Monday, March 27th
Ancient skull found in Ethiopia
Gambia says no mercy for coup attemptsGambian President Yahya Jammeh vowed on Saturday to put down ruthlessly any attempt to overthrow his government, days after it said it had uncovered a plot to unseat him. West Africa seeks aid to help fight bird fluHeads of state and government of eight French-speaking west African countries met in Niamey, Niger on Monday to discuss an emergency plan to combat lethal bird flu and choose a new head for the central bank of west African states. SA launches major skills development, acquisition driveThe much-anticipated Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition, or Jipsa, which sees the coming together of business, labour, government, academia and other stakeholders, to alleviate South Africa's chronic skills deficit, was launched in Tshwane on Monday. Fear and violence in the Central African RepublicTens of thousands of people from the Central African Republic have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad over the past three years following violence and insecurity in their homeland. Marcus Prior tells us more about the waves of refugees who cross the border. Botswana closes Game Reserve to touristsThe Botswana government has closed the southern section of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to tourists, apparently because of an outbreak of domestic animal disease. Uganda: DR Congo Expels 1,200 Ugandans CARE International has warned of a major crisis after the DR Congo expelled 1,200 Ugandan herdsmen. Congo-Kinshasa: Expelled Ugandans Face EpidemicDiarrhoea and malaria have hit the Basongora who are camped at Uganda's Mpondwe border post after being expelled from Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo. Ancient skull found in EthiopiaFossil hunters in Ethiopia have unearthed an ancient skull which they say could be a "missing link" between Homo erectus and modern people. Chevron, Exxon discover oil near GabonChevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. have made an oil discovery off the coast of Gabon in West Africa that could hold as much as 1 billion barrels of oil and gas. The discovery could be the largest find so far this year. Catch Ghana's total eclipse live on InternetSouth Africans will be able to view the total solar eclipse in Ghana on Wednesday via the Internet, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said on Monday. Kenya drought, better crop to give tea exports a fillipBolivia Police Arrest U.S. Citizen After Bombs Kills Two People Ethiopia Skull at Least 250,000 Years Old Bush Wants to Make IMF and World Bank Even Worse Canada Votes Once Again in the UN to
Kick the Palestinians While They're Down Peru nationalist extends lead in presidential poll Gas tax on miles, not gallons, tested More than a million march in Los Angeles,
other US cities in defense of immigrant rights
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Thursday, March 23rd
DR Congo: victims of the power
DR Congo: victims of the powerImperialism is to blame for the Democratic Republic of Congo's torment, writes Jules-Cesar Malula Africa's Food Production Too Low Africa's food production remains the lowest in the world, Science and Technology minister Dr Noah Wekesa told a forum on Wednesday. Wekesa cited maize production on the continent, which has slipped to 1.2 tonnes per hectare, compared to the global average of four tonnes. "Climate changes, diminishing land sizes, the ever-increasing human population, soil infertility, disease and pests have negatively impacted on production," he said. EU bans 92 mostly African airlines from landing at European airports The European Union on Wednesday banned 92, mostly African airlines from landing at European airports, declaring them unsafe by international standards. The ban applies to cargo and passenger carriers from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Liberia judged to have an ?inadequate system for regulatory oversight? or insufficient safety standards. It will be enforced by all 25 EU nations, plus Norway and Switzerland. 'Crash' and the Self-Indulgence of White America"Crash" is a white-supremacist movie. The Oscar-winning best picture -- widely heralded, especially by white liberals, for advancing an honest discussion of race in the United States -- is, in fact, a setback in the crucial project of forcing white America to come to terms the reality of race and racism, white supremacy and white privilege. The central theme of the film is simple: Everyone is prejudiced -- black, white, Asian, Iranian and, we assume, anyone from any other racial or ethnic group. We all carry around racial/ethnic baggage that's packed with unfair stereotypes, long-stewing grievances, raw anger, and crazy fears. Even when we think we have made progress, we find ourselves caught in frustratingly complex racial webs from which we can't seem to get untangled. The Price of “Diamonds are Forever” Too Often Misery for Africa Census Bureau estimates that some $2.4 billion worth of wedding and other rings were sold this time of the season of love last year, and with similar sales this year, diamonds were certainly every girl’s best friend over the Valentine’s Day holiday. But for the people of Africa, diamonds bring death rather than happiness. MALONE BULLDOZES OVER KATRINA RED TAPE: NBA star brings trucks to haul away debris despite resistance from FEMA.