"Aid needed for Africans 'living on the edge'"

Aid needed for Africans 'living on the edge'
Johannesburg - Money to combat Africa's latest food crisis is fast running out as world leaders debate a future for the indebted continent and as millions march or attend concerts to make poverty history.

Call for aid as southern Africa faces food crisis
More than 10 million people will need humanitarian assistance across southern Africa over the next 12 months, after yet another year of poor agricultural production caused by erratic weather and unaffordable fertiliser and seeds. This warning was made this week by two United Nations agencies and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

Wayzata man's obsession with Africa became his call to action
The $50 billion in aid that world leaders pledged Friday to fight poverty and disease in Africa is only the beginning of an immense challenge that has obsessed Edward (Ward) Brehm of Wayzata for more than a decade.

Justice for Africa postponed
The summit has failed to deliver justice for Africa. A comprehensive package on aid, trade and debt relief has not materialised. The deal announced today will not tackle poverty effectively. Some steps have been made, but it falls far short of what is needed.

Africa 'offers highest returns'
Africa has been found to offer the highest returns on foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the director of Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Hamadoun Toure.

Africa: Shame of the begging bowl
IN the last two weeks, two events have riveted the attention of the world. One was the African Union meeting that took place in the Libyan city of Sirte. The other event took place in the UK. I do not mean the bombing of the city of London, an inscrutable augury in itself; I mean the event that was taking place as the bombs were going off in the London tubes: the G-8 meetings in Scotland. In both meetings, Africa was the centre of much discussion.

Project Mumbai Makeover
Casualties of Development

West turns blind eye as police put Saddam's torturers back to work
IRAQI security forces, set up by American and British troops, torture detainees by pulling out their fingernails, burning them with hot irons or giving them electric shocks, Iraqi officials say. Cases have also been recorded of bound prisoners being beaten to death by police.

IRAQ: 11 SOUTHERN IRAQI OIL FIELDS TO GO UP FOR TENDER

No Birdbrain, Parrot Grasps Concept of Zero
A parrot has grasped the concept of zero, something humans can't do until at least the toddler phase, researchers say.

Sovereignty Sinks in Latin America as Dollarization Rises

Dalit Feminism
I am a Dalit-middle-class, University educated, Telugu speaking Dalit-Christian-Woman. All these identities have a role in the way I perceive myself and the worlds I inhabit. I, as a Dalit woman, primarily write for Dalit women to uphold our interests. This statement of mine is necessary because if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined by others – for their use and to our detriment. This voice is not representative of all Dalit women. However, I know that my voice is important because it is the voice of a socially denigrated category, suppressed and silenced.

London Underground Bombing 'Exercises'
Took Place at Same Time as Real Attack
Power told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.