"Travellers to Angola warned"

Africa; Death toll from Ebola-like virus rises
Four people died on Saturday from an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the provincial hospital of Uige in northern Angola, bringing the total nation-wide death toll to 119 in less than six months, authorities said.

Travellers to Angola warned
Another young woman died on Sunday of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola, officials said, as the death toll in the deadly outbreak rose to almost equal the most serious outbreak ever recorded.

Easy ways to aid Africa
People know that Africa is desperate -- that half the population lives on less than one dollar daily; that life expectancy has fallen to 46 because of the AIDS crisis. But people are mostly resigned to this. They believe, wrongly, that progress is impossible. They suppose, wrongly, that helping Africa would cost impossible amounts.

Africa off the map
More and more parts of Africa may be selling out to mass-market safaris but the Luangwa Valley in Zambia is not one of them. Nick Gordon revels in 'as glorious a wilderness as I have seen in 30 years'

Zim media favours Mugabe
Harare - Zimbabweans tuning in to watch the news on national television these days first get to see a band of boisterous youths dancing and raising their fists in a campaign ad for President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF.

Many Germans Want Berlin Wall Back, Study Finds

Group: Tsunami Killed More Women Than Men

Phony Iraq warriors beginning to surface

Little Reporting on Paranoia in High Places
Journalists often refer to the Bush administration's foreign policy as "unilateral" and "preemptive." Liberal pundits like to complain that a "go-it-alone" approach has isolated the United States from former allies. But the standard American media lexicon has steered clear of a word that would be an apt description of the Bush world view.

Uraikat: The USA should not negotiate on our behalf
The US administration should not hold negotiations with the Israeli government on behalf of the Palestinian people, Sa'eb Uraikat, PA minister for the negotiations affairs, affirmed.

Russia Running Out of Russians
Squeezed between emigration and growing economic problems, Russia is experiencing a serious population decline.

Mbeki invites Ivorian leaders to SA for talks
President Thabo Mbeki has invited Ivorian leaders and politicians to South Africa for more talks to try to bring peace to that country, a spokesperson said on Friday.

Southern Africa in upbeat mood despite Zimbabwe
As Zimbabweans prepare to vote in parliamentary elections on March 31 which the ruling party is expected to win, the country is viewed by much of the world as the regional trouble spot Critics accuse President Mugabe's government of backing the seizure of white-owned farms, rigging elections, and making the once prosperous country a pariah state. Inflation has fallen, but still stands at over 100 percent a year