Jun 3 2009
Al-Qaida-linked militants killed two teachers and eight police escorts as they brought copies of tests back from an examination center near the Algerian capital, a local official and Algerian media said Wednesday. The militants triggered a roadside...
Dec 16 2008
A new political party expected to pose the first serious opposition to the ruling African National Congress is formally launching in South Africa.The Congress of the People, or Cope, is made up largely of defectors from the ANC, which has been in power...
Oct 21 2008
Slavery exists even today; i know that that sounds like an inflammatory statement but it is true. It is just not talked about in any kind of real, life changing way. I read a book recently which opens up a whole new way of looking at the world. It is...
Oct 12 2008
I think I am probably going to die any minute now. An inflamed, deceived mob of about 50 desperate men are crowding round the car, some trying to turn it over, others beating at it with large rocks, all yelling insults and curses.
Oct 11 2008
North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist.
Oct 1 2008
Something very interesting happened two weeks ago. It all started with Raila Odinga – a true man of the people and a true son of the soil (one who has proven beyond any shadow of doubt that he is ready to take the mantle of leadership come 2012 and...
Oct 1 2008
This route, the myth goes, is the descent into dictatorship, the free-fall into hunger and poverty and the collapse of institutions such as an independent and vigorous judiciary, free press and civil society.
Sep 27 2008
In the wake of recent serial killings and severe discrimination of the Africans by mainly the Malaysians I wish to advice my fellow Africans who were made to believe that Malaysia is a “humble” destination for foreigners to consider Malaysia as...
Sep 26 2008
Good guerrillas often make indifferent democrats. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be the clearest proof that the very qualities that make an effective insurgent army — discipline, secrecy, command authority and a limit on dissent — are...
May 14 2008
The call for Africa to have an agricultural revolution to solve its food security (Leaders, May 10) is timely. But need it be like the green revolution in Asia? That used irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides and hybrid seed varieties to transform yields,...