The decision by Kenya’s attorney general to drop a murder charge against one of Kenya’s most prominent and richest white farmers may cause widespread anger amongst the country’s Masai population, who still nurse grievances against white farmers for settling on land they once roamed with their cattle.
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela and United States President George Bush on Tuesday discussed ways to reduce Third World debt, but did not raise their disagreement over Iraq, officials said. Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize-winner, met with Bush at the White House during a private visit to the US.
A lasting effect of HIV/Aids is the devastating impact it has on the education of children. Throughout sub–Saharan Africa, orphans — regardless of how they lost their parents — are less likely to be enrolled in school. If they are in school, they lag behind children of the same age.
I have a question for all teachers and principals: do you feel free to speak to the media? Or do you find yourselves "censored" — either because your district manager tells you that you can’t be interviewed by a journalist without going through the official "channels" or because the Voice of the Department speaks on your behalf?
Let’s start with some very sexy, scary, surreal Aids adverts. Scary <i>and</i> sexy? Yup. I mean, think about it — how do you convey the idea of a disease that kills via sex? The French — unlike the African National Congress — actually don’t want their citizens to die, so they came up with some beautifully effective adverts that make the point with breathtaking ease.
Mount St Helens is living up to the name it was given by Indians who inhabited the north-west United States — ”Smoking Mountain”. Since late last year, it’s been showing signs of life again, and a new 100m-high lava dome has formed over the seething magma within it. The 25th anniversary of the volcano’s big eruption was this week on Wednesday.
A recent statement by Kenyan Minister of Justice Kiraitu Murungi that it is ”no longer necessary” for the country to establish a commission to investigate atrocities committed under previous governments has been greeted with both outrage and delight. The promise to set up such a body, was one of the key pledges made during the current head of state’s campaign for office.
I find it impossible to comprehend how anyone could pay for sex. I’m not keen on the commodification of the body, its coarsening of sexual expression or the exploitative working conditions. But my difficulty is less a question of deeply held principles and more a matter of my reservations about paying to be touched by strangers.
Crime in Africa is repelling foreign direct investment, despite rates of return being much higher on the continent than anywhere else, according to a United Nations report. Corruption is also a major concern for investors, the report states, with some firms losing between two and nine percent of their sales to bribes in Africa.
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