Articles from New African (July 1, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'I'm happy to see Liberia again': Alfred Romann joins a UN convoy taking Liberian refugees home from Sierra Leone. It's a hard three-day journey, but the end--being back home--justifies the bumpy ride.	Romann, Alfred		1245
'Not enough flies to create the right effect': Rotimi Sankore on Aids, Africa, the Western media and "development pornography". For decades, development and aid charities in the West have believed the best way to raise funds for their work is to shock people with astonishing pictures of poverty and disease from the "developing" world. But what are the unintended consequences?	Sankore, Rotimi		1419
'The ancestors are an immediate & accessible reality': poetic licence, a conversation with Sir Bob Geldof--on his new book/TV series, Geldof in Africa, and other matters. "Every time I go to Africa, I feel renewed--quite the opposite to what you would expect." Arise Sir Bob!	Hordern, Nick	Interview	1480
Cameroon: Lake Nyos is in a mess; In August 1986, a deadly gas leak from Lake Nyos killed over 1,800 people in Cameroon. Now there are fears that the dam may collapse within five to 10 years and kill more people. Tansa Musa reports from Yaounde.	Musa, Tansa		695
Capitalist what?	Panyin, Ekow	Letter to the editor	314
Celtel on the march: new Nigerian acquisition extends the reach of Africa's fastest growing mobile company to 15 countries.			511
Charles Taylor: what AlGathafi told Johnson-Sirleaf; "Violating the right of political asylum is a very dangerous matter. This is a serious precedent. Besides, the 'manufactured escape' and his arrest on the Nigerian border made this matter e smorhameful. This is shameful and it is far from African manners.".			1399
China and Angola--too soon to tell: will the Chinese love-affair in Africa, especially in Angola, follow the same trajectory as the Soviet Union's in Africa before the fall of the Berlin Wall? Proceed with caution.	de Figueiredo, Antonio		1602
Cote d'Ivoire: 'it is an economic war orchestrated by France'.	Tete, Ruth	Interview	2054
Defending Taylor.		Letter to the editor	1068
Don't mention slavery.	Armah, Ayi Kwei		2992
Ecowas.		Brief article	198
Fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts (1).	Ankomah, Baffour		1790
Good journalism.	Massaquoi, Charles L.	Letter to the editor	48
History won't be kind to Obasanjo.	Ntebo, Ebenezer	Letter to the editor	132
Hurray for Nigerian Senate.	Panford, Kwamina	Letter to the editor	241
Kenya: look east my son; Kenya is the latest African country to fall for the charms of the world's emergent superpower, China. Wanjohi Kabukuru reports from Nairobi on what this portends for the East African country.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1215
Liberia.		Brief article	221
Malawi: Chihana bids adieu; Lameck Masina reports on what the death of Chakufwa Chihana means to his party and Malawian politics in general.	Masina, Lameck		702
New museum to lure back Africa's looted artefacts: Juha Vakkuri, a Finnish author, and his group, African Art Returns, are setting up a museum in Grand-Popo, Benin, to house returned African art looted in colonial times. David Williams reports.	Williams, David		1127
No tears for Taylor.	Kanu, Unisa	Letter to the editor	383
Nokia finds new home in African fashion: seventeen African beauties have been selected for the semi-finals of this year's Nokia Face of Africa modelling competition. The winner has a date with global stardom.			580
Rwanda: how Solace quietly brings solace to the needy; There are several African success stories of heroism in charitable works. One of them is The Solace Ministries in Rwanda. This month we have decided to highlight their good works if only to show to those who are still asking, "what are Africans doing for themselves in the midst of their problems?" This report is by Ola Sheyin.	Sheyin, Ola		983
Sheer hypocrisy.	Banda, Bright	Letter to the editor	357
South Africa: apartheid legacy difficult to shift; On the 30th anniversary of the Soweto student uprising, Kgomotso Nyanto reports from Johannesburg that not much has changed on the education front 12 years after the demise of apartheid.	Nyanto, Kgomotso		1183
The historian who made history himself.	Agyeman-Duah, Ivor	Obituary	1762
The man who rescued African history.	Duodu, Cameron		2194
The mother of all insults.	Kpou, James S.	Letter to the editor	418
The scramble for African oil.	Volman, Daniel		2732
Uganda: a huge dilemma; The emergence of video footage showing one of the world's most wanted men, Joseph Kony, has led to the belief that the 20-year-old LRA insurgency in northern Uganda could finally be about to enter its endgame. But which deal would Kampala strike? And would Kony take it, when international arrest warrants are hanging over his head?, asks Stuart Price reporting from Kampala.	Price, Stuart		1375
We were just simply magnificent: a moment of sublime greatness for Ghana football--Czech Republic 0, Ghana 2. It was a sweet, sweet victory--it showed us the true meaning of a joy that is perfect in every respect; a victory made sweeter by the faith it had regenerated in us, in our Black Stars.	Duodu, Cameron		1698
Will Taylor get a fair trial?	Edi, Bai	Letter to the editor	137
World Cup: the fabulous five.	Yedder, Omar Ben		1701
Zambia: opposition in disarray; There is chaos in opposition ranks as their preferred frontrunner has died months before the next elections. Austin Mbewe reports from Lusaka.	Mbewe, Austin		708
Zimbabwe.		Brief article	194