"No joy in Africa's 'black gold'"

Mozambique Plans to Produce Kerosene From Natural Gas
Mozambique may soon have a distillery for producing kerosene, fertilisers and other by-products from its abundant resources of natural gas.

No joy in Africa's 'black gold'
Africa's booming oil and gas exports have not helped improve the lives of average Africans, a UN official said Monday on the eve of a major oil conference opening in the Mozambican capital.

Mandela wins art battle
Former president Nelson Mandela has won the first part of his legal battle with his ex-lawyer and an art publisher over the sale of artworks connected to the elder statesman.

Africa urged to set up customs union
Africa's biggest trade bloc, Comesa, should establish a customs union by 2008 to boost trade by 25% and spur greater investment in the region, trade ministers have recommended.

Mandela's powerful message - "Africa's time has come"
As people begin to line up in movie theaters to visit galaxies far, far away in the final chapter of Star Wars, Nelson Mandela comes to America to remind us of a continent right here on earth, just on the other side of the Atlantic.

New Date Set for East Africa Federation
The fate of the long proposed East Africa Federation will be decided by May, next year. By then, it is envisaged, the three East African peoples will have made it clear whether or not they want a political union with one president.

Hungry Malawians brave crocs to eat water lilies

Veteran Namibian Politician Appolus Dies
EMIL Appolus, a veteran figure on Namibia's political landscape, died at the age of 70 this weekend. Appolus passed away at Keetmanshoop on Saturday. His family said he suffered a stroke last year and had been in frail health since then.

Africa in 15 years: Where will Ghana be?

Brazil hosts huge Gay Pride march
Hundreds of thousands of people have converged for a huge Gay Pride parade in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

Inside the Wire: An Interview With Erik Saar
A former military linguist at Guantanamo describes a dysfunctional facility where prisoner abuse was all but inevitable.

BUSH & BLAIR TARGETED BY IRAQ TRIBUNAL
As President George W. Bush "jet-sets" around the world, promoting the neo-conservatives' own brand of democracy, there is one overseas meeting in June he will likely avoid like the plague.

The WTI, made up of thousands of people worldwide including many preeminent scholars and dignitaries, seeks to reclaim justice regarding the Iraqi invasion. The group was formed two years ago with the intent to document the war crimes orchestrated by Bush and Blair and eventually bring both heads of state to justice because of what group leaders say is "an arrogant flaunting of world opinion and established law."

The US baseness and bankruptcy!
You did it Pentagon whores. Your are truly clever. At long last, and this time you succeeded. It is a matter of time and the US military have so much in their quiver. Their flow of new ideas how to quell the insurgents, never runs dry. They are genius!

Detox our racist culture
Have you ever thought about what Britain would look like if the effects of postwar migration were suddenly reversed? Tellingly, most of parliament, our corporate boardrooms and newspaper editorial meetings would look much the same. But quite how these people would get to work, as public transport in most major cities stalled and minicabs became scarce is another matter. They would arrive in offices with floors unmopped and canteens closed. Going out for lunch, they would suffer a two-hour wait at McDonalds. And the absence of fruit pickers would bring a run on tin-openers and unseemly scrambles for fresh produce.

Did You Know?
Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel?
Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?

Foxman vs Farrakhan

Canadian study proves racial bias
A tearful Police Chief Bill Closs apologized yesterday to black people in Kingston after being confronted with proof they are stopped by officers three times more often than whites.

Zimbabwe set to nationalise land
Zimbabwe is to proceed with plans to nationalise all farmland, a ruling party official has said.

Africa is crying out for justice
If Tony Blair and the other G7 leaders really want to “make poverty history” they need not look far – they should follow the above steps. Africa does not need charity and handouts, but justice and fairness.