"Starvation in Southern Africa"

Obote: Save Africa from this shame and embarrassment
YES, Apollo Milton Obote, former president of Uganda has been dead for more than a week now. And by any stretch of imagination his family, followers and friends across the globe have been grieving his death. Others, whom he might never have really known or cared for, but nevertheless admired his charisma and place in African history, have been grieving too, though more privately.

Africa starts to defuse pesticide menace
An extensive project to rid Africa of thousands of tons of obsolete but highly dangerous pesticides is finally coming into full swing. ...

Starvation in Southern Africa
Starvation in southern Africa is leading to a peacekeeper crises. A protracted drought has seriously reduced crops yields in several countries in southern Africa. Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, are all affected. In Malawi and Zimbabwe, the problem has been exacerbated by serious political mismanagement and turmoil.

Graft blamed for turning away foreign investors from East Africa
Widespread corruption in Kenya has emerged as a major obstacle in selling the East Africa region as a favoured destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).

South Africa, Botswana Strengthen Relations
Pretoria, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Botswana's President Festus Mogae is visiting South Africa October 24-27 to hold talks with his host counterpart Thabo Mbeki with the aim to keep strengthening the already healthy relations between the two countries.

Nigeria's first lady dies
Abuja - The wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo died on Sunday after undergoing surgery in Spain, and an autopsy will be performed on her body, officials said.

Senegal, Gambia say border transport dispute over
Senegal and Gambia have agreed to end a border dispute over transport which has disrupted regional West African trade since August.

The diverse issues of diversity
I assume most Americans have figured out that we did not do as well as we thought we could in Iraq because of our dreamy American conviction that everyone is like us or wants to be. That was summed up, perhaps a bit crudely, in a recruiting poster for the History and Current Affairs Club at the University of Cape Town. The headline read: "Do you want to be totally IGNORANT about the world you live in?" Below that was a huge, grinning photograph of the president of the United States.

Global Warming a Major Threat to Africa
Deadly epidemics. Ruined crops. The extinction of some of Africa's legendary wildlife. The potential consequences of global warming could be devastating for the world's poorest continent, yet its nations are among the least equipped to cope.

Jamaica, Ghana sign pact
THE GOVERNMENTS of Jamaica and Ghana signed a multi-pronged pact aimed at improving various sectors in their countries, at the end of a two-day Jamaica-Ghana Joint Commission at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Thursday. Under the agreement, experts from both nations will share their knowledge in the areas of health, tourism and child welfare.

* Carry on excluding Black people
Carry on excluding
A JUDGE has ruled that excluding black pupils at three times the rate of white children is not racist. Judge Crawford Lindsay QC made the extraordinary finding as he dismissed the case of two black students kicked out for fighting. The white student involved in the same incident was let off.

Africa braces for bird flu
African states are bracing for a possible bird flu outbreak as anxiety grows with the arrival of migratory birds feared to be carrying the deadly viral strain from Asia and Europe.

South Sudan forms autonomous government after deal
autonomous government as part of a January peace deal that ended more than two decades of civil war in Africa's largest country, a senior official said on Sunday.

A River Runs Through It
How borders drawn in colonial times still prevent many Africans from working together.

Kenya returns game park to the Masai
Beneath the blue purple outline of Mount Kilimanjaro, tourists rattle along in Toyota minibuses and Land-Rovers, eager for a glimpse of the elephants that have made Kenya's Amboseli National Park famous.

How tension in a Birmingham suburb erupted
It began as a whisper, an inflammatory rumour that gained horror and currency each time it was told. It was said that after being caught shoplifting, a girl of 13 or 14 had pleaded for leniency, but had been raped by between three and 25 Pakistani men in a suburban beauty store.

Leaders blame minority for clashes and call for calm

Summary: Bolivian coca farmer on ballot

Millionaire and family die in Africa air crash
A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE businessman and his family were killed when their plane crashed in Tanzania during an exclusive safari holiday, it emerged yesterday.

Brazil Makes History in Vote to Ban Sale of Guns
MORE than 122 million Brazilians will make history today by voting in the world's first national referendum on the sale of guns, in a race that now seems certain to be won by a hair's breadth.

The king of real estate's cashing out
NEW YORK (Fortune) - Tom Barrack, arguably the world's greatest real estate investor, is methodically selling off his U.S. real estate holdings as prices drive the market to nosebleed levels.

BUSH FAMILY FINANCED BY FOREIGN $$$

US, Romania close to deal on Black Sea bases