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10/04/2005:

"Pan Africanism: Without it full blast colonialism may resurface"

Venezuela and Brazil reach agreement to invest US$3.5 billion
President Hugo Chavez Frias has stressed that, with a joint investment of US$3.5 billion, Venezuela and Brazil have reached agreement to exploit 50 billion barrels of crude oil from the Carabobo I field ... which currently holds some 300 billion barrels of crude oil in proven reserves.

Pan Africanism: Without it full blast colonialism may resurface
The author in this second last part of his series portrays the hypocrisy of NGOs and the failure of OAU to nurse the PanAfricanism doctrine. Dependency on NGOs: today it is NGO, tomorrow it is extended diplomacy thus the ambivalence of the name. They are like the missionaries of the 19th century who preceded soldiers to prepare for colonialism.

Zimbabwe makes fresh IMF payment
Zimbabwe has paid another $15m (£9m) to help reduce its debt arrears with the International Monetary Fund, according to its state-run Herald newspaper.

Sudan: AU Security Council Holds Emergency Session On Darfur
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) was meeting on Monday to discuss the worsening security situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur where rampant ceasefire violations have resulted in dozens of deaths and further displacement.

Of primitive capitalism and man-eat-man!
Former Tanzania president,Mwalimu Julius Nyerere (God bless his soul) once described Kenya as a man-eat-man society. Kenya had gone capitalist lock, stock and barrel while in Tanzania, Mwalimu presided over a socialist system ( christened Ujamaa) where national wealth was not let to be concentrated in the hands of a few, as was the case in Kenya.

A Flood of Fraud
There's no question that post-hurricane relief and reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are going to pose many genuinely difficult challenges. But some things seem pretty simple. For example, it's a dumb idea to have cruise ships house evacuees and then pay the cruise lines as four times what they would charge vacationers.

Students, Unions Mark '68 Mexico Massacre

Deadly FBI Mission in Puerto Rico Probed

Bodyguards beat up three Haitian reporters

Brooklyn Haitians blame the state for violence in Port-au-Prince

Ike Was Right About War Machine

Venezuelans trade junk for food