| South Africa growing up as a nation http://www.telegraph.co.uk/... Africa Articles Daily Telegraph - This victory was not as spectacular as South Africa's win in 1995. There was no sign of the wings of a jumbo jet skimming the roof of the stadium or of Nelson Mandela in the No 6 jersey bringing the rainbow nation to its knees in admiration. But it ... |
| New U.S. Command in Africa Faces Skeptics http://www.npr.org/template... Africa Articles NPR News - Morning Edition , October 18, 2007 ยท The new U.S. military command devoted to Africa is now operational. It's called AFRICOM and its launch completes a three-year quest by the Pentagon. The Pentagon divides the world up into six regions known as ... |
| Primate species at risk http://www.newsday.com/news... Africa Articles Newsday - The 25 most endangered primates include 11 from Asia, 11 from Africa and three from South and Central America. The list includes well-known primates like the Sumatran orangutan of Indonesia and the Cross River gorilla of Cameroon and Nigeria, as well ... |
| South Africa: Racial recriminations over rugby fade ahead of World Cup ... http://news.uk.msn.com/Arti... Africa Articles MSN UK News - The racial rows that have rocked rugby have faded to a whisper as the rainbow nation declares itself Proudly South African behind a team which, 13 years after the end of apartheid, remains overwhelmingly white. Threats to strip the team of its ... |
| A PROBLEM WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES http://www.chicagotribune.c... Africa Articles Chicago Tribune - That they are visited overwhelmingly upon developing countries, particularly those in Africa and Asia, makes them no less so. It is the mothers of the world who bring their children to health clinics, who feed and clothe them, who place the mosquito ... |
| South Africa unchanged for final http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport... Africa Articles BBC News - Coach Jake White has made one change to the reserves bench, with loose forward Wikus van Heerden returning at the expense of ex-skipper Bob Skinstad. The starting XV has 668 caps and will be their most experienced side ever. England have already met ... |
| Witnesses: Ethiopian troops shoot 2 Somalis after bombings http://www.iht.com/articles... Africa Articles International Herald Tribune - The impoverished Horn of Africa nation is in the grip of a conflict between Islamic insurgents and the shaky U.N.-backed government and its Ethiopian allies. Thousands of Somalis have died in the fighting since December, when the Islamic alliance was ... |
| Monsanto CEO: Africa won't succeed without proper framework http://www.cnbc.com/id/2136... Africa Articles CNBC - DES MOINES, Iowa - Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant said Thursday that African countries will never solve their hunger crisis unless they build a proper framework that allows them to tap their commercial potential. "Africa has gone backward," said Grant, who ... |
| Centuries help South Africa build big total http://sports.espn.go.com/e... Africa Articles ESPN.com - LAHORE, Oct 18 - Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers scored impressive centuries to help power South Africa to an imposing 294 for five against Pakistan in the first one-day international at Gaddafi stadium on Thursday. Opener Gibbs (102) and De ... |
| Nobel winner Watson suspended for comments http://www.newsday.com/news... Africa Articles Newsday - The suspension comes as the renowned geneticist was roundly denounced from London to Washington as a racist for telling the Times of London that he's "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the ... |