"The matrix: SUDAN"

Millions More Movement: The Quest for a 'Movement'
You can't proclaim a mass movement into existence - but if you can bring together hundreds of thousands of people to hear the proclamation, you may be part of the way there.

Zim to get new currency
Harare - Zimbabwe will have a new currency next year, the central bank governor announced on Thursday.

Mkapa hits out at West for messing up Africa
President Benjamin Mkapa blasted the West yesterday, saying it cannot escape responsibility for poor governance, and internecine conflicts and civil strife in Africa.

The matrix: SUDAN - Depopulation and Perception Management
Raging in Sudan for the past 18 years is a "civil war" - by implication Africans killing Africans -- which has devastated millions of human lives. Human rights advocates have also documented horrific political repression by the National Islamic Front (NIF) government of Khartoum. Using food as a weapon, disrupting planting cycles and social services, and pillaging food stores, the war has brought unmerciful suffering on millions of people. Some 1.7 million Sudanese have died, often noncombatants, often women and children.

National Assembly Can't Interfere in Judicial Process, Says Shell
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday told a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that the National Assembly or any of its committees has no valid constitutional rights to interfere in judicial matters. It said it would not pay $1.5 billion, which the House of Representatives directed it to indigenes of Bayelsa State for damages to environment and other deaths suffered by the indigenes of the state since 1956 when Shell commenced oil exploration in the region.

All set to unwire Africa?
PUNE: Pune-based International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT) will work with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to connect interior Africa with wireless Internet connection as a demonstration model.

Africa: Searching for Redemption in Wrong Places?

Civilization details
Before the spread of Islam and the Arabic language, the term "Arab" referred to any of the nomadic residents of the Arabian Peninsula. When used in a modern context, "Arab" refers to any of the Arabic-speaking peoples who reside on the Atlantic Coast of Africa, Southwestern Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi-Arabia, Syria, and Iraq.

Somali pirates hijack another ship

France orders positive spin on colonialism
PARIS -- France, grappling for decades with its colonial past, has passed a law to put an upbeat spin on a painful era, making it mandatory to enshrine in textbooks the country's "positive role" in its far-flung colonies.

Afrikaners push for self-determination
About one hundred delegates from across South Africa were in Orania in the Northern Cape on Friday for a two-day conference aimed at reviving the debate on a self-governed territory for Afrikaners.

Wilma begins slow journey across Mexico
· Electricity knocked out as 30,000 take to shelters
· President tells people to save lives not possessions
Hurricane Wilma slammed into Mexico yesterday, beginning what was expected to be an agonisingly slow, and potentially catastrophic, journey across some of the country's most popular tourist destinations.

Genocide: Rwanda maintains pessimism about UN
The Rwandan government has said it is skeptical over a new UN agreement to protect civilians in war zones, saying the world body’s past behavior still constituted a cause to worry.”It is our experience that, while the United Nations is immaculate in its values and principles, it has all too often been found wanting in its actions,” Foreign Minister Dr. Charles Murigande said Sept. 18, adding: “there are probably no other member states in this August Assembly, apart from Rwanda, where the UN has consistently neglected to learn from its mistakes, resulting in massive loss of life and untold misery.” Murigande, who was addressing the 60th General Assembly in New York, US, noted that the UN has ignored the problems in Rwanda for over four decades.

Beleaguered African villagers fearful of big game project
It will cover an area equivalent to half of Scotland and cross the borders of three countries. Nearly 150 species - including elephants, rhinos and lions - will roam across its savannah landscapes. Tourists, it is hoped, will come in their thousands.

George Bush’s Propaganda Exposed
Williams, who was a regular on America's Black Forum, wrote articles and gave speeches praising the act and the administration. There was never any public disclaimer that he was being paid to do so. He claimed that his non-disclosure was an oversight. He was promptly removed as a commentator on America's Black Forum. Some tried to paint this incident as an anomaly. Not true…

African Union extends mandate for troops in Sudan
The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Thursday extended by three months the mandate of its protection force in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur amid escalating violence.

Mugabe compares Bush and Blair to Hitler
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe used a United Nations gathering in Rome to compare George Bush and Tony Blair to Hitler and Mussolini. He said they were "international terrorists" bent on world domination.

U.S. presses Israel to halt Venezuelan plane upgrade

Israel 'still expanding West Bank settlements'

Israel accused of 'road apartheid' in West Bank