Beijing Olympics Threatened by Chinese Islamic Terrorists

This group, TIP, has struck within China as recently as July 21. This seams like a credible threat."A Muslim separatist group in China has made a new video threat against the Beijing Olympics, warning Muslims to keep...

Indian Investment in Africa: In the Shadows of China

Benin's intro:  This is an article that I just penned about India's growing investments into Africa and against the backdrop of the even larger Chinese presence in Africa.  The main question that this...

Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos

" Twenty-five people with albinism have been murdered in Tanzania since March, a BBC investigation has found. Albinos are targeted for body parts that are used in witchcraft, and killings continue despite...

G8: Africa will suffer if Robert Mugabe stays in power

" World leaders are expected to threaten tougher sanctions against Zimbabwe today unless African nations take a stronger role in negotiations to remove President Mugabe. The G8 told seven African leaders yesterday that unless they acted to deal with the “illegitimate”...

Shot kills the dream of aid worker Darren Stratti

A Sydney charity worker who folllowed his dream to build a village where impoverished African orphans could be fed, educated and given healthcare has been shot dead by robbers. Terrible loss to his family .  "...

Albino killings in Tanzania

It takes more tha awareness and education to stop supersticious stigma and discrimination against Albinos in Tanzania and other parts of the world. It is the callenging task to change  completely...

Venture to Light Africa with Dirt Power

"“For all the Pan-Africanism of the last four decades,” said Hugo Van Vuuren, “it is quite rare to have young students from South, East, and West Africa, in the same room without a soccer ball somehow...

New Bin Laden message addressing the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel ...

"New Bin Laden message addressing the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel imminentJust two weeks shy of the tenth anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's declaration in a televised press conference that he does "not differentiate between those dressed in military...

50 Cent Meets Nelson Mandela

Rapper 50 Cent is currently on tour with G-Unit in Africa and, this week, he had the opportunity to meet Nelson Mandela. "50 is [in South Africa] to see and learn about the region and continent in a way that perhaps...

Torch arrives in Indonesia

The Olympic torch relay continues to make headlines, as security remains a concern at every stop."The Olympic torch has arrived in Indonesia on the latest leg of its worldwide relay, where it is to be paraded around a stadium in Jakarta.For security reasons, the original 20km...

Beijing torch passes through Tanzania in peace

The Olympic torch has made its only stop in Africa without incident."The 2008 Olympic torch relay passed through Tanzania’s commercial capital in peace yesterday, cheered on by residents who braved a heavy...

Masai Warriors Take On London Marathon

My favorite story to come out of the London Marathon: a group of Masai warriors flew up from Tanzania in order to raise money for a new well. They ran the marathon wearing shoes made from car tires."SIX Masai...

Olympic Torch in low-key Tanzania visit

The Olympic torch has now arrived in Tanzania, but a lot less trouble is expected in tomorrow's torch relay. Tanzania is the only African stop in the torch's tour."There was high security as the torch arrived at Dar...

Witchdoctor Albino Killings Condemned By Tanzania's President

President Jakaya Kikwete said in a state of the nation speech "These killings are shameful and distressing to our society,"I tried to add a video about albinos in South Africa but it was not showing here's a link to...

Detainee Charged in Attack on U.S. Embassy

A decade after the U.S. embassy in Tanzania was bombed, American military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the alleged involvement of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a current detainee at Guantanamo Bay."Military prosecutors filed war crimes charges on Monday against a...

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