July 24, 2008
TOP STORY
Zimbabwe rivals may reach final deal soon
From Reuters…Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU-PF party are close to reaching a deal on a unity government but the two sides still need to iron out the final details, a South African newspaper reported on Thursday.more
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- CS Monitor: Mugabe more isolated
- NPR: Zimbabwe opposition leader pulls out of election
- NPR: Book Review, “Say You’re One of Them”
- NPR: UN ambassador surveys Darfur crisis
- Al-Jazeera: Somali fighers exclusive
- Channel 4: Congo’s forgotten war
- NPR: The untold story of the Buganda Kingdom
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Guinea-Bissau needs more support to make economic gains
Guinea-Bissau’s economic and financial situation remains dire, despite some signs of possible improvement, a new United Nations report says, calling for greater international support to help the West African country emerge from its predicament and fight drug trafficking and organized crime.more
Pressures mount on UN peacekeeping
As diplomats at the United Nations prepare to sign off on the biggest peacekeeping budget in the organisation’s history, concerns are being raised that the growing demands on the world’s “Blue Helmet” forces are running out of control.more
U.S. military expands role in West Africa
America now gets more than 15 percent of its oil from Africa, a figure expected to grow to one quarter by 2015, and West Africa is an oil-rich region. “We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t in US interests,” concedes Nowell but he argues that oil is only one component part. “Ninety percent of commerce is by sea so a stable and secure maritime environment is good for the US.more
Mandela in London for 90th birthday, benefit concert
Royalty, former US president Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US actors Robert De Niro, Will Smith and Forest Whitaker, US television host Oprah Winfrey and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton are to attend events spread over three days leading up to the concert, organisers said.more
