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africa in 2008
NAIROBI, KENYA - JANUARY 23: (ISRAEL OUT) A Kenyan woman cries prior to a mass funeral for victims of clashes on January 23, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. International mediators have attempted to unlock political gridlock in the East African nation which has lost 600 people in severe post-election violence amid allegations that the incumbent president manipulated the December elections. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Published On 16 Dec 2008
16 Dec 2008
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 17: Illegal Immigrants, most of them from Zimbabwe, are smashed against a fence at the entrance of a refugee center June 17, 2008 in Johannesburg, Pakistan. With the economic collapse of Zimbabwe and widespread political oppression, more than 3 million Zimbabwaens have flooded accross the border into South Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanawasi, as he arrives to attend the second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya . (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe sits on the dails after speaking to the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2008 in New York. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
1978: South African-born American singer Miriam Makeba. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
NAIROBI, KENYA - JANUARY 17: (ISRAEL OUT) A Kenyan man demonstrates in the Kibera slums on January 17, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. International mediators have attempted to unlock political gridlock in the East African nation has had at least 600 people killed in severe post-election violence, amid allegations that the incumbent president manipulated the December elections. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
NAIROBI, KENYA - JANUARY 20: (ISRAEL OUT) Kenyan policemen holding rifles confront demonstrators during clashes in the Mathare slums on January 20, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. International mediators have attempted to unlock political gridlock in the East African nation which has lost 600 people in severe post-election violence amid allegations that the incumbent president manipulated the December elections. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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HARARE, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 27: Voters line up to cast their ballots on June 27, 2008 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The runoff presidential election, which is being boycotted by oppostion leader Morgan Tsvangirai only has one candidate running which is President Robert Mugabe. The international community had appealed to Mugabe to postpone the vote but was ignored. (Photo by Getty Images)
GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 13: (ISRAEL OUT) A Congolese boy holds his brother at the Kibati displaced camp, November 13, 2008 on the outskirts of the town of Goma, Congo. The head of UN peacekeeping has asked the UN Security Council for more than 3000 extra troops to be deployed to the eastern region of the DRC. The request is an attempt to protect civillians from the violence of rebel forces and the Congolese Army. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
GOMA, CONGO - NOVEMBER 09: (ISRAEL OUT) Congolese wait in line for food aid at the Kibati refugee camp on November 09, 2008 just outside the town of Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a ceasefire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo''s Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)