Infobox Top level domain name .africa background D2B48C image introduced Not officially introduced proposed in 2006 type Proposed top level domain status Unofficial proposal registry None yet Proposed sponsor DotConnectAfrica intendeduse African and Pan African communities actualuse Not available for use restrictions None specified yet structure Contained in proposal document disputepolicy website .africa is a proposed Internet generic top level domain generic top level domain gTLD for the African and Pan African communities and users wherever they may reside. The .africa TLD would serve as regional domain for individuals and entities based in the Africa region interested in expressing a Pan African identity or outlook in the Internet. In 2009, DotConnectAfrica organization was endorsed as the official sponsor for the initiative by the African Union AU ref cite web title Endorsement of the DotAfrica .africa Initiative August 27, 2009 url http www.scribd.com doc 31565131 African Union AU Endorsement of DotConnectAfrica work archiveurl http www.scribd.com archivedate 2009 08 27 deadurl no accessdate 2010 12 25 ref and the Economic Commission for Africa ECA . ref cite web title The dotafrica Project initiative, August 8, 2008 url http www.scribd.com doc 31566444 Economic Commission for Africa ECA Endorsment of DotConnectAfrica work archiveurl http www.scribed.com archivedate 2008 08 ... domain names program by ICANN on June 20 in Singapore, the full proposal for .africa will be presented ... of this new top level domain at ICANN Lisbon in 2007, ref cite web title Africa s map in the digital inclusion, A common voice for Africa March 28, 2007 url http www.slideshare.net Nyosef dotafrica work ... title The launch of dotafrica East Africa campaign September 7, 2010 url http www.scribd.com doc 45509559 ... is approved. Other names such as .afrique for Francophone Africa and .afrikia for Arabic speaking ... expanded Proposed DEFAULTSORT Africa Category Proposed top level domains Category African and Pan African ... more details
Other uses pp semi indef Infobox Continent title Africa image File Africa orthographic projection .svg 200px Africa area 30,221,532 km sup 2 sup 11,668,599 sq mi population 1,032,532,974 ref name esa.un.org ... countries List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa dependencies Collapsible list ... Islands 4 Ceuta 5 Madeira Islands 6 Melilla 7 Saint Helena languages Languages of Africa time UTC 1 to UTC 4 cities List of metropolitan areas in Africa br List of cities in Africa Image AfricaCIA HiRes.jpg thumb 240px Map of AfricaAfrica is the world s second largest and second most populous continent ..., April Pulley. 1999 Africa , Twenty First Century Books. ISBN 0 7613 1367 2. ref With 1.0 billion people ... recognition . ref See List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa . ref Africa, particularly central Eastern Africa , is widely regarded within the scientific community to be the origin .... 16, 2005 Dead link date May 2010 ref Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate ... cite web url http www.visualgeography.com continents africa.html title Africa. General info last ... who dwelt in North Africa in modern day Tunisia . Their name is usually connected with Phoenician ... people http www.jstor.org pss 714549 book on ligne ref Africa or Ifri or Afer ref name book on ligne ... PPA200,M1 book on line ref Under Roman rule, Carthage became the capital of Africa Province ... hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name Africa the 1st century Jewish historian ... refers to a womb or birthplace. Africa would be, for the Egyptians, the birthplace. ref cite ... Irish female name lang ga Aifric is sometimes Anglicisation anglicised as Africa , but the given name is unrelated to the geonym . History Main History of Africa See History of North Africa History of West Africa History of Central Africa History of East Africa History of Southern Africa Prehistory ... discovered on November 24, 1974, in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia s Afar Depression Africa is considered ... more details
saved book title Africa subtitle cover image Africaaaaaaaaa.jpg cover color Africa Main article Africa Regions List of regions of Africa North Africa East Africa West Africa Southern Africa History History of Africa History of North Africa History of West Africa Arab slave trade Atlantic slave trade Colonisation of Africa Scramble for Africa Geography Geography of Africa Economy Economy of Africa Demographics African people Demographics of Africa Languages Languages of Africa Culture Culture of Africa Music of Africa Religion Religion in Africa Category Wikipedia books on AfricaAfrica Category Africa ... more details
