Articles from New African (July 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"None of us can stand alone".			3392
'If we want to survive, we must unite'.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	2259
'The rural people will never surrender'.	Bjornheden, Kerstin	Letter to the editor	588
'Why don't you go hang and leave us alone?'.	Ramosetle, Lineo	Letter to the editor	255
A marriage worth studying.	Goodwin, Clayton		959
Adieu to the duke of African cinema: Saturday 9 June was a sad day for the international community of arts and culture, following the death of the African movie legend, Ousmane Sembene. He was 84. Mercy Eze explores the engaging career of the duke of African cinema.	Eze, Mercy	Obituary	764
Africa & the Caribbean: our future is bound together.			3274
Africa raising its game in telecoms: it is often said that Africa's information and telecommunication technology is poor compared to the global growth in technology. But as Regina Jere-Malanda finds out, Africa is fighting the "divide" to the hilt and is winning.	Jere-Malanda, Regina		1673
Agriculture: still awaiting investors; There is every incentive to double agricultural production in Tanzania. "We are, thus, looking for investors who can bring in good seeds and also irrigation, because our agriculture is very much rain-dependent.".			898
Diego Garcia: 'Time is very dear to us'.	Carey, Sean		1325
Farewell, Brother Tony.	Ankomah, Baffour	Essay	1604
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Give us African unity now! Forty-seven years after many African countries gained their independence, pan-Africanism is still only words on paper. African unity is for diplomats, not the rest of us. Thus, African leaders cannot leave their summit in Accra without giving us, ordinary Africans, African unity now!, writes Cameron Duodu who has seen it all--since 1958.	Duodu, Cameron		2999
Humanitas working to keep African children in school: Efam Dovi reports on a diasporan initiative supporting children to stay in school in poor villages in Kenya, Ghana and Benin.	Dovi, Efam		803
Kaunda: 'it's not right to demonise Mugabe'; "Now my prayer is that the Zimbabwe issue will be treated differently by Blair's successor, Gordon Brown", writes Zambia's former president, Kenneth Kaunda.	Kaunda, Kenneth	Viewpoint essay	915
Kenya Airways: more questions than answers; What actually happened to Kenyan Airways Flight 507, which disappeared soon after takeoff from Douala airport in Cameroon on 5 May? There are still more questions than answers, reports Wanjohi Kabukuru.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		513
Nairobi takes to the treadmill: the fitness craze is not only for Westerners. Kenyans are also on the hook, reports Stephen Williams.	Williams, Stephen		505
Namibia: the opposition implodes; The reality show of the implosion of the Namibian opposition continues. Perhaps someone on a white horse will soon come to rescue them and ride with them into the sunset a la John Wayne? Do I hear the name Tony Blair?, asks Uazuva Kaumbi.	Kaumbi, Uazuva		873
Nicky Oppenheimer: 'Why Africa will succeed'.	Oppenheimer, Nicky		3606
Not even death can separate them ... Fathia Nkrumah rejoins her husband: Stephen Gyasi reports from Accra on the state funeral accorded Fathia Nkrumah, wife of Ghana's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, on 12 June.	Gyasi, Stephen	Obituary	1964
Sacking who?	Mazengwa, P.J.	Letter to the editor	802
Serengeti shall not die: Navaya ole Ndaskoi on why the Maasai people forced out of the Serengeti plains when it was declared a game reserve in 1929 should be catered for by today's development programmes.	Ndaskoi, Navaya ole		698
Seven communication tips an effective leader must have: if persuasion is what you want, the email, voice mail, telephone and telefax are "poor" channels. If you want to put your workers on the vision trip, look into their eyes and tell them your mission.	Kumuyi, William F.		1608
Sierra Leone Liberia; Taylor's trial: whose agenda? Unless the SCSL Trial Chamber puts its foot down and ensures its orders are immediately obeyed by the Court Registry, the smooth running of Charles Taylor's trial may be in real jeopardy, reports Osei Boateng.	Boateng, Osei		2990
Soko Tele: plugging a gap others cannot reach; An innovative way of sending money to relatives in rural areas has been launched in Kenya. Stephen Williams reports.	Williams, Stephen	Brief article	312
The rise and rise of agriculture: once upon a time, agriculture was a dying sector of Kenya's economy. Now no more. For the past few years, it has been the wheel behind the country's economic turnaround, reports Wanjohi Kabukuru.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1569
The way forward: "The future is bright for Tanzania but we need to work hard," says Dr Juma Alifa Ngasongwa, Tanzania's minister for planning, economy and empowerment. He talked to Baffour Ankomah.	Ankomah, Baffour		1262
Waiting for results: hopes of economic progress were high following the election of President Mwai Kibaki's government in 2002. But it has not all been smooth sailing, reports Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		620
Water, water, everywhere and not a drop in the dam!	Duodu, Cameron		1668
Who are Africa's true friends? We all know what it is like to wait for a "cheque in the post". Let's imagine that you are the leader of an African independent nation who has just returned home from the G8 summit. What's it like waiting for the money to come in? Money that somebody else is "giving" you? ... Why do we have a shaky grasp of history?	Orakwue, Stella		1580
Xenophobia in South Africa.	Mnguni, Masotsha	Letter to the editor	362
Zimbabwe at the crossroads.		Letter to the editor	397
Zimbabwe: a test case.	Kanu, Unisa	Letter to the editor	308
Zimbabwe: surprise, surprise, tourism is on the rise; Zimbabwe is an enigma. From politics, economics to tourism, the country is defying all logic and confounding its detractors. Thus, even for the dyed-in-the-wool nationalist, statistics showing foreign tourism hitting an all-time high in 2006 is a bit difficult to believe. But it is the truth Baffour Ankomah reports.	Ankomah, Baffour		2437