"Africa Needs Fair Trade, Not Aid"

No Evidence of Taylor's Involvement In Liberia

China to push forward ties with Papua New Guinea
The Chinese government highly appreciates the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government's adherence to the one-China policy, and is ready to expand the two countries' cooperation in various areas, said Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing here Wednesday.

DR of Congo: UN launches new operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels
Backed by air power in a major new operation code-named "Thunder Storm," United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launched their third offensive in just over two weeks to oust Rwandan Hutu militia who daily harass local communities, burning a rebel base camp.

Locusts, Food Shortages, Imperil Lives of West Africans
Millions of people in several African countries are facing food shortages because of a locust invasion and heavy drought, Christian relief organizations reported.

USDA to donate rice to Cameroon
The US Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate approximately 11,000 metric tons of rice to the Government of the Republic of Cameroon.

Two peacekeepers in Burundi sacked for sex abuse

De Beers Wrong About Bushman Evictions
Survival will continue its campaign until the Bushmen are allowed to return to their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in Botswana.

Fears of witchcraft fuel infanticide in Benin
Unless a baby is born head first and face upwards, many communities in northern Benin believe the child is a witch or sorcerer. And tradition demands that the infant must be killed, sometimes by dashing its brains out against a tree trunk.

Algeria to invest $5 billion in project to provide computers for families
Algerian minister of post, information and telecommunication technologies, Mr. Boudjemâa Haichour, declared that the investment needed for providing 6 million computers for Algerian families is estimated at $5 billion, reported the Algerian Al-khabar newspaper on Tuesday.

Africa Needs Fair Trade, Not Aid
EVERYBODY loves Africa and is going to desperate lengths to show why they are our new best friends! It is like South Africa after the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. Suddenly we could not find any supporters for the loathed apartheid system anymore both inside and outside of South Africa.

G8 leaders punishing Africa's poor - Mathaai

Hunger faces 18 million in 10 African countries

Horn of Africa: 18 Million Facing Food Shortages

Ethiopian PM wins Norwegian prize dedicated to Africa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi won a Norwegian prize that promotes UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for a green revolution in Africa, the Ethiopian news agency reported on Wednesday.

Time ripe to give Africa UNSC permanent seats: African nations

Girls Lured to Cote d'Ivoire for Prostitution Return
TWO Nigerian girls: Loveth Ebruke and Loveth Willy who were feared missing in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire to where they were taken by a prostitution syndicate returned to Nigeria, Monday.

Djibouti deports Ethiopian pilots

Equatorial Guinea president's son spends a million dollars
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangu, 34, is reported to have purchased two Bentley automobiles and a Lamborghini. He also began extensive renovations on his two villas located in Capetown suburbs. All these cost him 10 million rand ($1.5 million).

No survivors in plane crash in Equatorial Guinea
A Russian-made plane believed carrying more than 50 passengers and crew crashed in a forest in Equatorial Guinea, killing all aboard with searchers reporting that some bodies were scattered in trees, officials said today.

Rebels approach Ethiopian govt
A separatist group on Tuesday offered to open peace talks with the government in an effort to end a low-level conflict in the lawless Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia.

African Leaders Recommend DR Congo's Militias Forced Disarmament

Ten year-old becomes Microsoft engineer

Jailing of Irish villagers sparks anger as farmers defy Shell in Battle of the Bog

Absurdity Reigns
George Bush says that the U.S. is not on a crusade. "We have nothing against Muslims," parrots U.S. government-official-after-government official. Those words are meaningless. Every day, the anti-Muslim attitude in America grows. And, the only people speaking about the hatred are Muslims and a few concerned non-Muslim U.S. citizens. They are telling us that times are bad and are going to get worse, yet nothing is done.

Cuba Presents Program to Counter Desertification and Drought
Cuba presented on Monday in Havana its national program to fight desertification and drought in compliance with the international efforts of the Global Environment Facility.