<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - central-africa</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/central-africa</link><description>Newsvine - central-africa</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:52:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:45 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>  Surprise For Lunatic Right: HIV Virus DOES Cause Aids </title>
<description><![CDATA[
There are so many&nbsp;conspiracy theories&nbsp;behind &ldquo;who/what created AIDS&rdquo; that the topic would be an article unto itself. The Illuminati? The CIA? Mad scientists and their lab experiments gone wrong? Well, homophobes can rejoice, because one guy is certain that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16165041-surprise-for-lunatic-right-hiv-virus-does-cause-aids</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16165041-surprise-for-lunatic-right-hiv-virus-does-cause-aids</guid><category>science</category><category>magic-johnson</category><category>right-wing</category><category>religious-right</category><category>new-strain</category><category>central-africa</category><category>aids-virus</category><category>who-created-aids</category><category>what-one</category><category>some-stats</category><category>aids-epidemic-nbsp</category><category>wild-born-chimpanzees</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123643F88FE3A-44EB-33DB-078A-3BE63E88159D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123643F88FE3A-44EB-33DB-078A-3BE63E88159D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Troops hunting Joseph Kony 'lack boots and food'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A new report released this week by the Resolve advocacy group argues that the US military advisors should be given greater scope to get out and lead the hunt for Kony as part of efforts to put new impetus into the campaign.
&nbsp;The report said the Ugandan military, "the most&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[RomeoNTexas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[RomeoNTexas]]></source><link>http://mmntx.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12895158-troops-hunting-joseph-kony-lack-boots-and-food</link><guid>http://mmntx.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12895158-troops-hunting-joseph-kony-lack-boots-and-food</guid><category>darfur</category><category>uganda</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-troops</category><category>lra</category><category>lords-resistance-army</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:39:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mmntx1E12F012-A603-89CE-4748-BE667EBD149B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mmntx1E12F012-A603-89CE-4748-BE667EBD149B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Big-Game Hunting: The 1%'s New Favorite Hobby</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is not much that links Donald Trump Jr., son of the wispy-haired real-estate mogul, with Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the&nbsp;United States. Yet the two men do share a home state, an&nbsp;Ivy League&nbsp;pedigree, and one other notable distinction: they both shot &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074439-big-game-hunting-the-1s-new-favorite-hobby</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074439-big-game-hunting-the-1s-new-favorite-hobby</guid><category>killing</category><category>s</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>ethical-treatment</category><category>us-news</category><category>endangered-species</category><category>theodore-roosevelt</category><category>manhood</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:39:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A9B68A84-E2AB-AB39-7698-32EFD785E17B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A9B68A84-E2AB-AB39-7698-32EFD785E17B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Barack Obama Expands Unauthorized Wars in Africa</title>
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Almost unseen and unheard in the clamor of presidential politics, Barack Obama ordered his ever-expanding war in Africa into Central Africa, the most dangerous place in a most dangerous continent.
Death and tribal wars have resulted in mass killings, unforgiving and unrelenting &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Potter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cliff Potter]]></source><link>http://politicalcenter.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8398088-barack-obama-expands-unauthorized-wars-in-africa</link><guid>http://politicalcenter.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8398088-barack-obama-expands-unauthorized-wars-in-africa</guid><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>obama</category><category>us-troops</category><category>war-powers</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:18:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpoliticalcenter2F4757498.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpoliticalcenter2F4757498.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Obama speaks to troops some time ago. Some may be going to Africa.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Military Keynesianism on Steroids</title>
