"Think continental"

Sudanese rebels prepare for talks

Answers about the unrest in Ethiopia

Bush Deflates Blair's Africa Plan
Commentators in Africa and the West say the combination of limited U.S. financial support to Africa and U.S. trade barriers to African agriculture undermines Blair's campaign to massively increase the wealthy world's assistance to the poorest continent.

Independent Media Council Long Overdue
ZIMBABWEAN media practitioners have since 1980 not been able to come up with their own self-binding code of conduct - the precursor to an independent self-regulatory body.

Mugabe defends evicting shack dwellers
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday defended the eviction of tens of thousands of traders and shack dwellers from city streets as a two-day strike against the campaign got off to a slow start.

Think continental
Indeed, many in Africa blame the relative lack of economic progress on an inherently unfair international trade system. Africa, they argue, is fully integrated into the global economy and trading system -- it is just that it is integrated in an unjust, demeaning and fundamentally warped fashion. The continent is in a no-win situation.

Iran-Nigeria interested in defense collaboration
Iran and Nigeria explored avenues for bolstering bilateral cooperation in various defense fields.

Movement ideals are alive and well
YESTERDAY, was Heroes Day commemorating the sacrifices of so many people towards Uganda's political liberation struggle.

Uganda reveals democracy question
"Do you agree to open up the political space to allow those who wish to join different organisations/ parties to do so to compete for political power?"

Philadelphia schools to require African, black history

Don't blow Africa's chance, Bono warns EU
Bono took the African aid campaign to Brussels today, warning European leaders due to decide next week on a plan to double EU aid to the continent over the next 10 years: "Don't blow it."

Nigeria Christian Lecturer Disappears After Muslim Death Threats
Concern was mounting Thursday, June 9, after a key Christian lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria's Zaria city reportedly disappeared following death threats from Muslim militants and growing pressure on Christians in northern Nigeria.

Ancestry, geography key to lactose intolerance
Researchers at Cornell University have shown in a recent study that lactose intolerance is largely a factor of cultural evolution. That is, members of ethnic groups that emerged in regions where raising cattle was common often are more genetically predisposed to digest milk products. Meanwhile, people whose ancestors came from regions where extreme temperatures, short growing seasons and dangerous animal-borne diseases made animal husbandry expensive and difficult often feel cramped and nauseous after eating dairy products.

OAS rejects US democracy proposal
The Organization of American States (OAS) has refused to adopt a US proposal to monitor democracy in Latin America, at the end of its summit.

Lobbyist Helped Indian Leaders Meet Bush

Laura Bush attends fake school?

Iraqis Desperate for Work, Blind to Dangers
Ahlam Najam just needed a job. At 25, she had a university degree in education but could not find work as teacher. When Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), subsidiary of the U.S. firm Halliburton offered her a job as a security guard at a U.S. base in Iraq, she took it. On May 18 last year she was shot twice in the head as she waited for a taxi to take her to work. Her injuries left her blind, and she lost her sense of smell.

US Immunity in Colombia Scrutinized
Colombia's Congress will hold hearings about revising a treaty that shields US troops from prosecution.

Salih Booker on Africa Debt:
The Poorest Regions in the World Have Subsidized the Richest

400,000-year-old stone tools discovered in Mazandaran