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The first two weeks of 2011 have been extremely eventful for Africa - and for its people full of violence and yet full of hope.
Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf President Johnson-
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Liberia
see as many state that they hope in particular Dimensions makes visible:
tells of 14 years of civil war, hundreds of thousands dead and millions of refugees. And a new start that urged the President Ellen Sirleaf-
. Sirleaf, a few weeks ago transformed almost her entire Cabinet to respond to the elections this year, the best way possible. And as you can hear and read everywhere in Liberia,
started the campaign far
.
people in South Africa Alexandria
New Year's Eve. 43 people died in this attack
completely new dimension , they had assembled with their families and friends for holiday church services.
a result of the attack broke into the city and elsewhere
n of bloody unrest in Egypt
.
riots after the assassination, Picture, Thank you!
Egypt: Street fighting in Alexandria after bombing Islamists planned and executed the attack, but there were no traces consternation in the world and anxiety in the Egyptian Christians
 Although it was assumed by the police from the beginning had that |
| days of the perpetrators. Only later were then found body parts, which the offender and ultimately to a Egyptian Islamist group could be assigned. Besides |
has provoked the bombing also
diplomatic problems
pulled its ambassador
from
Vatican from .
bombing in Alexandria on New Year's night photo, thank you! Several Egyptian killed in attack on church
Unfortunately, the Egyptian attacks on Christians are not the only ones: How soon followed news of bomb attacks and raids on Christian villages with many deaths from
Nigeria
, where the police then proceeded against the Islamists
Somalia made the
Islamalisten
worldwide attention to itself because, by a new law
the
handshakes between men and women under Threat of capital punishment have banned.
Also the long awaited
referendum
walk across the stage, is
is highly uncertain
. before and had even during the referendum , and still is unclear how - after been recently discovered large Ölvorkommnisse in the previously barren
and poor southern region were
In Mali Niger . The two were in a rescue attempt - killed - including French units.
More and more kidnappings are reported from Africa
, which is also related to an emerging terrorism related.
In Zambia striking African miners have been shot at by Chinese coal managers. The Chinese were freed on bail, but are now looking for them with two embassy staff by guaranteeing arrest warrant because they had not shown up for court date. But only days later appeared China's Vice-President on state visit in Zambia, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Chinese have been alone in the year 2010 with a billion - investment involved in it - sometimes very controversial
. investors also Uganda immediately to combat the dangerous yellow fever that has broken out recently there. The latest statistics say more than 40 dead , the government has a
special task force in the north
sent the country to prevent something worse. In the meantime, was also considered
vaccine, and the much-needed vaccines in the neighboring country
Ivory Coast because of the unrest there so far not arrived, or even administered
. Laurent Gbagbo / photo, thank you! movement in the struggle for power: Gbagbo agrees talks to The situation in Ivory Coast is still unclear , President Gbagbo still refuses to recognize the election results of December to withdraw, but has now agreed to negotiate. Previously it had that USA , the UN strongly pressured . In recent days it had repeatedly
street fighting
,
dead and
attacks on UN personnel and where UN soldiers . Meanwhile is even a possible coalition government the speech to the history of the country to meet and to finally restore composure. The situation has remained unexpectedly in recent days by and large, relatively quiet. quite different in North Africa , which led initially very quiet protests against unemployment and price increases at food within a few days of violence and the overthrow of the government in Tunisia .
Restrained
unrest was felt in
long Maghreb, but the governments Algeria of mostly young people from first open, there were violent clashes on the streets
,
shops burned, a teenager died
- and was
finally
President Ben Ali
The violence
keep after the flight of the dictator to
Robert Mugabe / photo, thank you! Zimbabwe: Is Mugabe to die? yet another dictator has surprisingly left his country - and we hope many citizens of his state , old and long in cancer, within a go week for the second time and his personal doctor to Malaysia. Security circles of the country could be heard, that the condition of the 87-year-olds had deteriorated to the extent that could be expected in its early demise
The first hours of the new year and a happy New Year's Eve party were young 
in a restaurant in the provincial town 
Egypt 
applied, both for alleged inappropriate criticism. End of this week there was another Coptic dead, who was shot by an Egyptian policeman on a train 
sect and arrested 92 people. In 
with two wounded, and 
France, the EU 
dictatorial grip 
, no return: ill