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08/22/2005:

"War on terror should not compromise human rights in Africa"

Get Out, Murungaru Tells British Ranchers
Cabinet minister Chris Murungaru has told British landowners near his Kieni constituency to move out. Dr Murungaru said it was immoral for a few Europeans to own huge chunks of land, while hundreds of his constituents were squatters.

War on terror should not compromise human rights in Africa
As Western powers escalate their war against terrorist groups, African governments need to guard against being coerced to violate their obligations under international human rights instruments.

"Antibiotic" Beer Gave Ancient Africans Health Buzz
Humans have been downing beer for millennia. In certain instances, some drinkers got an extra dose of medicine, according to an analysis of Nubian bones from Sudan in North Africa.

Global reparations groups want justice and healing for the inhumanity of slavery

South African Social Workers to Train in Cuba
Under a cooperation program, 21 employment skills practitioners from the South African Labor Department will travel to Cuba next Saturday for a a skills empowerment project.

Threats Don't Stop Information Leak About Our Military's 1976 Plan to Blow Up WTC
Former GI not concerned about death threats and releases names of others who participated in what has been called 'the perfect terrorist plan' devised by our own military to bring down the WTC with airplanes and box cutters.

Low Water Levels Threaten Marine Life in Lake Victoria
Concerns are being expressed over the receding levels of water in Lake Victoria that could affect marine activities. Marine experts and transporters are describing the recent recession of water levels as abnormal and alarming.

Nigerian protesters lift siege of oil facilities

Zimbabwe begins crisis talks with IMF chiefs
Zimbabwean officials on Monday began a week of crunch talks with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, which is weighing whether to expel the southern African country from its ranks.

African fish industry 'in crisis'
Africa's fisheries industry is facing a crisis, experts have claimed, with over-fishing and a lack of investment threatening its long-term future.

The President’s Greatest Fear
It has been said that “Love hath no fear” which I believe means that if one is committed to finding the truth, that one wants to understand, wants to know the truth more than anything else in the world, then through such conviction one will find the courage, the fearlessness, to pursue what must be done.

Sudan buries leader but remains determined to achieve peace
As the people of southern Sudan bury one of their most influential leaders today, the widow of Dr John Garang & others, push to achieve peace; & the dream their leader so nearly achieved after 21 years of civil war and 2 million deaths.

Immigration bungle as Zimbabwean nearly deported
Zimbabwean campaigners and human rights activists are outraged after an asylum seeker was almost deported despite a recent ruling by the High Court suspending returns to the country.

Mauritania suspended from AU after military coup
The African Union has suspended Mauritania from the organisation after armed forces seized power in a bloodless coup.

Uneasy Standoff in Venezuela's Media Wars
The controversy surrounding the media in Venezuela refuses to die. This is because the country is experimenting with a slow but steady anti-capitalist restructuring which the private media see as a threat to their existence.

Why Iran will lead to World War 3
Iran has shown an unwillingness to be bullied by Washington. The Bush administration has co-opted the EU to enforce its double-standards by threatening military action. If Iran is attacked they will retaliate; that much is certain.

Bush's Other Iraq Invasion
As Iraqis draft a new constitution, U.S. corporations maintain a stranglehold on almost every economic issue.

ETHIOPIA: Voting largely peaceful in Somali region

Hypocrites and Liars

War on terror good for defense firms in US

Urine Battery Turns Pee Into Power

The Earth is not 6 000 yrs old!

Leaderless on the left

Rejecting Israeli apartheid
There has been a media circus fed by a huge Israeli-government public-relations effort to drum up sympathy for the "painful" relocation of Jewish settlers from Gaza. But who are these settlers, and why were they brought there in the first place? Is Israel really leaving Gaza, or merely switching to occupying it from outside, rather than inside? Will Gaza become a large open-air prison, with its population held hostage as Israel controls its air space, natural resources, and access?