Western Africa xml/WesternAfrica.xml en-gb The highlighted stories from the Western Africa category of the Spiderednews web site. Sun, 20 May 2012 01:13:10 GMT © 2012 SpideredNews.com15The Nato summit template for policing the 'other Chicago' | Keeanga TaylorGUARDIANFri, 18 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000 Mayor Emanuel is spending millions entertaining Nato - and millions more to stifle protest at Chicago's dire levels of poverty * Gary Younge's report on Emanuel's Chicago and Nato Chicahttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=988652http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=988652Western AfricaObama's $3 billion boost for AfricaFEEDSPORTALFri, 18 May 2012 14:15:45 +0000President Barack Obama will announce private sector pledges worth $3 billion (£1.9 billion) aimed at alleviating hunger in Africahttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990411http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990411Western AfricaObama touts $3bn in pledges for AfricaFEEDSPORTALFri, 18 May 2012 16:11:47 +0000Obama said the US has a "moral obligation" to help lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, announcing $3 billion in private sector pledges to help feed Africa's poor. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=992439http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=992439Western AfricaS. Africa's ANC fumes at racy portrait of ZumaYAHOOFri, 18 May 2012 00:44:27 +0000 A portrait of President Jacob Zuma posing as Lenin with his genitals hanging out has sparked outrage in South Africa, but the gallery on Friday refused demands from the ruling ANC to take ithttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990633http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990633Western AfricaMali mediator in talks with rebels in north: officialYAHOOThu, 17 May 2012 21:14:37 +0000 West Africa's mediator for Mali has begun talks with the Islamist and Tuareg rebel groups who seized the north of the country after a coup in March, officials said on Thursday.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984758http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984758Western AfricaZuma: S. Africa won't bully way to AU top jobYAHOOThu, 17 May 2012 13:05:53 +0000 South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday his country would not "bully" its way into the top job at the African Union, a key post also being contested by Gabon.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984882http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984882Western AfricaWorld Briefing | Africa: Congo: General Indicted in '03 for Using Child Soldiers Is at It Again, Report SaysNYTIMESThu, 17 May 2012 17:59:29 +0000A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant on charges of using child soldiers has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Humanhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984712http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=984712Western Africa