"Zimbabwe is being hypocritically vilified"

Zimbabwe is being hypocritically vilified
For a month now, the BBC, CNN, ITV and others have been reporting what has been portrayed as one of the greatest humanitarian and human rights disasters in years. At least 200,000 people - sometimes this figure grows to 250,000 or even 300,000 - are said to have been forcibly evicted from slum areas of Harare in Zimbabwe. The figure peaked last week at 1.5 million, but yesterday the BBC reckoned that bulldozers were now "crashing through the homes of 500,000 people".

Blair Vows to Keep Up Pressure on Zimbabwe
Britain will continue to exert "all the pressure we can" to stop human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister pledged today.

Moral Cowards In Hiding
Many Americans are acting like members of a lynch mob who later become aware of their viciousness and attempt to disguise their involvement. When President Bush finally got his long-planned Middle East war games going, most Americans hid their erstwhile sense of decency and responsibility behind the statist flag. Once the war mania was underway, eighty percent of my neighbors had flags flying from their homes. One household even took to holding occasional revival-like meetings in their front yard, with patriotic songs helping to reinforce the statist mindset.

Zim shows vision: UN envoy
GOVERNMENT has shown seriousness and a clear vision on its clean-up by allocating stands to people affected by Operation Murambatsvina and those on the housing waiting list, United Nations special envoy Mrs Anna Kajumalo Tibaijuka has said.

Burundi army kills 15 rebels in pre-poll raids

Mozambican Troops Leave for Burundi
Guebuza argued in favour of solving disputes through dialogue and reconciliation. The military, said the President, should "intervene primarily in implementing the country's undertakings to support peace".

Deaths as Riot Police Clash with Congo Demonstrators

Protesters killed in Congo crackdown

Greatest humanitarian crisis today in Southern Africa, World Food Programme Head tells Security Council
Describes 'Lethal Mix' of AIDS, Drought, Failing Governance; Says Hunger Playing Critical Part in Disintegration of Social Structures

DJIBOUTI: Fighting polio in simmering heat

Cote D Ivoire: UN Threatens Sanctions After Finding 62 Military Vehicles At Port

Iran to improve relations with Ghana
Iran is set to improve on her relations with Ghana especially in economics and trade, Mr Vallollah Mohammadi, Iranian Ambassador in Ghana, said on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister of the Interior. He said as part of efforts at improving the relations, the Iranian Clinic would be upgraded to a hospital to serve a larger purpose.

Libya eyes bigger role in Africa

LIBERIA: Taylor still looms large as election countdown begins