"Africa's Oil Belongs to Africans"

UK to Pay Asylum-Seekers to Return Home
Britain is to offer African asylum seekers £3,000 ($5,400) to go home or leave the UK. In a pilot scheme which will apply to all asylum seekers to the UK this year, the British government has introduced the payment in an effort to weed out those who have applied for refugee status merely in search of a better life.

Africa's Oil Belongs to Africans
In Obioku, Nigeria, as a matter of routine, the children collect muddy water from puddles, and take it to their mothers to use for cooking. It is likely that many of the children of this impoverished community have no real appreciation for the extent of the oil wealth that sits beneath their feet. Royal Dutch Shell knows, and the oil giant has jockeyed for the opportunity to have full access to this significant alternative oil source.

Army racism drove me to depression
THE ARMY look set to be embarassed by new revelations about racism after it emerged that the words "die nigger" were scrawled on the barrack doors of a black squaddie.

Satisfaction with an "Afrocentric" Meeting
The first phase of the World Social Forum (WSF), which ended Monday in the Malian capital of Bamako, created a focus on "Afrocentric" issues that was missing in previous forums, said coordinator Mamadou Goita.

Africa Slides Down Agenda At Davos As Asia Takes Centre Stage
AFRICA is gradually slipping down the agenda of the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, which begins today. Instead, China and India will be centre of attention.

Militants Kill 9 in Fresh Attacks
MILITANTS operating guns, mounted on speedboats, yesterday stormed the industrial facility of a subsidiary of the Italian oil giant, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), in Port Harcourt and shot dead eight policemen and a civilian worker and made away with a yet to be determined amount of money.

Sudan loses bid to lead African Union
In a compromise that tested their commitment to human rights, African leaders persuaded Sudan to withdraw its bid to lead the 53-nation African Union and chose the Republic of Congo, whose leader has a less egregious record of abuses.

Morocco denies harbouring terrorists arrested by CIA
Moroccan interior minister Al Mustapha Sahel on Monday categorically refuted claims published by a local weekly that Morocco harboured Islamic fundamentalists close to the Al-Qaeda network in secret detention centres operated by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

S Africa targets apartheid criminals
South Africa is tightening the noose around perpetrators of apartheid crimes who shunned the truth commission or were refused amnesty, the country's most senior prosecutor has said.

Statue of Egyptian queen unearthed
A US archaeological team has unearthed a statue of Queen Ti, one of the most important women in ancient Egypt and wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities says.

White House accused of slowing Katrina probe

Reconstruction chaos as US cash runs dry

Sanitised images hide truth about war, says Fisk

AMERICA'S CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

Killing the Messenger: The Silencing of Journalism in Iraq

"International terrorism does not exist"

Scandal Stirs Issues of Race in Atlanta

Team unearths statue of Egypt's Queen Ti

Bolivian president forms cabinet

Social Forum Opens in Venezuela

Pakistanis Kept From Visiting Attack Site

Study: Army Stretched to Breaking Point

Pay as you pollute

Thousands take part in anti-US march in Cuba