*When former Utah Jazz all-star Karl Malone brought his logging company in Arkansas into Pascagoula, Miss. to clear out debris left behind by Hurricane Katrina, his team was met by a brick wall named Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and orange cones nicknamed the Army Corps of Engineers. Both said Malone wasn't authorized to bring his machinery into the area to clear private property. EXORCISING COLONIAL DEMONS – HOW THE U.S. LOST TO THE WESTERN SHOSHONE AT THE U.N. On March 10, 2006, the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination found that the United States was denying the Western Shoshone people “their rights to own, develop, control and use their land and resources”. They warned the U.S. to respect their obligations according to the Convention”. The U. S. was urged to "freeze", "desist" and "stop" their actions against the Western Shoshone and abide by the Committee's “Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure”. US Media Bias: Covering Israel/PalestineImperial ManouversCharlie Sheen Questions Official 9/11 StoryCalls for truly independent investigation, joins growing ranks of prominent credible whistleblowers... US Nuclear Hypocrisy North Korea Says US Does Not Have Monopoly on Pre-emptive StrikeVenezuela wants bigger stake in US-Venezuela air traffic U.S. Meddling in Peruvian Presidential Race? Microsoft Confirms 'Highly Critical' IE Hole Making Latinos Illegal
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Monday, March 20th
Using the 'pain and shame of slavery' to reclaim our civilisation
Using the 'pain and shame of slavery' to reclaim our civilisationWe know that the enduring legacies of the slave trade, slavery and colonialism continue to have a negative impact upon human development. The continued display of the legacies of African slavery in western modernity: issues of low self-esteem; perceptions of a weak Caribbean identity; African-Caribbean self-disparagement; the internalisation of the myth of Black inferiority and White superiority have been identified by several Caribbean scholars as being among the legacies of slavery to be confronted in the contemporary Caribbean. Census stirs old rivalries between Nigeria's tribes Just how many Nigerians are there? And which half of Africa's most populous country, north or south, has more people? The answers to these questions will be almost impossible to find without starting a riot. The sheer size of the task as well as the bitter political and religious divisions threaten to sabotage the process. A sense of perspectiveThree years ago, several millions of us around the world were busy marching and demonstrating our objection to the brutal war we knew was coming in Iraq. We knew then that Mr Bush's reasons for war were bogus. Africa: A Continent Splits ApartNormally new rivers, seas and mountains are born in slow motion. The Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa is another story. A new ocean is forming there with staggering speed -- at least by geological standards. Africa will eventually lose its horn.
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Sunday, March 19th
Africans in Mexico: A blunt history
Africans in Mexico: A blunt history Mexicans, Africans helped build their country--toiling in silver mines, fighting alongside Zapata's guerrillas during the 1910 revolution and shaping cultural traditions such as Carnaval, which sprang from African roots. Africans in Mexico also have suffered some of the same brutality and bias as their kinsmen north of the border. Congo-Kinshasa: 260 Chickens, Ducks Die of Suspected Avian FluAgricultural officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recorded at least 260 chickens and ducks suspected of having died of the avian flu, Agriculture Minister Constant Ndom Nda said on Thursday. The farcical end of the American dreamBush’s world of illusion AP Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy
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US Sponsored plan to de-populate developing countries
US Sponsored plan to de-populate developing countriesA U.S.-sponsored program that resulted in the sterilisation of nearly half of Brazil's women has prompted a formal congressional inquiry, sponsored by more than 165 legislators from every political party that is represented in the Brazilian legislature. The investigation was initiated after information about a secret U.S. National Security Council memorandum on American population control objectives in developing countries was published in the Jornal de Brasilia, Hova do Povo (Rio de Janeiro), Jornal do Brasil, and other major newspapers in early May. Towers of burning gas: Nigeria's oil curseSooty towers of flame spew into the air, night and day, as excess natural gas from the petroleum industry burns off, buffeting Nigerian villagers with jet-force heat and noise. Aborigines threaten Queen Elizabeth with writ Australian Aborigines have threatened to serve a writ on Queen Elizabeth II accusing her of genocide if the monarch fails to launch treaty negotiations while in Melbourne to open the Commonwealth Games. Coup Attempt Reportedly Quashed in Chad Soldiers loyal to Chad's president have repulsed an attempted military coup, the communications minister said Wednesday. The coup plotters fled after being driven back by troops supporting President Idriss Deby in the capital Tuesday