colonise another planet within the next 100 years if it wants to prevent its own extinction. In a new documentary that he is making for BBC, he will make his argument in favour of space colonisation for the sake of self-preservation, and explores the relevant possibilities to teraform another planet:

http://www.firstpost.com/world/humans-must-leave-earth-in-100-years-colonise-another-planet-to-survive-stephen-hawking-3422880.html

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Widespread Criticism Follows Saudi Arabia Joining U.N. Women's Rights Group

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New AU Chief Puts Peace Back On the Agenda
http://allafrica.com/stories/201704230032.html

The scene is not a familiar one at the African Union (AU): the AU Commission (AUC) chairperson, in shirtsleeves, walking in the blazing sun down an unpaved alley in a war-torn country. Yet this picture of Moussa Faki Mahamat, the new AUC chairperson, on a visit to South Sudan, is probably the first of many.