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• Notes from South Africa: Surprises!

  Published: June 14, 2007, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Humor, South Africa, Travel

  back from a trip to South Africa.  I would like to confirm that indeed the stars are different on the other side of the world, the water goes down the drain in the other direction, the sun arcs on the other side, and penguins live in dirt not on ice!  It was CRAZY!  Bands of marauding penguins ruthlessly hunt down defenseless

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• Peter Akinola: 'Unity will never be at the expense of truth'

  Published: July 4, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Africa, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Gay Debate, Global South, Peter Akinola

  I was privileged to be given the opportunity the other day to go and meet the Primate of Nigeria, Peter Akinola for an unprecedentedly frank interview. We spoke in his office in Abuja. One focus was the kind of man...

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• Akinola on Lambeth, Canterbury, Islam and ritual sacrifice

  Published: July 4, 2007, 7:47 am

  Tags: Africa, Anglican Communion, Peter Akinola

  The Archbishop and Primate of Nigeria, Dr Peter Akinola, has granted me an exclusive interview. I met him at his office in Abuja a few days ago. The piece will appear in T2 tomorrow, with added coverage online. Meanwhile, here...

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• Support Artists for a New South Africa

  Published: July 17, 2007, 11:31 am

  Tags: Charity, Artists For A New South Africa, American Express

  more support for South Africa's AIDS orphans.Thank you,Artists for a New South Africa2999 Overland Avenue, Suite 102Los Angeles, CA 90064phone 310.204.1748info@ansafrica.orgwww.ansafrica.orgDETAILED DIRECTIONSHere's what you do if you're an American Express card holder:Go to www.membersproject.comIf you're already registered for the Members

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• Language, Reality and Political Correctness

  Published: July 16, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Schwul, Kaffir, Political Correctness, South Africa, Language

  interesting piece from South Africa. Lupi Ngcayisa, a black radio DJ referred to blacks in some context as 'kaffirs'. Well, 'kaffir' is a racist slur used (so wiki sez) most often by white South Africans to describe black people or people with darker skin colour. Kaffir is also used by Jamaican Indians to describe African Caribbeans in a

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• Where to ... cage dive with crocs

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Wildlife Holidays, Diving, South Africa

  Forget cage diving with sharks - that's so last season - the latest thrill for adrenaline junkies is crocodile cage diving.

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• ANC launches leadership selection

  Published: July 29, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Africa

  South Africa's ruling ANC asks its branches to begin the process of selecting its presidential candidate.

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• Liberia lifts diamond mining ban

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Africa

  Liberia lifts a moratorium on the mining, sale and export of diamonds, imposed at the height of the civil war.

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• Libya details medic release deal

  Published: July 28, 2007, 11:27 am

  Tags: Africa

  Libya gives details about the deal that led to the release of six foreign medics at the centre of a long legal battle.

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• Ivorian leader in landmark visit

  Published: July 29, 2007, 8:40 pm

  Tags: Africa

  Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is to visit the former rebel-held north for the first time since a 2002 uprising.

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• Uganda rebels want $2m for talks

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:33 am

  Tags: Africa

  Uganda's rebels are demanding $2m from donors, or they say they will not return to peace talks in Sudan.

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• Shock at sex crimes in DR Congo

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:31 am

  Tags: Africa

  A UN human rights expert says she is shocked at the scale and brutality of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo.

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• Floods, fires ravage South Africa

  Published: July 30, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Africa

  Floods displace 38,000 people around Cape Town, while fires kill 21 in eastern South Africa and Swaziland.

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• Somali gunmen attack Ethiopians

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:41 am

  Tags: Africa

  Some 40 heavily armed fighters attack an Ethiopian base close to the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

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• ICC asked to probe Nujoma 'abuse'

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:25 am

  Tags: Africa

  The ICC is asked to look into the role of Namibia's ex-leader Sam Nujoma, in the deaths of thousands of people.

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