night, Communications Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor told The Associated Press. Investigating the Crash Scene The failures of Crash as a rigorous anti-racism text have, arguably, allowed it to become a successful Hollywood picture. Despite all the commentary suggesting that the movie is "hard-hitting" and "daring," Crash too-often reinforces conservative thinking about race and fails to challenge racist narratives that are deep-seated in the American imagination. While it may be unrealistic to expect any Hollywood product to mount a truly radical critique of race-thinking in America, there should be room for such a critique in the conversation that has been stoked by the limited audacity of the Crash project. Behind the Numbers: Untold Suffering in the Congo The British medical journal Lancet recently took greater notice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) than all western media outlets combined. A group of physicians reported that about 4 million people have died since the “official” outbreak of the Congolese war in 1998 (1). The BBC reported the war in Congo has claimed more lives than any armed conflict since World War II (2). However, experts working in the Congo, and Congolese survivors, count over 10 million dead since war began in 1996—not 1998—with the U.S.-backed invasion to overthrow Zaire’s President Joseph Mobutu. While the western press quantifies African deaths all the time, no statistic can quantify the suffering of the Congolese. Latin America, Asia breaking free of Washington’s gripWASHINGTON: The prospect that Europe and Asia might move towards greater independence has troubled US planners since the second world war. The concerns have only risen as the “tripolar order” — Europe, North America and Asia — has continued to evolve. very day Latin America, too, is becoming more independent. Now Asia and the Americas are strengthening their ties while the reigning superpower, the odd man out, consumes itself in misadventures in the Middle East. Nigeria: Third Term Bid Stirs Already Boiling PotThe Nigerian leader has repeatedly said he would comply with the constitution, which limits presidents to two four-year terms. At the same time he has not ruled out a bid, nor has he denounced a campaign by his key supporters to amend the constitution. More pressure mounts on Nigeria to extradite Charles TaylorAs Liberian newly elected President, Mrs Ellen Sir Leaf Johnson visits Washington, the United State government has been urged to support the woman in seeking Charles Taylor’s extradition to face trial at the Sierra Leone war crimes court, The War Dividend: The British companies making a fortune out of conflict-riven Iraq Climate Change 'Irreversible' as Arctic Sea Ice Fails to Re-Form British SAS soldier refuses to fight in IraqUS illegality in Iraq: Where is the limit? Britain's dirty secret
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Tuesday, March 14th
Africa holds key to problems
Groundbreaking Race Discrimination Trial BeginsFRESNO, California - The largest race discrimination trial in the nation starts on Monday morning, March 13th, 2006, in the courtroom of Judge Donald S. Black in the Superior Court of the State of California, Fresno. Roots of Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict'Africa holds key to problems'Despite their historical past, Africans cannot be absolved of their own responsibility to themselves and their children, said United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday. Meningitis vaccine to be tested in Mali, GambiaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - An inexpensive vaccine that could dramatically reduce meningitis deaths in Africa has passed its first clinical trials and will be tested in Mali and Gambia later this year, scientists said Tuesday. Annan praises S.Africa's role over Zimbabwe crisisSouth Africa, Germany launch military exercise South African and German forces launched a military exercise around the Cape of Good Hope from February 20 to March 10, involving some 1,300 sailors and airmen, according to a report here on Tuesday. Algeria spending $7.5B on Russian armsAlgeria has agreed to pay about $7.5 billion for weapons from Russia`s state arms exporting agency Rosoboronexport. Angola in talks with Cabinda rebelsLuanda - The Angolan government is holding talks with secessionist rebels from the oil-rich Cabinda enclave that are expected to yield a resolution soon despite ongoing attacks, the army chief of staff said on Monday. UN condemns Botswana over Basarwa evictions The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has reprimanded the Botswana government over its eviction and harassment of the Gana and Gwi Basarwa. Botswana's inflation overshoots target INFLATION in Botswana, the world's biggest diamond producer, had accelerated to an annual 17% last month, more than double the central bank's target and up from 16,6% in January, the Gaborone-based Central Statistics Office said yesterday. Ghana/Burkina Faso share ideas on seeding rainGhana and Burkina Faso have initiated discussions to explore knowledge and technology in the art of seeding rain for farming, irrigation and power generation known as the SAAGA Project. Burundi agrees to peace talks with rebelsCAMEROON: Britain donates US$7.2m for environmental protectionCape Verde searches for drifting boat of bodiesDrawn Into a Blueprint of Bias Doctor says bird flu drug is 'useless' Milosevic feared he was being poisoned: lawyer Chemicals take toll on dolphin Washington's "democracy" in Iraq hangs 13 political prisoners The Price of Cheap Chicken Iranian pact with Venezuela stokes fears of uranium sales Opening Space for Popular Movements China flexes economic muscle in Africa Arab central banks move assets out of dollar
