"Zimbabwe transport crisis intensifies"

Mugabe says Zimbabwe is no home to traitors
President Robert Mugabe warned mourners at the funeral of a top ruling party official today that Zimbabwe was "threatened by treachery from within" and indirectly blamed the country’s former colonial power Britain.

Zimbabwe transport crisis intensifies
Zimbabwe's transport crisis fuelled by an acute fuel shortage worsened this week, forcing many people to walk to work or shell out more than they can afford in bus fares, a newspaper said on Saturday.

FBI agents raid Nigeria VP’s house
The FBI has raided the Maryland residence of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar as part of a probe into whether a US congressman made or approved payments to officials in West Africa, a US newspaper reported.

Nigeria bracing for fuel unrest
Nigeria faced another round of protest strikes on Thursday after the government gave the go-ahead to the latest stage in a deeply unpopular plan to deregulate petrol and diesel prices.

Pardon Set for Black Woman Executed in 1945
The only woman ever executed in Georgia's electric chair is being granted a posthumous pardon, 60 years after her death. The black maid was put to death for killing a white man she claimed held her in slavery and threatened her life.

Mauritania's Poor Skeptical on Oil Riches
This country hasn't even started exporting oil yet, and already some Mauritanians are demanding a share of the hoped-for profits.

Displaced Liberians set to boycott voting
Thousands of Liberians who fled their villages during 14 years of civil war say they will refuse to vote in October elections if they are left stranded in refugee camps.

No UN Reform Likely, Say Directors of Africa Policy Think-Tanks
The heads of all three civil society organisations appeared to agree that there will not be widespread reform of the United Nations, particularly its powerful Security Council, when the UN General Assembly meets next month to discuss the issue.

NEPAD's 'Fish for All Summit' Opens in Abuja
President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared open a "Fish For All Summit" held under the auspices of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), in Abuja.

NEPAD to Facilitate E-Schools
Rwanda is one of the sixteen African countries to benefit from the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) first phase of Electronic Schools' (e-Schools) program before the initiative spreads to other African countries.

‘Journalism is in terrible trouble … a large amount of it is repetitive garbage’

Bank of America Becomes Fourth Bank to Admit Ties to Slavery

Democrat calls for racial profiling inquiry

20 Massacred in Port-au-Prince Soccer Stadium, Jailed Jean-Juste Mulls Presidential Run

Venezuela, Cuba offer free health care to Latin American, Caribbean citizens

Galloway to go on anti-war tour of US with Jane Fonda

A United Iraq Is a Western Joke

Our Arrogance Will be the End of Us

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