I'm just gonna use this thread to post videos pertaining to news in Africa, since there isn't a video thread yet. Most of the vids are gonna come from Youtube.

The train that keeps Mauritania connected - 19 April 08

The West African country of Mauritania is host to one of the longest trains in the world.

The train is mainly used to transport iron ore from the mines to ports on the Atlantic Ocean, but it also provides a lifeline for many Mauritanians who live deep in the Sahara desert.

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Zimbabwe begins poll recount

Officials in Zimbabwe are conducting a partial recount of ballots from the elections three weeks ago.

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Dire conditions on Zimbabwe's railways

Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Harare on the dire conditions on Zimbabwe's railways. People endure 14 hours of 'travel hell' in cramped, unhygienic, unsafe and uncomfortable conditions - because it is cheap and therefore affordable.

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Power Sharing Government Sworn in in kenya

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More news from Kenya

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Kenya opens border for Somali refugees

Heavy sporadic fighting is continuing between Somali government forces and fighters from the Islamic Courts Movement across Somalia.

Much of the country is now lawless, and while the media is banned, those being forced to flee give a sense of what is going on.

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Zimbabwe pensioners struggle with inflation

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Sudan Census

The census to work out power sharing and resource allocation threatens peace deal in Sudan.

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State run news paper confirms Mugabe's ZANU-PF lost it's parliamentary majority.

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Day two of the Kenyan Governments Peace Tour in the Rift Valley

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Raila Odinga making a homecoming in Kenya

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Kenya to benefit from 200 million pledged by U.S Government.

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Interview with Thabo Mbeki

Al Jazeera's Sami Zeidan meets the South African president who discusses the ongoing electoral deadlock in Zimbabw and closing the wealth gap in South Africa.

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Call For Fair Polling in Zimbabwe

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