"Schools struggle on 'borrowed' South African land"

Schools struggle on 'borrowed' South African land
Across South Africa, farmers, local education departments, and school administrators are debating the future of "farm schools," or public schools on private farmland, trying to balance the rights of landowners and the educational needs of some of the country's poorest children.

Economic Society Warns Obasanjo Against 3rd Term
THE Nigerian Economic Society (NES) yesterday in Ibadan asked President Olusegun Obasanjo to forget the idea of extending his tenure beyond 2007 saying that the clamour for a third term will scare away foreign investors from the country which will further worsen the poverty level of Nigerians.

Chevron Paid Agents Who Destroyed African Villages
Energy Company denies responsibility for Nigerian deaths or injuries, saying it paid only for general security services.

The Miseducation of Canada's First Nations
From the mid-1800s until the late 1960s, the Canadian government enforced an "assimilation" policy on native peoples. Aboriginal children were removed from their families and communities, taken to these schools and forbidden to speak their native tongue or carry out some aspects of their culture, such as the potlatch.

Report: IMF team to visit Zimbabwe
An International Monetary Fund team will visit Zimbabwe Monday ahead of a September board meeting during which directors may expel the southern African nation for falling US$295 million behind in its debt payments.

Kenya to Make Aids Test Kits
Aids testing kits are to be produced in Kenya for the local and regional markets. The Particle Agglutination HIV testing kit has been developed by Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) scientists after more than 10 years of research.

UN reforms crucial for Africans, says VP
The proposed United Nations reforms will enable Africa to have its views included in international decisions, Vice-President Moody Awori said yesterday.

Ugandan army kills over 40 rebels in 3 days
The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) has killed over 40 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in separate operations in northern Uganda and southern Sudan in three days of air raids, a senior army officer said on Friday.

Namibia, Angola eye reviving Kunene hydropower plans

Delayed oil imports threaten East and Central African economies
Fuel taps in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and northern Tanzania are running dry following delays in landing oil imports from the Mombasa port. The crisis in the region was triggered by the increasing world fuel prices.

Kenya says it will cancel oil firms' licences as fuel crisis worsens
The fuel crisis that has rocked the three East African countries for the past one week arising from the introduction of an advance tax payment system by the Kenya government is far from being resolved.

NAMIBIA: Securing property for rural widows and their children
The Namibian government aims to introduce a new inheritance bill to protect the rights of widows and children, who are often dispossessed of land and homesteads.

NAMIBIA: Land reform picks up steam
The Namibian government is expected to serve 18 white commercial farmers with final notices of expropriation next week as the land reform programme gathers pace.

Madagascar's unique forest under threat
One of the world's biggest mining companies has been given permission to open up an enormous mine on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar which will involve digging up some of the world's most unique forest.

S.Africa Nampak to sell 10 pct stake to black groups
South African packaging company Nampak has agreed to sell a 10 percent stake to black staff and investors in a deal worth 981 million rand, it said on Thursday.

Beating the Drums Against Apartheid

SUDAN: Conditions in Darfur deteriorating - Annan

New agreement paves way home for Burundians from Rwanda

Sudanese Women Seeking Divorce Find Themselves in Prison

Study shows racial health gap in US

Global warming: Will you listen now, America?

The settlers' retreat was the theatre of the cynical

Tuskegee Airmen Recall Segregated Military
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first group of black fighter pilots allowed into the U.S. Army Air Corps. Even after they were admitted, though, many commanders still didn't believe they had the intelligence or dexterity to become pilots.