The national Zimbabwean currency collapsed in the spring of 2009 after the hyperinflation in the country reached the catastrophic level. Nowadays, Zimbabwe uses various currencies of which the US dollars are the most popular ones. The economy of the nation has collapsed together with the currency. The country suffers from the lack of fuel and food...
As the world gears up for Friday’s World Cup Finals kick-off in South Africa, the continent’s first, and as a global pandemic of Soccermania promises once again to engulf the international community, the United Nations Organization is aiming to channel public enthusiasm for sport into awareness about other more pressing social issues.
Israel, terrorist state, pirate state: A Perfect Copy of Somalia. The Irish ship MV Rachel Corrie has been forcibly seized by the Israeli navy and is being towed to the city of Ashdod in Israel. All on board are reported safe, although the Israelis had cut all of the ship's communication prior to intercepting it.
The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) expresses its outrage and indignation at the cowardly attack committed by agents of the terrorist state of Israel, who acted as real modern pirates against the flotilla carrying medicine and humanitarian supplies to people locked in the Gaza Strip. This is an inhuman and barbaric action against peaceful civilians...
Many newspapers warn about al Qaeda intentions to interfere with the World Cup. The June 12 USA vs. England match, scheduled for live broadcast, is the terrorists’ top priority. Germany, France and Italy may also be targeted as the countries taking part in the Zionist-Crusader campaign on Islam. Al Qaeda is getting ready to throw its new suicide...
I am outraged at Israel's latest criminal act. I mourn with my fellow Free Gaza travelers, the lives that have been lost by Israel's needless, senseless act against unarmed humanitarian activists. But I'm even more outraged that once again, Israel's actions have been aided and abetted by a U.S. political class that has become corrupted beyond...
Egypt is rightly considered one of the main states of the Arab-Muslim world. It has all necessary attributes, including solid political weight. Such position is explained not only by a beneficial geographical location (the country is located in the center of Arab world, on the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe, and controls the main transport...
Secret documents from South Africa show that Israel tried to sell nuclear weapons to the African country during the apartheid era, setting itself as the first official document which shows that the Israelis have nuclear weapons, reported the British newspaper The Guardian.
Helen Clark, Director of the United Nations Develop Program, concluding a visit to Mali, has praised this North African country for its democratic governance and for the huge progress it is making towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
He who lives by the sword…this is the old adage that came home to roost for Eugene Terre’Blanche, the leader of the quasi-defunct AWB, a white rights movement in South Africa. His murder, though not politically or racially motivated, however, could give his movement the justification it needed to rekindle its activity in a country with singular and...
Al-Qaeda is present in North Africa, namely, in the hard-to-reach areas of the Sahara. The state of affairs in the region is significantly destabilized by Algerian Islamite group that has been actively fought against since 1992. It was the year when they came close to coming to power. The Islamic Salvation Front won the parliament election by a...
The plight of the 8,000 women raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year sums up the wider issue of the deplorable situation which many women face on a daily basis. Nearly half of the world’s women suffer some form of physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetimes, while in some countries the figure reaches 87 per...
Sudan is the largest country on the African continent. The name Sudan originates from Arabic 'bilad al-sudan' which translates as 'the country of blacks.' However, the country may lose this status in the near future already. The independence referendum will take place in the south of the nation in 2011. Many experts say that the vote will end with...