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Thursday, March 9th
New immigration plan criticised for brain draining Africa and the Caribbean
New immigration plan criticised for brain draining Africa and the CaribbeanA new immigration proposal by the UK government which plans to give preference to highly skilled workers has been slammed by a black lobby organisation for “cherry picking” from developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean. How Egyptian civilisation flowed down the NileElusive Victories in Haiti "Naje pou soti" in Haitian creole means "swim your way out." Haiti sits on an island, where rivers swell and rage after rain, few people know how to swim, and many die trying to flee the country in rickety boats. So hard experience makes the saying less theoretical and more disconcerting than Americans' "sink or swim." New school guidelines push racist bullying out and Black History inPrompted by its findings that 25 percent of pupils from Black and Asian backgrounds have experienced some type of racism during their school period; the new Department for Education and Skills (DFES) guidelines, will become integral to the treatment of young people in schools when racial, religious and cultural discrimination stops pupils from a positive learning experience in school. China rejects US rights 'hypocrisy'China has rejected US criticism of its record on human rights in an official rejoinder which says racial discrimination and crime are still rife in America. Sudan’s SPLA, Southern militia clash, 12 soldiers killedMilitia allied to Sudan’s army killed up to 12 former southern rebel soldiers in the first clashes since the two sides signed a peace deal last year to end Africa’s longest civil war, officials said on Wednesday. World mourns Ali Farka Toure, king of desert blues The legendary African guitarist Ali Farka Toure has died. Toure, who pioneered his distinctive "desert blues" sound on successive albums which won him a global following as well as two Grammy Awards, died in his sleep in his native Mali. He had been suffering from bone cancer and was in his late sixties. Iraq's Crisis of Scarred Psyches More than 25 years after Saddam Hussein's rise to power ushered in a period of virtually uninterrupted trauma -- three wars, crippling economic sanctions and now a violent insurgency -- the psychological damage to many Iraqis is only now being assessed, psychiatrists and government officials here say. 'Crash' Peddles Racial Stereotypes but Forgets About Class The writer says the film "Crash" tried to reveal racial complexities but wound up reinforcing stereotypes and hiding the economic forces faced by all the film's characters. US debt is now close to $8.2 trillionUS Treasury Secretary John Snow has told Congress to raise the government's credit limit in order to avoid having some of its operations shut down. The government needs Congressional authority to borrow and the total accumulated debt is now close to its limit of $8.2 trillion (£4.7 trillion). Psych Drugs Used To Manufacture InsanityU.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry
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Tuesday, March 7th
Ali Farka Toure dies
'Africa's bluesman' Ali Farka Toure diesAli Farka Touré, the Grammy Award-winning musician known as "Africa's bluesman," has died after a long undisclosed illness. Africa's Expected Population Bulge Threatens Future SustainabilityWhile experts worry about a decline in much of the industrialized world's population, sub-Saharan Africa is among the few places where the population is expected to grow dramatically over the next 50 years. VOA's Catherine Maddux reports on what is being done to help ease the social and economic pressures of overpopulation in Africa. World Population Growth to be Concentrated in Developing NationsBy 2050, world population is projected to reach nine billion people. That would constitute a 38 percent jump from today's population total of 6.5 billion, and more than five times the 1.6 billion people believed to have existed in 1900. Demographers foresee declining, more aged populations in many industrialized nations, and explosively-growing, ever-younger populations in much of the developing world. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, both trends are seen as problematic. Indigenous People Fight for Their RightsLand conflicts involving indigenous people have multiplied in Brazil over the last few months, generating greater tension and showing once again that the country's roughly 400,000 indigenous people still have a long way to go to win respect for their rights. US government near to debt limit US Treasury Secretary John Snow has told Congress to raise the government's credit limit in order to avoid having some of its operations shut down. The government needs Congressional authority to borrow and the total accumulated debt is now close to its limit of $8.2 trillion (£4.7 trillion). Experts: Africa facing 'persistent famine'Drought is striking Africa harder and more often, presenting new challenges to