Africa unite or die — Muammar Gaddafi
ACCRAÂ – Declaring himself a “soldier for Africa”, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on the continent on Saturday to unite under a single government so it could compete in a globalize world.
Africa unite or die — Muammar Gaddafi
ACCRAÂ – Declaring himself a “soldier for Africa”, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on the continent on Saturday to unite under a single government so it could compete in a globalize world.
100 Nigerian doctors to return from Cuba
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
ONE hundred Nigerian doctors are to graduate from Cuban medical schools and return to Nigeria in August.
Jamaican ghetto upholds Marley legacy
“If he hadn’t become a singer, he would have definitely become a great footballer” — Marley’s friend Cutty
African states oppose US presence
Guardian Unlimited
The Pentagon’s plans to create a new US military command based in Africa have hit a wall of hostility from governments in the region reluctant to associate themselves publicly with the US “global war on terror”.
The politics of the mûngîkî, by Grace N. Wamue
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From Times Online
June 6, 2007
Health alert over HIV drug
HIV sufferers who take the antiretroviral drug, Viracept, should contact their doctors immediately, British health officials said tonight, after the medicine was found to contain a substance that can cause cancer.
HIV/AIDS infection theory challenged
A longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body’s capacity to fight infection is wrong, scientists say.
HIV attacks human immune cells, called T helper cells. Loss of these cells is gradual, often taking many years.
Advocates smouldering over boy’s pot suspension
Advocates for a suspended Saskatchewan high school student are demanding a probe into the boy’s treatment after his research into the effects of marijuana triggered a storm of controversy and harsh punishment.
By Jide Uwechia
Mungikis…the Dread lions of Kenya
Mungiki Elder sent to prison by the Kenyan State
The former leader of Kenya’s outlawed Mungiki movement has been jailed for having an illegal gun and cannabis possession.