NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is the Senegalese capital - is in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
QUIST-ARCTON: I think it's because this shows that Africa really needs to forge ahead technologically.
QUIST-ARCTON: Hard to say, because we don't know exactly which group has taken over.
QUIST-ARCTON: That's the opposition supporters' mantra, no Raila, no peace, and many mean it.
QUIST-ARCTON: Well, Washington special envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, is just back from a trip to Darfur.
QUIST-ARCTON: Annan said U.N. peacekeepers must be sent to Darfur now, to help African troops there keep the peace.
QUIST-ARCTON: Farah, of the Coalition for International Justice, says the Bush administration is divided on the Charles Taylor issue.
NPR: Charles Taylor Still a Controversial Figure in Western Africa
QUIST-ARCTON: Can you name the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World first, Farai?
QUIST-ARCTON: And of course, Timbuktu as another of the great wonders of the world being in West Africa, my region.
QUIST-ARCTON: Andrew Natsios said that both sides - the government and the rebels - are to blame for the Darfur crisis.
QUIST-ARCTON: Kenya's 36 million people are made up of more than 40 different ethnic groups, the largest of which is the Kikuyu.
QUIST-ARCTON: Waving branches, leaves and banners, opposition supporters held a peaceful but noisy procession along the main road leading to the park.
NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton has this report on the roots of the conflict.
QUIST-ARCTON: Back in Calabar, many residents, including this university student, wonder whether their city should be playing host to an indicted war criminal.
NPR: Charles Taylor Still a Controversial Figure in Western Africa
QUIST-ARCTON: Otieno says historically, Kenya has failed to address crucial issues and grievances over land, wealth, power and privilege dating back many years.
NPR's West Africa correspondent, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, has just been on assignment in the region, and she joins us now from her base in Senegal.
QUIST-ARCTON: Now, whilst we're having this war of words between Washington and Khartoum, meanwhile there are peace talks - Darfur peace talks happening in Libya.
QUIST-ARCTON: Charles Taylor did not make himself available for an interview.
NPR: Charles Taylor Still a Controversial Figure in Western Africa
QUIST-ARCTON: Outside mediators are trying to resolve some of these issues.
QUIST-ARCTON: Well, he did sound pretty optimistic when he spoke to us yesterday, although he warned journalists and urged us not to listen to speculation and rumors.
QUIST-ARCTON: I think it certainly allows Kenyans to do that.
QUIST-ARCTON: Well, the one that's probably most important to Africa is the Great Pyramid of Giza because it's the - actually, it's the only one that is still standing.
QUIST-ARCTON: That is the great fear, not only amongst Chadians and Sudanese, the ordinary people, but amongst the U.S., which has been a really key observer in these talks, and the international community.
QUIST-ARCTON: Before he left Liberia in 2003, the UN-backed special criminal court in neighboring Sierra Leone slapped war crimes charges on Charles Taylor, saying he had fueled and financed his neighbor's long and savage conflict.
NPR: Charles Taylor Still a Controversial Figure in Western Africa
QUIST-ARCTON: There's the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Christ the Redeemer - the Statue in Brazil - Machu Picchu in Peru, Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome and the Taj Mahal in India.
QUIST-ARCTON: But Gladwell Wazonio Otieno(ph), a political activist who heads the Africa Center for Open Governance based here in Nairobi, says that's why politics have played a central role in the crisis, the issues go much deeper.
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