those providing emergency aid and those struggling to find long-term solutions for an impoverished continent. Zimbabwe faces maize deficit of 1.3 million tonnesHard cash-strapped Zimbabwe is expected to face a maize deficit of more than 1.3 million tonnes this year and will have to import more than 70 percent of its annual intake of the staple crop during the 2005/06 marketing season. Official: 300 African migrants drown a monthMore than 1,000 Africans have died in the past four months while trying to sail in small boats from Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands, a Mauritanian aid official said Tuesday. A hero's rape trial reopens South Africa's gender riftJOHANNESBURG -- In the courtroom, it was just one more rape trial in a country where a woman is said to be raped every 26 seconds. A young woman sobbed on the stand and described how an older, powerful family friend came into the room where she slept, held her arms above her head and forcibly had intercourse with her, ignoring her pleas to stop. Hundreds of illegals reported drowned on way to SpainA boat carrying about 40 African would- be immigrants was adrift in stormy weather Tuesday off Mauritania while experts said hundreds of migrants had drowned during attempts to reach Spain's Canary Islands over the past months. SA to open embassy in IraqSouth Africa is to open an embassy in Iraq, President Thabo Mbeki revealed on Tuesday after meeting a delegation from that country. Bolivia's Morales accuses US of blackmailBolivian President Evo Morales accused the United States of "blackmail, threats and intimidation" on Monday for withdrawing anti-terrorism funding from the poor South American country, the official news service ABI reported.
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Saturday, March 4th
China In Africa - The New Imperialism
China In Africa - The New ImperialismChina’s increased presence in Africa is part of a wider effort to ‘create a paradigm of globalisation that favours China. In the past China’s African presence benefited from a shared history as an object of European imperialism and its ideological commitment to anti-imperialism and national liberation. China’s declared principles of respect for national sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs appealed not only as a contrast with the suspect motives of former colonial powers, but for less elevated reasons to rulers threatened with internal dissent. Bill Would Reserve Quotas for Blacks, Indigenous StudentsUniversities, which have traditionally reproduced or heightened social inequality in Brazil by consolidating the position of the wealthy élite, are now being called upon to do the opposite, by opening their doors preferentially to the poor, and to blacks and indigenous people. Afro-Venezuelans denounce divide-and-conquer schemeEve Golinger-Moncada, a Venezuelan-American attorney and author of “The Chavez Code,” is reported by Afro-Venezuelans to be denouncing Afro- and Indigenous Venezuelans on radio and television in Caracas. She alleges that they are taking money from U.S. government agencies – NED, IRI and USAID – to destabilize and overthrow the Bolivarian Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez. You've 21 Days to Quit N/Delta, Itsekiris Threaten Oil FirmsTHE Niger Delta crisis took a new twist yesterday when the Itsekiri in Delta State ordered multinational oil companies operating in their land to vacate within 21 days or face grave consequences. They warned that they will not guarantee the security of oil workers at the end of the ultimatum. Chicago Divided Over Proposal to Honor a Slain Black Panther Along a little-traveled block of Monroe Street on the city's West Side, a lot has changed, and a lot has not, since the early morning in 1969 when a police raid here left Fred Hampton, the local chairman of the Black Panther Party, dead in a storm of gunfire. The homes, including the one Mr. Hampton died in, have been razed and new ones have been built. And a construction team was hammering away on a new building this week, even as Fred Hampton Jr. showed a visitor the street he wants renamed in his father's memory. Congolese troops turn against UN peacekeepersCONGOLESE soldiers who were fighting alongside United Nations (UN) peacekeepers against ethnic militiamen have turned against their co-fighters, ransacking a UN camp and firing on a helicopter belonging to the world body. Roots of rising homicides found in forgotten Black history As San Francisco officials try to address the city's rise in homicides, killings by and of young African-American men have also increased in Richmond and West Oakland across the Bay, and in Newark, Washington, D.C., and other Black communities across America. The roots of violence in America's African-American neighborhoods have multiple explanations, but a critical factor was white resistance to ensuring that federal War on Poverty programs and benefits of the 1960s and '70s reached Black recipients. Eritrea rejects UN criticism over peacekeeper death Eritrea Thursday rejected criticism by the U.N. secretary-general, who urged the country to lift a ban on U.N. helicopter flights in its airspace after the death of a peacekeeper who had to be evacuated on a longer flight to Ethiopia. In memory of Minister of Defense Huey NewtonIt is somehow fitting that February, the shortest month, has been designated Black History Month. For whatever Black folks have gotten from this country, it was given grudgingly, through gritted teeth, if at all. What Does the Katrina Video Say About Bush?The tape is proof that Bush is not, and never was, the man of action his spin-masters made him out to be. Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractorCountry Paying a Steep Price for Leaders Ignoring the Truth Blair: 'God will be my judge on Iraq' Bush's NSA Spying Program Violates the LawIAEA says no evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons plan