Time zones of Africa Standard time in Africa reaches from UTC 01 00 to UTC 04 00 . Africa topic Time in Measurement stub Africa stub Category Time by region Africa ... more details
Roman Africa may mean the Roman Africa province the history of Africa during the Roman era, see North Africa during Antiquity Roman era disambig ... more details
Ancient Africa may refer to the area known as Africa in Classical Antiquity, see North Africa during the Classical Period the ancient history of the continent now known as Africa, see History of Africa Antiquity disambig ... more details
Africa United may refer to Africa United 2010 film Africa United 2010 film , a film by Deborah Gardner Paterson Africa United 2005 film Africa United 2005 film , a film by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson disambiguation ... more details
See also Index of Africa related articles Image LocationAfrica.png right 200px The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the continent AfricaAfrica &ndash world s second largest and second most populous continent , after Asia. Africa countries imagemap Geography of AfricaAfrica in topic Geography of Image Africa map regions.svg thumb 400px UN geoscheme UN subregions of Africa commons Atlas of Africa Atlas of Africa List of cities in Africa List of most populous cities in Africa Regions of Africa Main article Regions of Africa List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar Directional regions See also Cardinal direction Central Africa East Africa North Africa Southern Africa West Africa United Nations geoscheme for Africa Physiographic regions The Sahara Sahara ... The Congo Basin Congo The Great Lakes Africa Great Lakes region Africa in topic Regions of Countries of Africa Main article List of African countries Coats of arms of Africa Flags of Africa Col begin Col 4 West Africa Outline of Benin Benin Outline of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Outline of Cape Verde ... Africa Outline of Algeria Algeria Outline of Egypt Egypt smallsup 1 Outline of Libya Libya Outline ... Outline of Western Sahara Western Sahara Central Africa Outline of Angola Angola Outline of Burundi ... and Pr ncipe Col 4 East Africa Outline of Burundi Burundi Outline of Comoros Comoros Outline of Djibouti ... Zimbabwe Col 4 Southern Africa Outline of Botswana Botswana Outline of Lesotho Lesotho Outline of Namibia Namibia Outline of South Africa South Africa Outline of Swaziland Swaziland Dependencies British ... Democratic Republic Col end Geographic features of Africa List of World Heritage Sites in Africa List of glaciers in Africa Glaciers in Africa Horn of Africa List of impact craters in Africa Impact craters in Africa List of islands of Africa Islands of Africa List of rivers of Africa Rivers of Africa Demography of Africa Main article Demographics of AfricaAfrica in topic Demographics of History ... more details
Northeast Africa is a general region in Africa . Places It may refer to all or some of the following areas Northern East Africa or the Horn of Africa Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Eastern North Africa Egypt Sudan See also Geography of Africa References cite book last Jama first Abdillahi H. title Values in Islamic culture and the experience of history pages 303 url http books.google.ca books?id O2W vLShBKYC&pg PA303 v onepage&q&f false disambiguation geo DEFAULTSORT Northeast Africa Disambiguation ... more details
Africa is the world s second largest continent. Wiktionary AfricaAfrica may also refer to Places Africa Province , a province of the Roman Empire comprising parts of Northern Africa Ifriqiya , a Medieval Arabic designation given to approximately the same area as the Africa Province Music and poetry Africa Petrarch Africa Petrarch , a 14th century epic poem by Petrarch Francesco Petrarca Africa Miriam Makeba album Africa Miriam Makeba album , an album by Miriam Makeba Africa Perpetuum Jazzile album Africa Perpetuum Jazzile album , an album by Perpetuum Jazzile Africa William Billings Africa William Billings , a 1770 hymn by William Billings Africa Toto song Africa Toto song , a 1982 song by the band Toto Africa Karl Wolf song Africa Karl Wolf song , a 2008 song by Karl Wolf, based on the Toto song Africa Rose Laurens song Africa Rose Laurens song , a 1982 song by French singer Rose Laurens Africa, Center of the World , Malanda, a song by Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers from their 1980 album Music of Many Colors Africa , a song by D Angelo from his 2000 album Voodoo D Angelo album Voodoo Africa , a 2002 single by E Type musician E Type Africa , a song by Hall & Oates from their 1980 album Voices Hall & Oates Voices Other Africa journal Africa journal , an academic journal Afrika video game Afrika video game , a PlayStation 3 game 1193 Africa , an asteroid Africa film Africa film , a 1930 animated film starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Africa , an eight hour scholarly video series on African history by Basil Davidson See also Africa 70 disambiguation Afrika disambiguation HMS Africa , listing all British Royal Navy ships named Africa New Afrika , a proposed new American state disambiguation cy Affrica gwahaniaethu da Africa de Africa Begriffskl rung es frica desambiguaci n fr Africa fy Afrika betsjuttingside gl frica hom nimos ko hr Afrika razdvojba it Africa disambigua he la Africa discretiva lt Afrika reik m s ja no Africa pt frica desambigua o ... more details
Mama Africa may refer to Mama Africa album Mama Africa , a 1983 reggae album by Peter Tosh Mama Africa film , a DVD compilation Sponsored by Queen Latifah Mama Africa song Mama Africa , a 2007 song by Akon Mama frica , a song by Chico C sar Mama Africa , a documentary film by Mika Kaurism ki about the late singer Miriam Makeba See also Miriam Makeba , a South African singer and civil rights activist also known as Mama Afrika disambig it Mama Africa pt Mama Africa sv Mama Africa ... more details
Buddhism , as a major world religion , is practiced in Africa . Most of the Buddhists in Africa, live in South Africa . Though there have been some conversion amongst Africans, most of the Buddhists in Africa, are of Asian people Asian , mostly Overseas Chinese Chinese , Vietnamese diaspora Vietnamese or Japanese diaspora Japanese descent. 0.01 of South Africa s population are Buddhist. There have also been cases of some high profile celebrities converting to Buddhism such as Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje , a famous actor of Nigeria n descent. ref http www.metro.co.uk showbiz interviews 19172 60 seconds adewale akinnuoye agbaje ref One of the very few monastics of African descent is Ven. Bhante Buddharakkhita from Uganda, founder of the The Uganda Buddhist Centre Uganda Buddhist Centre . Further reading Clasquin, Michel Kr ger, Jacobus S. eds. 1999 Buddhism and Africa . Pretoria University of South Africa References Reflist Buddhism topics Africa religion Africa topic Buddhism in DEFAULTSORT Buddhism In Africa Category Religion in Africa Category Buddhism by country Africa Category Buddhism in Africa buddhism stub ... more details
disambig Computers for Africa may refer to Computer technology for developing areas Computers for African Schools Plockton High School Computers for Africa Plockton High School Computers for Africa Tesco Corporate social responsibility ... more details
The Voice of Africa may be The A24 news channel , broadcasting from Kenya Voice of Africa shortwave , the official broadcast of the government of Libya , formerly known as Radio Jamahiriya Voice of Africa Radio , an FM station in London disambig ... more details
Africa U.S.A. is the name of two defunct amusement parks Africa U.S.A. Park , which was located in Boca Raton, Florida , and was open from 1953 to 1961 Marine World Africa USA Africa U.S.A., California , which after merger and relocation, is a remote ancestor of Six Flags Marine World disambig ... more details
Platinum , and platinum group metals , in Africa , are produced in Zimbabwe and the Republic of South Africa . Of the multitudes of companies involved in producing platinum group metals in these two countries, these are the principal operators flagicon South Africa South Africa World s leading platinum producer. Anglo Platinum Anglo American plc Impala Platinum Implats Lonplats Aquarius Platinum African Rainbow Minerals flagicon Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Platinum Zimplats Impala Platinum Anglo American Platinum Company in development Platinum group elements There are 6 platinum group platinum group elements Iridium Osmium Palladium Platinum Rhodium Ruthenium See also Aluminium in Africa Copper in Africa Iron ore in Africa Mining Platinum group Platinum group Sources Platinum group sources Titanium in Africa Uranium in Africa External links http www.mbendi.co.za indy ming plat af p0005.htm MBendi Mining Africa Platinum Group Mining http www.platinum.matthey.com production africa.html Platinum today South AfricaAfrica stub Category Mining companies Category Platinum Category Mining in South Africa Category Natural resources in Africa Category Mining in Zimbabwe Category Mining in Africa ... more details
