"Annan Admits UN Slacking on Human Rights Abuses"

France 'should be charged' for Rwanda genocide
Rwandan government officials claim that new proof of France's role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide has emerged during the UN's Rwanda court hearings. Not only was France training the genocidal militias prior to the genocide, the French government was even today providing perpetrators of the genocide a refuge. France has earlier been criticised by a European court for not trying genocide suspects.

What you need to know about the
UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

US media coverage of Africa largely negative
America's media coverage of Africa over the past decade is anything but fair and balanced - and focuses overwhelmingly on the negative, Joaquim Chissano, the former Mozambican president, said today. "Coverage of Africa, by the leading forces of American media, is, at best, dismissive of the continent's progress and potential," he said.

Fake Microsoft security updates circulate
An e-mail campaign designed to lure people to a bogus Microsoft Web site is making the rounds as part of an attempt to install a Trojan horse, antivirus company Sophos said Friday.

Attackers are sending out fake e-mails that claim to come from Microsoft's Windows Update. People who click on the link in the message are steered to a site that looks like Microsoft's security update site, where they are urged to download fake patches.

Ethiopia prepares for return of obelisk next week

Marburg 'still to peak' - WHO
A top World Health Organisation official chose Angola to celebrate World Health Day on Thursday, saying that the death toll has "not yet peaked" from the killer Marburg virus in the poor southern African country devastated by 27 of civil war.

Brazilian head to visit Africa
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Africa next week to bolster trade and political links with five nations, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Original axis of evil: Colonial empires
Not only did Prince William and the elite with their native-mocking costumes pay homage to the military atrocities of their ancestors, but so few in Europe today question the deaths of millions of Africans, Asians, and American Indians. The real scandal is that nobody views this celebration of colonial brutality as a scandal!

Annan Admits UN Slacking on Human Rights Abuses
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has stated the international organization is failing to protect against human rights abuses.

Irish Demand Freedom for Cuba Five
The Irish campaign for the release of the five US-imprisoned Cubans will reach seven national stages later this month, with the presentation of the film Mission Against Terror, the Free Miami 5 Organization announced in a release for www.plenglish.com.

Fears that Marburg virus has reached South Africa
There are new fears that the Marburg virus has reached South African soil. A child with Angolan ties with symptoms of the infection is reportedly being treated in Johannesburg.

Child deaths and malnutrition at emergency levels in IDP camp
ADDIS ABABA, Mortality and malnutrition rates among children at Hartishek, a former refugee camp in southeastern Ethiopia, are critically high, aid agencies warned on Wednesday.

Pope John Paul II Blew the Opportunity to Contain AIDS in Africa
Pope John Paul II championed human rights and better treatment of the poor. He condemned war and many world leaders listened. Yet the conservative Christian had a glaring weak spot: AIDS and the pandemic in Africa.

Not in my name
How dare Tony Blair genuflect on our behalf before the corpse of a man whose edicts killed millions?

Did the Pope spread AIDS in Africa?
The evidence is less than compelling.
What do you know about Pope John Paul II? He was a Catholic. He travelled a lot. He's now dead. And he apparently did more to spread AIDS around Africa than 'prostitution and the trucking industry combined' (1). That last claim has won the status of established fact among critics of the Vatican since the Pope died, tripping off the tongues of various left-leaning commentators and radicals who claim that the Vatican's condemnation of condom-use in turn condemned many in Africa - where over 100million are Catholic - to long and painful deaths.

It Rings a Bell:
Trade Liberalization and the Power of a Monopolist
- Sierra Leone a Case Study
Trade liberalization and monopoly are two opposing economic concepts, the latter hardly survive where there is an effective and properly implemented trade policies in a market situation.

Transport costs a trade barrier for the continent

UN warns of new war in Horn of Africa
International failure to break the border stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea could lead to a renewal of conflict, a senior UN official warned yesterday.

Ethiopia tries to woo Diaspora investors
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday its diplomats in South Africa have held discussions with Ethiopians and foreign citizens of Ethiopian origin living in Namibia and Botswana, trying to persuade them to invest in the country.

S.Africa may ship 60,000 T maize to Asia

NIGER: South Africa to develop coal mines
South Africa has agreed to help develop coal mines in Niger to provide cheap cooking fuel for local people and to promote exports of beef and cattle hides.