contemporary africa

http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/feb/131f.html RAPID DECLINE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE IN AFRICA Joachim Okoruwa levinet64@yahoo.com Uromi, Nigeria Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Forwarded by: TEMPLE CHIMA UBOCHI One of the most significant aspects of any...

http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/ubochi/021108.html TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS Temple Chima Ubochi Bonn, Germany Monday, February 11, 2008 Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient (Aristotle) the Colonies...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,4205044,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation By Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, The Times January 7, 2007 Ebocha, Nigeria...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100754.html For S. Africa's Gold Pirates, the Underground Life Holds Risks and Rewards Washington Post By Craig Timberg Tuesday, January 2, 2007 WELKOM, South Africa -- Thousands...

Le président Deby appelle l'Eufor à l'aide 07/02/08 N'DJAMENA, 7 février (AFP) - "Je lance un appel solennel à l'Union européenne et à l'initiateur de cette idée, la France, pour faire en sorte que cette force vienne s'installer le plus rapidement possible...

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/45595 Africa Focus, Africa Action and H-Net Africa contributors on Western media coverage of Africa Pambazuka editors give you the war on the word "tribe" (2008-01-22) What’s in a word? What does the word...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0205/p06s01-woaf.html As fighting rages in Chad, France's new role revealed By Scott Baldauf February 05, 2008 The Christian Science Monitor Johannesberg, South Africa; and Paris France did not repel this weekend's coup attempt...

http://www.shabait.com/staging/publish/article_007107.html The pup wolf and the lamb By Abeba Isahac Aug 29, 2007 I might have, in a previous article, used this little anecdote to illustrate the senseless and bizarre behavior of the belligerent western...

Chad rebels fight gov't force in capital By TOM MALITI, Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing central African...

Country's Problem Goes Beyond Ethnicity and Elections Inter Press Service By Najum Mushtaq Nairobi 28 January 2008 There is more to Kenya's post-election violence than a bungled vote count and so-called tribal rivalries. As protests degenerate into organised...