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With crime wave comes call for racial partition of Guyana

GEORGETOWN (IPS)–A violent crime spree that has eluded government control for months has revived calls to partition this tiny multiracial country, reserving...

Twisting the truth

We are being set up for a war against Saddam (UK Independent) TORONTO (IPS)–An award-winning British journalist is criticizing his colleagues in the...

Zimbabwe opposition expels MP over policy differences

HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA)–Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party Nov. 23 expelled a rebel MP, accusing him of deviating from the...

Is Africa next war on terror target?

Bush dismisses Black America as he targets West African OilU.S. covets Africa's black gold NAIROBI (IPS)–As the United States gears up for possible...

Half a million people could die in Iraq war

LONDON (IPS)–A war on Iraq could cause up to half-a-million deaths and have devastating consequences for years to come, according to a...

Cellular phone explosion link modern technology and traditional African culture

JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–The sudden growth of cell phones has outpaced any other new technology in Africa. But a unique cell phone culture has evolved...

Corporate plunder in the name of patriotism

WASHINGTON (IPS)–Major U.S. corporations are profiting far too much from the wave of patriotism that has swept the country since the Sept....

White right-wingers blamed for bombings

We Will Bring Them to Justice, Says CabinetRightwing threatens Xmas terror campaign (IRIN) JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–Despite some unease, South Africans remained undisturbed by nine bomb...

UK official: Pay Zimbabwe for land reform

GINNEWS HARARE (GIN)–The British official who chaired Zimbabwe’s independence process has called on the UK government to meet its promises in helping pay for land...

Warring parties to share power in Congo

JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–On paper, the chances of an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have never been so...