Roof of Africa may refer to Ethiopian Highlands Roof of Africa motorcycle rally , an offroad motorcycle rally held annually in Lesotho disambig ... more details
2005 in Africa 2006 in Africa 2007 in Africa International organisations African Union AU Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa CEMAC West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA Other organizations ACP countries ACP European Union The 14th ACP EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was held in Kigali , Rwanda in November. Resolutions on Election ... Partnership Agreements Economic Partnership Agreements EPA s was voted for. Elections in Africa Elections Empty section date May 2010 Conflict and civil war See List of conflicts in Africa Darfur ... AIDS pandemic AIDS in Africa Avian influenza Main Global spread of H5N1 Chikungunya Main Chikungunya Outbreak of 2004 present Cholera Malaria Meningitis Sickle cell disease Education in Africa Education ... Basketball at the 2007 All Africa Games Boxing Cycling Football soccer Main 2007 in football soccer Team handball Handball Judo Wrestling Rugby Union Culture of Africa Culture African art Art African cinema Film Main 2007 in film Music of Africa Music Main 2007 in music Festival s African literature Literature Main 2007 in literature Science Main 2007 in science Economy of Africa Economy Empty section date May 2010 Events in Africa by month January 2007 in Africa January February 2007 in Africa February March 2007 in Africa March April 2007 in Africa April May 2007 in Africa May June 2007 in Africa June July 2007 in Africa July August 2007 in Africa August September 2007 in Africa September October 2007 in Africa October November 2007 in Africa November December 2007 in Africa December See also Portal Africa 2007 in Kenya 2007 in Sierra Leone 2007 in South Africa 2007 in Zimbabwe Notes This text is being translated from the fr 2007 en Afrique original French language article . AfricaAfrica topics Africa topic 2007 in Current events articles DEFAULTSORT 2007 In Africa Category 2007 in Africa fr 2007 en Afrique ... more details
Notability Astro date February 2012 Infobox planet width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Africa symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer Jackson, C. discovery site Johannesburg UO discovered April 24, 1931 designations yes mp name 1193 alt names 1931 HB named after Africa mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.9659729 perihelion 2.3292413 semimajor eccentricity 0.1202466 period 1573.5434200 avg speed inclination 14.11834 asc node 49.70762 mean anomaly 310.15426 arg peri 184.45775 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 12.2 1193 Africa 1931 HB is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on April 24, 1931 by Cyril V. Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1193 Africa JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1193 Africa Minor planets navigator 1192 Prisma 1194 Aletta Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Africa Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for places Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1931 Category Discoveries by Cyril V. Jackson Beltasteroid stub de 1193 Africa el 1193 es 1193 frica eo 1193 Afriko eu 1193 Africa fa it 1193 Africa la 1193 Africa hu 1193 Africa ja no 1193 Africa nn 1193 Africa pl 1193 Africa pt 1193 Africa ru 1193 sk 1193 Africa sr 1193 fi 1193 Africa tl 1193 Africa uk 1193 vi 1193 Africa yo 1193 Africa ... more details
Football is a popular sport in Africa, and in 2010 South Africa become the first African nation to host FIFA World Cup the world cup . Some African nations, like Kenya and Ethiopia , are very dominant at long distance running, whilst countries such as Zimbabwe is mainly a Cricketing nation. Rugby and golf are reasonably popular in just a couple of Africa African countries , though rugby is very popular in South Africa. Category Sport in Africa ru ... more details
Goge Africa is a Nigerian TV series about the different culture and tourism TV in Africa. It features the different cultures and festivals in Africa, and is presented by a Nigerian couple Nneka Isaac Moses and Metch Isaac Moses . ref cite news title Goge Africa Came With A Desire to Give Pride to Africa Issac and Nneka Moses work Vanguard Nigeria date 29 July 2007 ref References Reflist Category Nigerian television series ... more details