<description><![CDATA["State Capitalism" characterizes America's government – business partnership, running a war economy for greater power and wealth at the expense of a nation in decline, corrupted leadership, lost industrialization, crumbling infrastructure, and suffering millions on their &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6393097-military-keynesianism-on-steroids</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6393097-military-keynesianism-on-steroids</guid><category>us</category><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>pakistan</category><category>yemen</category><category>nicaragua</category><category>somalia</category><category>america</category><category>korea</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>panama</category><category>africa</category><category>chile</category><category>palestine</category><category>vietnam</category><category>balkans</category><category>military-industrial-complex</category><category>grenada</category><category>state-capitalism</category><category>central-africa</category><category>permanent-war-economy</category><category>permanent-war-agenda</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Apr 2011 02:23:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A global scare in food prices; With drought and flood clobbering harvests, forecasters see significant food price increases in 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[World food prices are back at levels last seen during the 2008 food crisis, when riots spurred bans on food exports in the most afflicted countries. The question now is whether the price surge of late 2010 will spill into 2011. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[replytoj001]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[replytoj001]]></source><link>http://replytoj001.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/08/5791432-a-global-scare-in-food-prices-with-drought-and-flood-clobbering-harvests-forecasters-see-significant-food-price-increases-in-2011</link><guid>http://replytoj001.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/08/5791432-a-global-scare-in-food-prices-with-drought-and-flood-clobbering-harvests-forecasters-see-significant-food-price-increases-in-2011</guid><category>climate-change</category><category>south-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-shortages</category><category>central-africa</category><category>agriculture-organizations</category><category>rising-food-prices</category><category>food-riots</category><category>lower-wages</category><category>global-refugees</category><category>food-migration</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Jan 2011 13:09:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Census finds increase in critically endangered mountain gorilla population</title>
<description><![CDATA[A census of the world's largest mountain gorilla population has counted 480 animals, an increase of 100 - more than a quarter - since the last count in 2003. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vanessa Wilson]]></source><link>http://vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5609108-census-finds-increase-in-critically-endangered-mountain-gorilla-population</link><guid>http://vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5609108-census-finds-increase-in-critically-endangered-mountain-gorilla-population</guid><category>uganda</category><category>africa</category><category>congo</category><category>environment</category><category>conservation</category><category>central-africa</category><category>mountain-gorilla</category><category>international-gorilla-conservation-programme</category><category>rwanda-rwanda-development-board</category><category>dian-fossey-gorilla-fund</category><category>virunga-massif</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Dec 2010 03:31:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AFP: LRA rebels to be given 'terrorist' status: African Union</title>
<description><![CDATA[Central African countries plagued by the brutal rebellion of the Lord's Resistance Army are working to reclassify the group as terrorists, the African Union said on Saturday.
At a meeting this week in the Central African Republic aimed at promoting a joint approach to the LRA, p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5343898-afp-lra-rebels-to-be-given-terrorist-status-african-union</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5343898-afp-lra-rebels-to-be-given-terrorist-status-african-union</guid><category>un</category><category>violence</category><category>terror</category><category>terrorism</category><category>terrorist</category><category>rebellion</category><category>africa</category><category>rebels</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>african-union</category><category>lord</category><category>lra</category><category>resistance-army</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:46:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Good news Daily from the African continent</title>
<description><![CDATA[ is a great site for good news from and about the African continent .]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[1buddhist]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[1buddhist]]></source><link>http://1buddhist.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/31/4791096-good-news-daily-from-the-african-continent</link><guid>http://1buddhist.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/31/4791096-good-news-daily-from-the-african-continent</guid><category>east-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:03:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ben Affleck, Rwanda, and Corporate Sustained Catastrophe</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look behind the scenes reveals the hidden interests of the misery industry, the obliviousness of do-gooder celebrities, and actor Ben Affleck's personal patronage of Paul Kagame and the perpetrators of genocide in Central Africa.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[alkimija]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[alkimija]]></source><link>http://alkimija.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/23/2347843-ben-affleck-rwanda-and-corporate-sustained-catastrophe</link><guid>http://alkimija.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/23/2347843-ben-affleck-rwanda-and-corporate-sustained-catastrophe</guid><category>congo</category><category>genocide</category><category>rwanda</category><category>ben-affleck</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Good old days' under Bokassa?</title>
<description><![CDATA[History largely remembers Jean Bedel Bokassa - or Emperor Bokassa I as he crowned himself in 1977 - as one of the continent's most colourful yet bloodthirsty monsters.

