"African cotton growers rock WTO's plans"

Help stabilise the Comoros - Mbeki
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki yesterday led regional calls for foreign donors to help stabilise the impoverished coup-plagued Comoros archipelago as it heads towards elections next year.

Annan Urges Donors to Help Comoros
As the Comoros undergoes the transition to democracy and enters a critical stage in its political development, the international community should generously support the archipelago, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to donors meeting in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis.

Cameroon is one of the wealthiest African countries
In Cameroon (spelt Cameroun in French), one of the wealthiest African countries, you have a wide choice of places to go and sights to see. Rainforests stretch from the Atlantic Ocean, giving way to savannah and semi-desert in the north. Elephants and bongos congregate by the hundreds in some of Africa's best wildlife parks, and beachcombers laze on long, isolated beaches.

BURUNDI: UN to start troop pullout on Wednesday
Some 180 soldiers in a Mozambican contingent are set to leave Burundi on Wednesday, marking the start of the withdrawal of the UN Mission there known as ONUB.

Ad campaign condemning the murderer of journalists
Reporters Without Borders today launched an ad campaign in some 60 African newspapers to draw attention to the many murders of journalists in Africa that go unpunished. The launch comes on the seventh anniversary of Norbert Zongo's murder in Burkina Faso and a few days before the first anniversary of Deyda Hydara's murder in Gambia.

Zimbabwe, Botswana sign deal on standardization systems
The Zimbabwe Standards Association (SAZ) and the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the two bodies' cooperating in six key areas, local newspaper The Herald reported on Friday.

African cotton growers rock WTO's plans
HONG KONG — African cotton producers warned yesterday that they would refuse to endorse any consensus that might emerge at trade talks if rich countries failed to commit themselves to reducing official cotton subsidies.

African Nations Call for U.S. to Eliminate Cotton Subsidies
At issue is the long-fiber cotton of the type that made up her dress. For more than two years the commodity has been at the center of trade disputes between developing nations and their wealthy counterparts — and it has been a thorn in the side of U.S. trade officials here at the WTO negotiations. Throughout the week, cotton-growing countries in Africa, which are among some of the poorest on Earth, have pressed the United States to swiftly do away with cotton subsidies for American farmers. Africans blame the U.S. support for holding down global prices for the commodity and depressing their economies.

Vietnamese, Algerian legislatures sign cooperation agreement
Algiers (VNA) - Visiting Vietnamese National Assembly Chaiman Nguyen Van An and People's National Assembly Speaker Amar Saadani of Algeria on Dec. 17 signed a ten-point Cooperation Agreement between the two legislatures.

Central African Republic bans music of misogyny
Central African Republic has ordered radio and television stations to stop broadcasting songs which encourage men to dump their wives, saying such music is a hindrance to the country's development.

Rioters burn voting stations on eve of Congo referendum
Rioters burned three polling stations in Congo's capital Saturday on the eve of a crucial vote on a draft constitution that grants greater autonomy to mineral-laden regions but is viewed by many as another attempt by corrupt politicians to enrich themselves.

Key points about Congo's proposed constitution
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to hold a referendum on Sunday on whether to adopt a proposed constitution in the country's first national democratic poll since independence from Belgium in 1960.

DR Congo: Annan calls for large, peaceful turn out
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to vote peacefully and in large numbers in Sunday’s constitutional referendum to bring democracy and prosperity to the vast country that has known neither during decades of civil war and factional fighting.

Iran warns Israel of swift retaliation

Colombia peace talks begin in Cuba

History will Absolve Fidel

Telesur is Constructing Another View

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