"Avoiding past mistakes in Africa"

Veronza Bowers new release date is set for May 8, 2005
On March 21, 2005, a hearing examiner recommended, for the second time, that Veronza be granted Mandatory Parole after serving a full 30-year term in federal prison, in addition to nearly one year of illegal detention beyond his sentence. His new release date is set for May 8, 2005.

US accused of seizing Iraqi women
American forces were yesterday accused of violating international law by taking two Iraqi women hostage in a bungled effort to persuade fugitive male relatives to surrender.

Update on political prisoner Veronza Bowers

SA defiant as Cameroon demands gorillas
South Africa has once again been challenged to return four young gorillas illegally smuggled out of West Africa three years ago.

Avoiding past mistakes in Africa
We need to act now, or in 10 years, we will have to express heartfelt regrets about another genocide.

The Origin of AIDS: an Ethical Inquiry

One woman's bid to make a difference in South Africa

Pan-African Parliament to dispatch special missions to Cote d'Ivoire
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) resolved on Monday to send in May fact-finding missions to hot African spots of Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Tesco accused of having part in exploiting African labour
WOMEN working to supply fruit to the supermarket giant Tesco live in "dreadful conditions" and cannot afford to feed their families, a charity claimed today.

Sudan seeks $2.6 billion to heal Africa's longest feud

Sudan Seeks $2.6 Bln; U.N. Urges Darfur Peace

Ex-African leaders to mobilize resources for the continent at US talks
Former African heads of state areset for new round of talks in the United States next week, and they will make a fresh appeal to donors to improve their resource allocations to help fight escalating poverty in Africa.

Retired Presidents Meet in South Africa
Former President Daniel arap Moi was yesterday among 10 retired African presidents attending a conference in Johannesburg to discuss the continent's economic and image problems.

Crowd riots in DRC after Africa cup tie postponed
A capacity crowd of 20 000 in the Kenya stadium in the southern city were told after the scheduled kick-off time that the game was being postponed because the match officials had not arrived. There were no reports of any injuries or damage. Pitso Mosimane, the SuperSport United coach described the incident as a very frightening experience.

Saddam May Yet Be the Ultimate Survivor
Now even Saddam Hussein might survive to see the new Iraq - if and when that benighted country emerges from a post-invasion gloom that has just entered its third year. An idea being floated in Baghdad is that if Saddam's punishment was jail for life, rather than the execution he is widely assumed to face, the Sunni minority who enjoyed power and prosperity while he controlled Iraq might save face and break with the insurgents.

Afghan City Mourns Its Lost Children, Looks Back to Taliban

End economic blockade of Cuba
NEW DELHI, APRIL 10. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today demanded that the United States stop all acts of "illegal aggression" against Cuba and immediately lift the economic blockade, as resolved by the United Nations.

Native Americans Launch Own Cigarettes
A Native American tribe in Washington state is preparing to make and sell its own brand of cigarettes at a fraction of the cost of mainstream brands in an effort to diversify its income for tribal members.

KLM plane denied access to U.S. over passengers

Muslim Schoolgirl Detention Irks US Teachers

Marburg Seeding Linked To Child Vaccine Program?

Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Accepts President's Resignation

Cell history: 'The Brick' - 10 years, $100 million in costs