"South African Land for South Africans?"

South African Land for South Africans?
A 10-member panel has urged the government of South Africa to bar foreigners temporarily from selling or buying any more land in the country.

'Just because a child lives in the poor neighborhood, the police assume he is a criminal'

Papua mine stopped by protests
Production at a lucrative gold mine in the Indonesian province of Papua has been suspended because of a demonstration by local illegal miners.

Ugandans to the Polls Today to Elect a President and 284 MPs
The Electoral Commission (EC) chairman, Badru Kiggundu, has appealed to the voters to turn up early in big numbers. "It is important to turn up early this time because the poll is three-in-one, necessitating voters to spend more time at the polling stations than before," he said. Kiggundu said the EC and the Police were monitoring the electoral environment closely to ensure peaceful elections.

Supreme Court Protects Racism at Domino's Pizza
The Supreme Court rejected in an 8-0 decision an African American entrepreneur's effort to expand civil rights protections for minority contractors, ruling that he could not sue Domino's Pizza for allegedly violating his right to make and enforce business agreements.

Court Renews Racial Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court stepped into a dispute Tuesday over whether white managers can be sued for calling black employees "boys." The court unanimously overturned an appeals court decision that said the term "boy" alone was not evidence of workplace discrimination and ordered the court to reconsider the matter.

Shani Davis….Cool as Ice
Ice Man” Shani Davis has become the first African American to win gold in an individual sport at the winter Olympics and like those African Americans who have done something of this magnitude in the past, he has stirred up more than a little controversy. Although not quite as memorable as Jesse Owens showing up Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics or John Carlos and Tommy Smith’s show of Black power at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Shani Davis sure gave the world one to remember. For all those who did not catch the late night showing of the event and Shani’s post race reaction on NBC, here is the synopsis…

Mozambique hit by massive quake
A huge 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Mozambique along the Indian Ocean coast, collapsing at least one building in the main port city and sending people fleeing into the streets. Buildings swayed and doors shook across the south-east African nation from the coast to towns bordering South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, but there was no immediate word of injuries.

Nigerian militants issue pictures of hostages
Nigerian militants released pictures of seven foreign oil worker hostages on Thursday, showing the men sitting on a bench with guns pointed at their heads.

Nigeria oil 'total war' warning
A Nigerian militant commander in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta has told the BBC his group is declaring "total war" on all foreign oil interests.

Ugandans choose new leader amid claims of irregularities
From the shores of Lake Victoria to a remote war zone in the north, Ugandans have voted in their first multi-party election for 25 years, with President Yoweri Museveni aiming to extend his two-decade rule.

Five days of violence by Nigerian Christians and Muslims kill 150
Clashes between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities have left nearly 150 people dead and thousands displaced after five days of violence sparked originally by the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed.

US interest should not be above the peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Turning Racism Upside Down To See It Rightside Up
President Bush, during a recent speech to a predominantly white audience, voiced his concerns about the state of affairs in American white communities. "The epidemic of whites involved in drunk-driving fatality accidents is deplorable," President Bush said. He cited the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2000 statistics that showed that white male drivers between the ages of 21-34 constituted the largest percentage of drunk (or impaired) drivers in fatal crashes and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Prevention Research Center's 1999 findings that of the 91,248 alcohol-related driving fatalities, 65,309 were committed by whites.

UN peacekeeper sex abuse still "unacceptably high"

UK terrorism laws 'cause abuses'

Iran blames Israel for attack

Documents Shed Light on Alleged DEA Corruption

Palestinians Are Being Robbed by Israel

Victims of War Are Not To Be Seen Or Heard Or Mentioned