"Riots blamed on 'polygamous Africans'"

Riots blamed on 'polygamous Africans'
Senior French politicians have been accused of "blatant racism" after linking the suburban riots to polygamy among African immigrant families.

Liberia: A society at a crossroads
The election last week of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Harvard-educated former World Bank economist as president of Liberia, is a milestone. She will become the first woman African head of state and give her tormented country the only real opportunity in more than a generation to emerge from the ashes of a savage civil war.

Petroleum Greases the Deforestation Process
In Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, rising oil prices have forced households and small businesses that used natural gas or kerosene for cooking to instead use charcoal or firewood, a mortal blow to a country that has almost no trees left.

Riots in Uganda after main opposition leader arrested
Ugandan police and troops firing live and plastic bullets fought running battles yesterday with protesters angered by the arrest on treason charges of President Yoweri Museveni's main political rival. As Kizza Besigye appeared in court in Kampala his supporters were ransacking businesses, burning tyres and throwing stones and other missiles at security forces in the central business district.

Paris is Burning
For more than two weeks, night after night, young urban actors who are primarily of Arab or African descent have swarmed the streets to demonstrate their rage and hostility towards a political system that has effectively ignored and excluded them. These low intensity mini-intifadas have since spread like wildfire to other neighboring towns and districts across northern and southern France. These uprisings, first reported to have unfolded around and near Paris, have since spread to others parts of the country. These post-industrial social insurrections may not be linked to traditional social movements; however, they represent a loosely defined network of national, regional, and transnational actors in the global struggle against neo-industrial oppression and exploitation. These communities are viewed as marginal, oppositional, minority, residual, emergent, alternative, and dissident in relation to the dominant cultural order.

New Orleans' Racial Divide: An Unnatural Disaster
When Hurricane Katrina tore up the roof of my house, it didn¹t care that I¹m black. My white neighbors, like my black neighbors, saw trees fall on their homes and saw their refrigerators rot and mold. They, like I, lived without electricity or phone for over a week after that color-blind natural disaster.

US Urges SA to Speak Out Against Iran
THE US yesterday urged SA and other countries to speak out against Iran's nuclear programme to isolate Tehran. However, with little apparent progress in talks between a three-state European contact group and the Iranian authorities over what the US and the European Union (EU) say is a programme to enrich uranium to develop nuclear weapons, pressure is being increased for the issue to be taken up by the United Nations (UN) Security Council.

President Museveni Warns Against Foreign Interference in Uganda
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has told foreigners not to interfere in the internal affairs of his country. Mr. Museveni made the comments Wednesday night while addressing a convention of his National Resistance Movement. His remarks came as foreign diplomats stationed in Uganda met with government ministers to voice concerns over the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who was arrested Monday and charged with treason and rape.

South Africa, Zimbabwe strengthen ties
South Africa and Zimbabwe have signed an agreement to strengthen defence and intelligence ties. The agreement was signed at a ceremony on Thursday, and emphasises solidarity between the two neighbours in the face of growing international condemnation of Zimbabwe.

Egypt claims stolen treasures
Egypt is to recover from the United States, Canada and Germany more than 100 stolen antiquities that had been smuggled out by a massive trafficking ring, said reports.

Mozambique still owes US$4.4 billion foreign debt
Mozambique`s foreign debt stood at over 4.4 billion US dollars at the end of 2004, even with the Heavily Indebted Poor Counties (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC initiative, national news agency, AIM reported Monday. It quoted economist Adelino Pimpao as telling a Maputo workshop on debt management, organised by an NGO coalition, Mozambican Debt Group (GMD), the country`s debt had continued to rise because it continued to contract new loans.

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