Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) conducted a successful 2nd congress meeting in Asmara, conferring 95% of Somalia under their control. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) conducted an attack on Woyane troops, killing and wounding 131. In retaliation for their losses, the Woyane soldiers killed civilians in the region. ARS officials accused Woyane [...]

‘Africa’s peoples are outstripping their resources, and causing catastrophic ecological degradation,’ writes Kevin Myers. A sick child waits in line to be screened at Giara Clinic, Southern Ethiopia
Africa is giving nothing to anyone — apart from AIDS
By Kevin Myers
Thursday July 10 2008

No. It will not do. Even as we see African states refusing to take [...]