"The Man Who Betrayed the Poor"

Stop Importation of GM Foods
In the global view Africa is written off as no significant other than as a secondary marketplace for goods manufactured in the industrial zones in Europe, America, and Asia and ideas formulated in elsewhere. This global view of Africa resonates not only with the policies of African countries, but also the personal behaviour of individual Africans, continental or diaspora.

Geldof: The Man Who Betrayed the Poor
Two months have not elapsed since the G8 summit, and already almost everything has turned to ashes. Even the crustiest sceptics have been shocked by the speed with which its promises have been broken.
Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent.

Making a killing
AS COUNTRIES with poor human rights prepare to visit an arms fair in east London next week British companies are flying weapons into Africa's bloodiest war zone.

Sudan to detect HIV/AIDS among resident foreigners
Sudan said here Tuesday that it will conduct special measures to examine the HIV/AIDS among resident foreigners in the country.

The Moral Empire: The Politics of Conscience
A few years ago, Tony Blair termed the state of Africa a 'scar on the world's conscience'. It was not the first time that the dubious honour of being a moral touchstone had been conferred upon the continent. By the late 19th century too, Africa was the foil for various European crises of conscience even as major European powers were busy consolidating colonial regimes across large swathes of the globe. In his remarkable book, King Leopold's Ghost (1999), which chronicles the brutalities of the Belgian monarch's venal reign over the Congo, Adam Hochschild has shown how British popular outrage over extreme degradation 'elsewhere' could serve to normalize injustices at home and in Britain's own colonies. Interestingly, Leopold had undertaken his own violent expropriation of the Congo's land and natural resources by establishing humanitarian bodies such as the 'International Africa Association', whipping up righteous European indignation at 'Arab slave traders.'

Kenya's anti-terrorism bill raises concern
Human rights groups in Kenya have expressed fears that controversial anti-terrorism legislation may be pushed through, in the wake of complaints by the United States and Britain that the country's efforts to clamp down on terrorism were unsatisfactory.

Sudan, Chad pledge to work together to resolve Darfur crisis
Sudan and Chad have expressed desire to join their efforts for the sake of resolving the Darfur crisis and reaching a comprehensive peace agreement before the end of the year.

Nigeria in a ‘cat and mouse game’
The Nigerian trade embargo on Ghana is still in place. And the revised list of Ghanaian items that are outlawed from Nigerian markets, as at June 30, 2005, now includes water.

LIBERIA: Study finds many girls selling bodies to pay for school
As many as four out of five schoolgirls in war-scarred Liberia are resorting to having sex for cash so they can pay for their education, a study by British-based charity Save the Children has found.

Pakistan Apologetic but Firm On Israel Connection
The Pakistani government has begun to appear apologetic about its plans to open diplomatic links with Israel, as criticism builds up against a budding liaison between two nations founded in the late 1940s in the name of religion..

Did Katrina Blow Off the White Sheets of American Racism?

'What do you mean, it's 'like' living in a Third World country?'