"Corrosive prejudice within black community"

Sudan says US force in Darfur unwelcome
Sudan on Friday rejected a suggestion by United Nations head Kofi Annan that US and European troops be sent to Darfur, saying the international community should give more cash to African forces already on the ground.

Forest, ecosystem loss fanning East Africa drought
UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) said here Thursday that the drought currently ravaging parts of East Africa and the Horn of Africa regions was a result of loss of forest cover, grasslands and other key ecosystems.

Corrosive prejudice within black community
"If you're white, you're right. If you're brown, stick around. If you're black, stay back." It's a playground ditty many African Americans have grown up with. Yet most blacks find its message profoundly painful to discuss.

Stalling the Dream
Fifty years ago, the late Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, catalyzing history-making events. Imagine, however, if Rosa Parks had lived in New Orleans in September 2005 and was trying to escape from the gathering clouds of Hurricane Katrina. Would she have jumped in her car? Would she have bought a train ticket? It is likely she wouldn¹t have found any bus seat. Would she have survived?

'Old boys' launch Africa Forum
A select "old boys' club" of former African heads of state has been established in Maputo, with former president Nelson Mandela as its patron. The veterans had formed the Africa Forum as an informal network to help strategise plans for the development of the continent.

Cash crunch may cripple AU mission in Sudan
A CHRONIC lack of funds could cripple the strengthened African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan's restive western region of Darfur. AU Commission Chairperson, Alpha Oumar Konare, who gave the warning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia yesterday, said: "This strengthened presence has indisputably had a positive impact on the situation obtaining on the ground".

UNHCR pursues return of 70,000 refugees to South Sudan
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday signed the first of seven expected tripartite agreements that will clear the way for some 70,000 refugees to return to South Sudan in the first half of this year. The governments of Sudan, Kenya and UNHCR signed the agreement in Nairobi -- exactly one year and three days after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended 21 years of north- south civil war in Sudan was also signed in Nairobi.

Chad raps World Bank for "unjustified" funds freeze
Chad accused the World Bank on Friday of overstepping its authority by blocking the transfer of Chadian oil revenues from an overseas account in an escalating dispute over an oil law reform opposed by the global lender. The World Bank said on Thursday Citibank had frozen a London-based escrow account that collected revenues from Chad's oil pipeline, including royalty payments from oil major Exxon Mobil Corp.

EU authorises genetically modified maize
The European Commission on Friday said it had authorised the sale of three genetically modified maize lines for a 10-year period.

Bolivia strongly rejects Chávez' remarks

'No nudity for sex'

US army in Iraq institutionally racist, claims British officer

Chile: Latest poll shows Bachelet 5 points ahead

Victim of Pinochet era asks Chilean voters to make history

We'd rather be famous than brainy, say young Britons

Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs

Ecuador Police Break Up U.S. Protest