"Mugabe criticises 'unhelpful' IMF"

GM maize: Ministry did right thing
Kenyans must be celebrating for gaining an important victory in the fight against Genetically Modified (GM) crops. The Government has ordered Kenya’s biotechnology maize field trials to be stopped and the crops destroyed.

Belgium Missionary Accused of Genocide
A Belgian Roman Catholic Priest, Father Guy Theunis, appeared before a Gacaca Court in Kigali city on Sunday, after which he was placed in Category One of genocide suspects. Fr. Theunis, 60, will now have to answer genocide charges before the classic courts of law, since Gacaca courts only handle cases involving lesser crimes.

Uganda polishes public image
The Ugandan government has set up a media organisation that will provide daily news to local and foreign media in a move designed to bolster the administration against attacks from the political opposition and boost its image abroad, an official from the president's office said on Monday.

Mbeki and Zuma: A temporary truce?
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma - the man he sacked as his deputy - have put on a show of unity, following a bitter row that threatened to split the governing ANC party.

SOUTH AFRICA: Ruling party moves to end rift
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is taking steps to end the standoff between former deputy president Jacob Zuma, who faces charges of corruption, and President Thabo Mbeki.

Somali Militia Takes Over UNICEF Office
A warlord in southern Somalia has taken over the offices of UNICEF in the town where Somalia's transitional government is based, a senior U.N. official said Monday.

Nigeria pulls peacekeepers out of DRC
Nigeria's police will withdraw its entire contingent of 120 officers serving on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) because of sexual harrasment allegations, a spokesperson said on Monday.

IMF gives Zimbabwe six-month debt reprieve
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Zimbabwe a six-month reprieve against expulsion over repayment of a longstanding debt, the second time the IMF has spared the southern African country from embarrassment.

Mugabe criticises 'unhelpful' IMF
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has criticised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as doing little to help developing countries

Sudanese women must have greater role in political affairs
A meeting in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has highlighted the importance of giving Sudanese women a greater voice in their country’s political affairs, if Sudan is to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

DRC: Troops from the 124th battalion desert to join dissident general
The commander of the Democratic Republic of Congo's 8th Military Region, in the eastern province of North Kivu, said on Monday some 350 troops from the 124th battalion had defected to join a dissident army general, Laurent Nkunda.

Britain's race shame: the alarming levels of black deaths in police custody: where's the justice?
The world looked on in disgust at the racism in southern America exposed by Hurricane Katrina but it is time the British public acknowledged that our own government is no better when it comes to protecting the welfare of its black citizens.

GREAT LAKES: Four-day gender festival ends with call for cooperation
Some 1,000 participants from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and other countries ended their 7th Gender Festival on Friday with an appeal for greater cooperation among women, instead of undermining each other.

NAMIBIA: UN signs $44.7 million development assistance framework
The UN signed a second development assistance framework (UNDAF) of US $44.7 million with Namibia this week to intensify support for the fight against HIV/AIDS, food insecurity and improving social service delivery over the next five years.

Israel vows 'zero tolerance' to Gaza violence
Minister of Defence Shaul Mofaz warned on Monday that Israel will adopt a "zero tolerance" policy to continued violence from the Gaza Strip after ending its 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory.

We had to kill our patients
Doctors working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather than leaving them to die in agony as they evacuated hospitals, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

New Orleans Unmasks “Apartheid, American Style”
What is the recipe for a toxic sludge potent enough to destroy a heavily populated city and inflict infection with a mere splash? Start with a force of nature powerful beyond belief. Mix in an ample supply of sewage, garbage, brackish water from Lake Ponchatrain , floating corpses of humans and animals, and various and sundry noxious chemicals. Blend well with a system of seriously inadequate levees resulting from cuts in federal funding. Of course this concoction would not be complete without heaping portions of racism, spiritual emptiness, and avarice fueling slow and inadequate federal relief efforts.

Hurricane Halliburton

Protestants riot in Northern Ireland for 3rd Day

Chile remembers its Sept. 11

Katrina aid from Cuba? No thanks, says U.S.

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