"Western Media's Coverage of Africa Biased"

Mauritania coupe leaders desolve parliament
The "military council for justice and democracy" in Mauritania desolved the parliament and announced continued work according to the constitution of July 20 of 1991, which will be complimented by the military council charter.

U.S. deployed 2000 troops to oil rich Mauritania in June
Following the recent slaying of 17 government soldiers in a terrorist attack on a military base in northern Mauritania, the United States has sent a contingent of 2,000 soldiers, as well as helicopters, to the area, the United Arab Emirates daily 'Al-Kalheej' reported on Friday. The US troops will use military bases set up in the desert in Mauritania and Mali three years ago as part of the war on terror.

Rastafarians want looser marijuana laws, reparations
Dozens of Rastafarians from across the Caribbean and North America gathered in Guyana yesterday for a conference calling on governments to decriminalise marijuana, pay slavery reparations and repatriate followers of the faith to Africa.

Western Media's Coverage of Africa Biased
Western media coverage of Africa is still skewed and still projects Africa in terms of "disasters, its evil men" and as a "backward continent."

Africa turns down compromise on UN expansion
Addis Ababa - Africa has rejected overtures from United Nations Security Council aspirants Brazil, Germany, Japan and India to compromise on their proposal for reforming the world body that deals with matters of war and peace.

Chinese young volunteers head for Africa
A group of young volunteers attracted the eyes of passengers at the Beijing Capital International Airport on August 4. The 12 young volunteers from places such as Beijing, Sichuan and Yunnan were going to Ethiopia in Africa to begin a six-month service work in methane exploitation, Chinese-language teaching, physical education, health care and information technology.

African Coup Leaders Often Win Acceptance

South Africa Encouraging as to Zimbabwe Loan
The South African government has confirmed that it is willing in principle to financially assist Zimbabwe, including through the provision of a loan facility to help it address its overdue obligations to the International Monetary Fund.

Blood and Gravy
It's easy to forget sometimes -- amid all the lofty talk of geopolitics, of apocalyptic clashes between good and evil, of terror, liberty, security and God -- that the war on Iraq is "largely a matter of loot," as Kasper Gutman so aptly described the Crusades in that seminal treatise on human nature, "The Maltese Falcon." And nowhere is this more evident than in the festering, oozing imposthume of corruption centered around the Gutman-like figure of Vice President Dick Cheney.

With Africa, U.S. suffering from AADD

DNA evidence frees man after 19 years

Journalism Professionals Demand Re-trial for the Cuban Five