italictitle Infobox Magazine cover category Africa website http www.africaweekmagazine.com link1 link1 name publisher Trans Africa Publishing country United Kingdom history frequency Weekly issn 1744 0734 Africa Week is a weekly magazine that covers African affairs. Category Political magazines poli mag stub ... more details
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africa , after the continent of Africa . Two others were planned HMS Africa 1694 was a 46 gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696. HMS Africa 1761 was a 64 gun third rate launched in 1761 and sold in 1774. HMS Africa 1781 was a 64 gun third rate launched in 1781 and broken up 1814. HMS Africa was a prison ship , launched in 1803 as the 36 gun fifth rate HMS Euryalus 1803 . She became a prison ship in 1826, was renamed HMS Africa in 1859 and was sold in 1860. HMS Africa 1862 was a wooden hulled screw sloop launched in 1862 and sold to China later that year. She was renamed China and was sold in 1865. HMS Africa was to have been a Drake class cruiser Drake class cruiser but she was renamed HMS Good Hope 1901 in 1899, before being launched in 1901. HMS Africa 1905 was a King Edward VII class battleship King Edward VII class battleship launched in 1905 and sold in 1920. HMS Africa was to have been an Audacious class aircraft carrier Audacious class aircraft carrier . She was ordered in 1943, but was later reordered as a Malta class aircraft carrier Malta class carrier, before being cancelled in 1945. There was also an Irish Hired gun vessel Africa hired armed cutter Africa , of 70 small 80 94 small tons burthen Builder s Old Measurement bm , in Royal Navy service from 12 December 1803 to 12 January 1810. ref Winfield 2008 , p.393. ref See also HMS Africaine References reflist colledge cite book first Rif last Winfield title British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793&ndash 1817 Design, Construction, Careers and Fates publisher Seaforth year 2008 isbn 1 86176 246 1 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Africa, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names es HMS Africa sl HMS Africa fi HMS Africa ... more details
Army of Africa may refer to Army of Africa France Army of Africa Spain Panzer Army Africa mil unit dis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Image AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL LOGO.jpg thumb right Infobox Journal title Africa Confidential cover discipline Africa language website http africa confidential.com home link1 link1 name publisher Asempa Limited country United Kingdom abbreviation None history frequency ISSN 1467 6338 eISSN Jstor OCLC LCCN Africa Confidential is a fortnightly newsletter covering politics and economics in Africa . It was established in 1960 and is owned by the British company, Asempa Limited. Founded by a group of six individuals under the banner of Miramoor Publications, Africa Confidential was originally printed on blue airmail paper. Hence its nickname as the Blue Sheet . Available by subscription only, the newsletter is the leading fortnightly bulletin on Africa and is read by governments, business, academia, the military, media and many others. Africa Confidential focuses on issues that affect the continent ... press. Following a long tradition of distinguished editors, Patrick Smith has edited Africa Confidential since 1991. The Blue Sheet is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Africa. Twelve pages 25 issues per year covering Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi .... In 2007, Africa Confidential launched a monthly newsletter called Africa Asia Confidential , using the resources Africa Confidential built up over 50 years of reporting in Africa, Africa Asia Confidential ... information for which Africa Confidential has won its reputation. Africa Asia Confidential ... br Keywords Africa politics Africa br Fulltext online Wiley Blackwell Publishing HSS Collection Blackwell Synergy 1998 2006 Africa Confidential 2007 EBSCO 1998 2006 References reflist http ezb.uni regensburg.de ... atoz.ebsco.com titles.asp?Id 2749&sid 167573239&TabID 2 AtoZ electronic journals focused on Africa ... ASC Leiden External links http www.africa confidential.com Africa Confidential http ejournals.ebsco.com ... www.africa asia confidential.com Africa Asia Confidential Category African newspapers Category English ... more details
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