"Foreign Debts Or Modern Slavery?"

Hypocrisy charge dogs Blair rescue plan for Africa
A trail of looted diamonds, greased palms and suspect arms deals suggests Britain is betraying its calls for action by other rich nations to stop shady corporate dealing in Africa, activists say.

Mugabe fights Blair in Zimbabwe elections
He has met him only once, eight years ago, but for President Robert Mugabe, Tony Blair is the bane of Zimbabwe's existence and the man to beat in key elections on Thursday.

Venerable Scholar Who Has Taught East Africa's Elite
During the 40-plus years that Prof Okumu has traversed universities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, he has nurtured some of the most prominent scholars, politicians, administrators and technocrats.

Can Tourism Help South Africa's Poor?
South Africans voted to end apartheid in 1992. Four years later a government committee proposed that tourism be used as a development tool to support the economic, social, and environmental goals of the government and to empower previously neglected communities. Between 1994 and 2002, the number of foreign tourists grew from 3.7 million to 6.4 million, or 72 percent, reports South Africa's Department of Environmental Affaires and Tourism.

Sudan to try war crimes' accused
The Sudanese Government has announced plans to try 164 people for war crimes committed in the western region of Darfur.

Foreign Debts Or Modern Slavery?
THE unanimous resolution of the members of the Federal House of Representatives calling on the Federal Executive to stop further payment and the unending services of the country's questionable foreign debts has again adverted the attention of all and sundry to the oppressive and vindictive attitude of the creditor Nations; the helplessness, and widespread poverty ravaging the land as a result of the diversion of a chunk of the resources to service the excruciating weight of the dubious foreign debt overhang on the part of the debtor nation.

Foreign Debt: Negotiation Not Repudiation
We suspect that even sensible creditors would see the logic in the recent motion by our House of Representatives asking the president to stop servicing Nigeria's eternally mind-boggling external debt. As patriotic citizens, we at Daily Trust are one with the House in this gallant attempt to redirect the enormous sums of money usually set aside to pay the interests and penalties that have accrued on the nation's debt to other areas of greater benefit to the people.

Bravo Namibians, Rejoice Lukumba
After eight months of protracted succession divisions in the Swapo leadership, Namibians put behind personal political ambitions and came together on March 21, 2005 to witness and celebrate the inauguration of their second republican President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Death Toll Rises in Angola from Hemorrhagic Virus
Reports from Angola say the death toll from an outbreak of the Marburg virus - a dangerous and deadly form of hemorrhagic fever similar to ebola - has risen to 122, the second-highest casualty toll ever attributed to the disease.

Remoteness lures immigrants to Iceland

Collision Course
Europe is in the process of trying to pass a new constitution, and it is going to be a delicate business. Le Figaro reported that, for the first time, more than half of French surveyed were against the new constitution, and the opposition asked Chirac to put his own political weight behind its passage.

Uruguyans Learn from Bolivia, Not India
Privatization has become a no-no word for George Bush since his handlers viewed polls indicating that the US majority fear that the word relates to them losing their future social security. But third world people have come to understand privatization as a euphemism for the externally mandated sale of their property to multinational companies. In several instances catastrophe has resulted from such sales.

Brazilians Urge Lula to Reject U.S. Anti-Cuba Project
Brazilian professionals and union leaders have urged the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to vote against the anti-Cuba project the U.S. has submitted to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.