contemporary africa

Egypt forbids female circumcision By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Arab Affairs Analyst Egypt has announced that it is imposing a complete ban on female circumcision, also known as genital mutilation. The announcement follows a public outcry after a young girl...

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=126598 Leaders reject pan-African dream General News of Tuesday, 3 July 2007 Southern and East African leaders have rejected plans to set up a pan-African government, as suggested by Libya's...

AU Adopts Accra Declaration to Plan Integration BuaNews (Tshwane) Posted 4 July 2007 By Lavinia Mahlangu,Accra Timelines and the method for Africa's integration are to be set out according to the Accra Declaration, adopted late on Tuesday night by the...

http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2477&c=africa&h=AU+SUMMIT+REPORT%3a+Pan-African+coalition+rallies+support+for+Zimbabwe AU SUMMIT REPORT: Pan-African coalition rallies support for Zimbabwe 04/07/2007 Land issue will not be going away...

http://news. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6238146.stm Monday, 25 June 2007, 15:13 GMT 16:13 UK Zimbabwe proposes black-run firms President Robert Mugabe's government has published a bill to move majority control of public companies and any other business"...

Guinea: Security forces still a threat 27/06/2007 Amnesty International today called on the Guinean authorities to take immediate measures to stop security forces from using excessive force against unarmed civilians in policing operations. The organization...

http://www.tribune. com.ng/25062007/news/news10.html Yoruba leaders decry decline in language, culture Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta - 25.06.2007 Eminent Yoruba leaders converged on June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the weekend and called all...

Stuffing old wine in new bottles? Kwame Akonor (2007-06-20) While the futuristic idea of an African superstate is a necessary and desirable alternative to the contemporary reality of an Africa of states, the political union of African states can only...

http://www.miamiher ald.com/multimedia/news/afrolatin/part4/index.html Published: June 20, 2007 A barrier for Cuba's blacks New attitudes on once-taboo race questions emerge with a fledgling black movement Miami Herald Staff Report HAVANA -- Six-foot-two,...

Slavery alive and well in Mauritania (English title on our site) Mauritania --Ils vivent en esclavage (Premier et deuxieme partie) Garba Diallo, 1996 Ne vous inquiétez pas, je ne vais pas vous faire reculer de 200 ans dans l’histoire. Ce dont je veux...