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Hundreds More Die at Sea Fleeing North Africa for Europe
Of the more than 200 people who packed themselves onto a 40-foot boat for a dangerous journey out of Libya and across the Mediterranean earlier this week, only 51 are alive today. The rest are gone, swept into icy waters after their boat capsized during a rescue operation early Wednesday morning.
KENYA: The Oath Takers
Of all the colonial revolts that have convulsed Asia and Africa since World War II, none have matched Kenya's Mau Mau movement for sheer grisliness.
MARK MATHABANE: Taking The Measure of American Racism
Q. “Do you think human beings are inherently racist?” A
Cricket Batsman Tendulkar Hits Double-Hundred Mark
You may have been concentrating on the ice dancing in Vancouver.
1848 vs. 2011
Like North Africa and the Middle East today, continental Europe in the 1840s consisted of monarchs ruling impoverished masses who were suffering acute economic distress.
Trial of former top cop grips South Africa
A high-stakes trial has kicked off to determine whether South Africa’s former police commissioner is a corrupt cop or a man wrongly accused of being in the pocket of criminals.
Pirates may have captured couple, yacht
Naval forces from several countries were searching Tuesday for a British couple and their missing yacht, which may have been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Africa, military sources told CNN.
World Cup fever grips African grannies
It seems no-one in South Africa can fail to be gripped by World Cup football fever.
$5M Ibrahim Prize for African Leadership: No 2009 Winner
When Sudanese-born billionaire Mo Ibrahim announced an annual $5 million prize to reward Africa’s best leaders, he warned that there would be years when “we wouldn’t award the prize.” Just three years on, and despite considering “some credible candidates,” the prize committee said on Monday that no prize would be awarded in 2009. In announcing the decision, committee member and former Botswana President Ketumile Masire said the panel “noted the progress made with governance in some African countries, while noticing with concern recent setbacks in other countries.” The non-award is, of course, a powerful indictment of Africa’s still patchy governance and the continent’s most recently retired leaders