July 09, 2008
People & Power follows a former child soldier, known only as Madeleine, from the Democratic Republic of Congo as she undertakes an advocacy mission at the UN for the Commission on the Status of…

Cutting aid may be solution: West must show Africa’s leaders that tolerating bully like Mugabe will make enemies, not friends
By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUN (Wed, July 9, 2008)
Two major issues at the G8 summit in Japan that ends today were to oust the “illegitimate” regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe bounced, and to deal with [...]

Ethiopia worried about Djibouti port tariff plan
Wed 9 Jul 2008
ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Reuters) - Land-locked Ethiopia sent its top trade official to Djibouti on Wednesday after the Red Sea state said it would introduce a new tariff on port services.

An Ethiopian government source said Trade and Industry Minister Girma Birru was dispatched after Djibouti [...]