"Use African music to propagate its values"

Belgian missionary charged in Rwanda
A Rwandan community court charged a Belgian missionary with inciting and planning the 1994 genocide in which more than half a million people were killed

Use African music to propagate its values - Chief Mokwugwo
Geoffery N. Mokwugwo, Managing Director of Worldwide Electoral Limited on Saturday urged Africans not to abandon African music and culture because of the enticing presence of other cultures.

Vaccination of 10 million children against polio begins
Local health authorities and UNICEF launched a drive on Monday to vaccinate 10 million children against polio in six provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) bordering Angola, Health Minister Emile Bongeli said.

'UN Security Council reform is over'
A failure to find consensus on proposed reforms of the United Nations Security Council has snuffed Africa's hopes to see its voice being heard louder within the international organisation, analysts said on Tuesday.

Africa tells UN: "You must do better"
In the streets of his hometown Kumasi in central Ghana, Kofi Annan is known by the accolade Busumuru -- "the best of the best". Many Africans share Ghana's pride at his rise to secretary-general of the United Nations, but when it comes to his organization's work, emotions range from gratitude to outraged feelings of betrayal.

UN: Africa Benefits Little From Foreign Investment
The UN Conference on Trade and Development says foreign direct investment into Africa is not working and needs to be reviewed. A new UNCTAD report on Economic Development in Africa finds that the cost of direct investment in Africa usually outweighs the benefits.

MAURITANIA: First wave of one-time dissidents return home in sweeping amnesty
Jubilant mobs rushed the airport and lined the streets of the Mauritanian capital on Monday to greet 30 former dissidents returning from exile, days after the country’s new military rulers called a sweeping amnesty for those imprisoned or banished by ex-President Maaouya Ould Taya.

New Orleans: Dress Rehearsal for American Lockdown
The war has come home to America, right here, right now and so have myriad questions so disturbing that most Americans, even if they know what the questions are, are terrified to ask: Why is Blackwater USA, the principal mercenary force outsourced by the Pentagon to fight in Iraq, now patrolling the streets of New Orleans?

Who Murdered Arafat?
For dozens of years, the Israeli media has conducted, with government inspiration, a concentrated campaign against the Palestinian leader (with the sole exception of Haolam Hazeh, the news magazine I edited). Millions of words of hatred and demonization were poured on him, more than on any other person of his generation. If somebody thought that this would end after his death, he was mistaken.

Abusing America's Fear of Terrorism

Chavez says US meddling in UN visit, denies visas

Cuba: U.S. Yet to Address Katrina Offer