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Africa

"When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers." -African proverb

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  • May 2008

    • Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      (Newser) - Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal . According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in an “annual economic benefit” of $30 billion. More »

    • Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 8:15 AM CDT

      Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      (Newser) - A mob in western Kenya hunted down and killed 11 people they accused of being witches and wizards, AP reports. The gang went from house to house with a list of suspected sorcerers and the spells they had cast. The eight men and three women, most over 70, were lynched and burned in their homes in the notoriously superstitious district. More »

    • S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      AFP  |  May 22, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has summoned troops to help counter a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the country, AFP reports. Mbeki called on soldiers after police requested help quelling mob violence that has claimed 42 lives, officials said. As many as 16,000 people have been displaced by the violence. Locals blame foreigners for high crime rates and taking jobs More »

    • Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      Associated Press  |  May 20, 08 5:03 AM CDT

      Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      (Newser) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu pleaded yesterday with his South African countrymen to end a vicious surge of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least 22 people, AP reports. Extra police were sent to squatter camps as roaming mobs continued to stab, beat and burn immigrant workers in some of the worst bloodshed the country has seen since apartheid. "The violence is extreme," said a spokesman for Doctors Without Borders. More »

    • Zimbabwe Army Said to Plot Killing of Opposition Chief

      Times (UK)  |  May 19, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Army Said to Plot Killing of Opposition Chief

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe’s military has a plan to assassinate opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, according to Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change. An MDC official said today that the armed forces been ruling Zimbabwe since the March 29 election, and would have had snipers gun down Tsvangirai had he returned to the country Friday as planned, the Times of London reports. More »

    • 12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      New York Times  |  May 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      (Newser) - At least 12 foreigners were shot, stabbed, beaten or burned to death over the weekend in anti-immigrant protests in and around Johannesburg. Thousands of terrified immigrants, many of them Zimbabweans fleeing problems in their own country, are now seeking refuge in churches or police stations, reports the New York Times. Immigrants have become the scapegoat for problems in the nation, rocked by a 23% unemployment rate, soaring food prices and one of the highest crime levels in the world.  More »

    • Pirates Hijack Relief Ship Off of Somalia

      BBC  |  May 18, 08 10:02 AM CDT

      Pirates Hijack Relief Ship Off of Somalia

      (Newser) - Pirates hijacked a Jordanian relief ship off the Somalia coast early yesterday, reports the BBC, and its 12-member international crew are now traveling north with its cargo of 4,000 tons of sugar. Jordan is reportedly working with the Danish embassy in Mogadishu, near where the boat was seized, to try to get the ship and crew released.