He was a demagogue as ruthless as Mobutu and more flamboyant than Amin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beauty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beauty]]></source><link>http://nigeriawhatisnew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/02/2266119-good-old-days-under-bokassa</link><guid>http://nigeriawhatisnew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/02/2266119-good-old-days-under-bokassa</guid><category>france</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>bokassa</category><category>amin</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:53:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CONGO: Football Witch Sparks Riot</title>
<description><![CDATA[[Excerpt:] - Eleven people were reportedly killed in a football stadium in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a riot triggered by one of the player's attempts to use witchcraft on the opposing team.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[steve1151]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[steve1151]]></source><link>http://pineriver.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/15/1869343-congo-football-witch-sparks-riot</link><guid>http://pineriver.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/15/1869343-congo-football-witch-sparks-riot</guid><category>football</category><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>africa</category><category>congo</category><category>witchcraft</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:49:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Albanian Troops Leave for Central Africa Peacekeeping Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[18 July 2008 Tirana &#8212; Albania has sent 62-commando troops to central Africa as part of the European Union peacekeeping mission there.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[firebreather]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[firebreather]]></source><link>http://firebreather.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/21/1683617-albanian-troops-leave-for-central-africa-peacekeeping-mission</link><guid>http://firebreather.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/21/1683617-albanian-troops-leave-for-central-africa-peacekeeping-mission</guid><category>eu</category><category>army</category><category>albania</category><category>mission</category><category>world-news</category><category>peacekeeping</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:39:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CHINA SHAKES UP WORLD / China mixed blessing for Africa</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth installment of a series of reports from several countries looking at the question of how to cope with China--a nation that has rapidly grown into a military and economic power, while ruling its people with an iron fist.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Navigator]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Navigator]]></source><link>http://navigator.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/30/1399764-china-shakes-up-world-china-mixed-blessing-for-africa</link><guid>http://navigator.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/30/1399764-china-shakes-up-world-china-mixed-blessing-for-africa</guid><category>oil</category><category>un</category><category>human-rights</category><category>china</category><category>gas</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>gabon</category><category>tibet</category><category>libreville</category><category>environmental-disaster</category><category>central-africa</category><category>coping-with-china</category><category>military-and-economic-power</category><category>chinas-growing-influence-in-africa</category><category>ivindo-national-park</category><category>china-concession-to-mine-in-belinga</category><category>ore-veins-in-belinga</category><category>natural-resources-for-china</category><category>chep-exports</category><category>selling-national-assets</category><category>china-developing-africas-resources</category><category>china-commerce-ministry</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:58:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>45,000 people dying a month in Congo and This Is Probably The First You've Heard Of It</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some 45,000 people die each month in Congo as the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis has failed to improve despite five years of relative peace in the Central African nation, according to a report released Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1248518-45000-people-dying-a-month-in-congo-and-this-is-probably-the-first-youve-heard-of-it</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1248518-45000-people-dying-a-month-in-congo-and-this-is-probably-the-first-youve-heard-of-it</guid><category>war</category><category>congo</category><category>medicine</category><category>world-news</category><category>starvation</category><category>humanitarian-crisis</category><category>central-africa</category><category>genoicde</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:53:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AU voices deep concern over Burundi crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA[The African Union on Friday voiced its concern over the deepening crisis in Burundi  where the peace process is floundering and tribal tensions are resurfacing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ageing Hippie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ageing Hippie]]></source><link>http://ageing-hippie.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/12/892573-au-voices-deep-concern-over-burundi-crisis</link><guid>http://ageing-hippie.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/12/892573-au-voices-deep-concern-over-burundi-crisis</guid><category>africa</category><category>security-council</category><category>world-news</category><category>african-union</category><category>ban-ki-moon</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:40:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Conservation International - Press Releases - 2007 - Orphaned Baby Mountain Gorillas Rescued After Recent Slaughter in Congo</title>
<description><![CDATA[An infant mountain gorilla carried by his brother from the slaughter of four group members has been rescued and is being cared for at a primate rehabilitation center in Democratic Republic of Congo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ecoconservant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ecoconservant]]></source><link>http://ecoconservant.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/867631-conservation-international-press-releases-2007-orphaned-baby-mountain-gorillas-rescued-after-recent-slaughter-in-congo</link><guid>http://ecoconservant.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/867631-conservation-international-press-releases-2007-orphaned-baby-mountain-gorillas-rescued-after-recent-slaughter-in-congo</guid><category>rescue</category><category>endangered</category><category>congo</category><category>odd-news</category><category>gorilla</category><category>slaughter</category><category>baby-animals</category><category>democratic-republic</category><category>central-africa</category><category>conservation-international</category><category>virunga-national-park</category><category>critically-endangered</category><category>primate-action-fund</category><category>primate-specialist-group</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:49:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>HIV-Like Virus Found in Gorillas</title>
<description><![CDATA[A form of HIV has been found in wild gorillas in western central Africa. This is the first time the AIDS-causing virus has been detected in primates other than chimps and humans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Hobson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Hobson]]></source><link>http://thevineofhob.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/11/437581-hiv-like-virus-found-in-gorillas</link><guid>http://thevineofhob.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/11/437581-hiv-like-virus-found-in-gorillas</guid><category>aids</category><category>science</category><category>gorillas</category><category>hiv</category><category>virus</category><category>central-africa</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>