http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/africannews01.html News and events of note on the African continent 2005-07-06T21:02:41Z en-US http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2005_07_01_archiveafrica.html#112068376182131390 Protest supporting Africa ends in chaos (Jeremy Lovell, Reuters, July 6, 2005) Riot police clashed with protesters close to the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland on Wednesday after a demonstration against Group of Eight (G8) leaders ended in chaos. . . . Aroun LoZo 2005-07-06T21:02:00Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2004_08_01_archiveafrica.html#109392420856468233 Africa takes tough stand on coups (Christian Science Monitor, August 31, 2004) The cast list of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea reads as if straight out of a cold-war thriller: An aging mercenary determined to organize his last big job, the c LoZo 2004-08-31T03:50:08Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2004_03_01_archiveafrica.html#107826318577167693 Myths blunt Africa’s fight against AIDS (Steve Swindells, Reuters, 02 Dec 2003) [COMMENT: This story was called to my attention when I received an email from a friend in Cape Town. Here is what he said: You may have already heard that there is a myth in LoZo 2004-03-02T21:33:05Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2004_02_01_archiveafrica.html#107592174581190781 Thriving on Death (Mabvuto Zulu, Africana.com, February 1, 2004) To pass through any market or street in any Zambian town reveals an unusual industry that is thriving when many others in the country are collapsing. . . . "Business is good and in the nex LoZo 2004-02-04T19:09:05Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2003_04_01_archiveafrica.html#200086918 Left behind to starve (George Monbiot, The Guardian, March 18, 2003) As the US prepares to spend some $12 Billion a month on bombing the Iraqis, it has so far offered only $65 million to provide them with food, water, sanitation, shelter and treatment f LoZo 2003-04-02T19:25:56Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2003_03_01_archiveafrica.html#90598970 The Truth About Zimbabwe Democracy, as understood by the "free" world, no longer exists in Zimbabwe. Huge swathes of the countryside have been turned into "no go" areas by the ruling party's thugs who are now known as "war veterans". This means that no n LoZo 2003-03-12T19:07:27Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2003_01_01_archiveafrica.html#90162834 Congo, Rwanda sign peace pact (nzoom.com, 9 January 2003) The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending a devastating war in which up to two million people have died in the heart of Africa. . LoZo 2003-01-09T15:54:31Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_09_01_archiveafrica.html#85468002 Sahara desert frontiers turn green bbc.co.uk -- Satellite pictures of northern Africa show that areas lost to the Sahara desert during decades of drought are turning green again. Analysis of images show deserts retreating in a broad band stretching f West 2002-09-19T14:58:58Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_09_01_archiveafrica.html#85424584 Congo, Uganda Sign Peace Deal LUANDA (Reuters) - The leaders of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a deal to help bring peace to the former Zaire, where four years of civil war have left around two million dead. Ugandan President Yo West 2002-09-07T16:13:02Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_08_01_archiveafrica.html#85365186 Zambia Finally Rejects Transgenic Food Aid LUSAKA, Zambia, August 19, 2002 (ENS) -- The Zambian government has made a decision to reject a donation of transgenic maize (corn) from the United States after a protracted national debate over safety of the fo West 2002-08-21T00:41:50Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_08_01_archiveafrica.html#85349186 Botswana Bushman fights for survival bbc.co.uk -- In Botswana the Bushmen, or San, face destruction as a separate ethnic group. President Festus Mogae once described them as 'Stone Age creatures' for whom there was no place in the modern world, and the West 2002-08-15T20:28:15Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_07_01_archiveafrica.html#85273491 Congo and Rwanda Agree on Peace Deal PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (Reuters) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo struck a deal on Monday aimed at ending four years of war in the Congo, officials said. Delegates from the two countries have been meetin West 2002-07-23T03:51:42Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_07_01_archiveafrica.html#85221197 Africa Needs Green Growth to Fight Pollution-UN KAMPALA (Reuters) -- Africans are likely to suffer increasing pollution, ill-health and loss of farmland unless the continent adopts "clean" technologies and the world does more to fight global warming, the West 2002-07-04T16:21:29Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_07_01_archiveafrica.html#85219591 Faith: Africa grapples with Romans 13 WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- As evangelical Christianity is becoming the dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa, the key New Testament passage dealing with the relationship between church and state has taken on paramoun West 2002-07-03T22:41:45Z http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/africa/2002_07_01_archiveafrica.html#85217186 G-8 Summit Sidelines Africa (Ross Crockford, Alternet.org, June 27, 2002) As both summit delegates and activists point out, African nations face problems of epidemic proportions. One-half of the continent's population of 680 million people live on an in LoZo 2002-07-03T03:13:27Z