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Wednesday, March 1st
Africa Should Unite Or Perish
Africa Should Unite Or Perish There is no disputing that trade is key to any nation's economic development. It is against this background that incessant calls are being made by African leaders and social movements for the expansion of Africa's trade with the West. Schools consider Afrocentric curriculumHoping to better capture the attention of African-Americans and close the achievement gap between black and white students, a group of parents and educators is pushing for adoption of an African-centered curriculum in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. The curriculum would keep state-required core subjects such as reading, language arts and math but include the history and culture of Africans and African-Americans in daily school lessons. African Artifacts get a new homeWith bountiful gold mines, powerful kings and fabulous cities, ancient Nubia was a great black African civilization that sprouted and grew 5,000 years ago alongside Pharaonic Egypt, two empires that were sometimes friends and often enemies. Report on Death of Sudan's Garang Delayed AgainIt has been seven months since Sudanese Vice President John Garang was killed in a helicopter crash in southern Sudan. His death came a mere three weeks after he assumed the vice presidency, and aroused suspicions of foul play. Results of an investigation into the crash have been repeatedly delayed, and many are convinced that Garang was murdered. Shell told to pay Nigeria's Ijaw A Nigerian court has ordered oil giant Shell and its partners to pay $1.5bn to the Ijaw people of the Delta region. The Ijaw have been fighting since 2000 for compensation for environmental degradation in the oil-rich region. They took the case to court after Shell refused to make the payment ordered by Nigeria's parliament. Ijaw militants have staged a spate of attacks against Shell facilities recently and are holding seven foreign oil workers hostage. Shell appeals $1.5bn fine over pollution in Nigeria Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, which is locked in a bitter legal battle over environmental damage in Nigeria's oil-rich southern Delta, is appealing against a hefty $1.5 billion (R6.4 billion) fine for pollution. Rwanda accuses Belgian airline of discriminating against its nationalsRwandan minister for foreign affairs and regional cooperation Charles Muligande has accused the Belgian air company Brussels Airlines (SNBA) of practising racism against Kigali`s nationals during transit in Nairobi on their way to Belgium. Darfur Sanctions Deadlock As ICC Considers ProsecutionsThe United Nations is reportedly split on proposals to punish Sudanese officials and rebel leaders allegedly responsible for impeding peace efforts in Darfur, where International Criminal Court, ICC, chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has launched an investigation into war crimes. As violence again flared in northern Darfur, the UN Security Council met February 27 to consider sanctions against officials deemed to be a threat to the peace effort or human rights in the area. Nigeria: Police Arrest 448 Over Sectarian CrisesNo fewer than 448 persons have so far been arrested by the police in connection with the sectarian crises that rocked some states of the federation last week. This was disclosed in Abuja yesterday by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero . Crises arising from the cartoon controversies first broke out in Katsina and later spread to other northern states including Gombe, Borno, Niger, Bauchi, sparking off reprisal attacks in Anambra State. Apartheid's founding party draws last breath The old apartheid-era National Party will draw its last breath practically unnoticed after capitulating to the party it tried to destroy when South Africans go to the polls today to vote in local government elections. Bush extends Zimbabwe sanctionsUnited States President George Bush on Tuesday extended by one year a series of sanctions against Zimbabwe officials, including President Robert Mugabe, deemed to be undermining democracy. The UK pay gap of black and ethnic minority women has not been addressed, says a leading campaign groupA report this week by the Women and Work Commission which confirmed a UK gender pay gap has been criticised by a leading lobby organisation who said it failed to address equality at work for black women. The claim was made by the Fawcett society, the UK campaign for equality between women and men, which is concerned that the report did not give sufficient attention to the pay and employment issues faced by black and minority ethnic (BME) women. Imperial Conquest, Torture, And A Little Matter Of Genocide Fast Food Ice Dirtier Than Toilet Water!Halliburton Strikes Again Mahatma Bush
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