Articles from New African (May 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Change has come to Zimbabwe': Zimbabwe's new deputy prime minister, Arthur G.O. Mutambara delivered his maiden speech to Parliament. And what a speech it was! The tough-talking 43-year-old leader of the erstwhile opposition had something for everybody. "I would be remiss in the discharge of my duties if I did not deliver a no-holds-barred maiden speech," he warned. For the record, here are excerpts.		Speech	2313
'It is a political trial,' says Taylor's lawyer.	Boateng, Osei		1225
A fighter for the oppressed: Cynthia McKinney (pictured), the former African-American Congresswoman, is famous for her fight for oppressed people everywhere in the world, especially in Africa. In recent years, however, her political career has taken a turbulent course. Our correspondent, Antoine Lokongo, interviewed her when she visited London in April. Here are excerpts.	Lokongo, Antoine	Interview	1562
Africa and corporate social responsibility.	Carey, Sean	Interview	1779
Correction: USA.	Thornton, Patricia	Correction notice	166
David Crane in his own words: on 8 February 2006, when Charles Taylor was still in exile in Nigeria and America was using its influence to get him handed over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, David Crane, the former chief prosecutor of the Court, testified before the US Congressional Subcommittee On Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Here are excerpts from his testimony.		Excerpt	2085
Diseases of affluence taking their toll.			1781
Duodu bores me sometimes.	Mreku, Kwasi	Letter to the editor	142
Exploding the aid myth: a powerful new book asserts that Africa's dependence on official development assistance, better known as aid, is hugely damaging and ultimately unnecessary. Titled Dead Aid, the book written by a Zambian, Dambisa Moyo, describes how an insidious addiction to aid has crippled Africa and proposes practical ways to break the aid habit developed by recipient nations.	Williams, Stephen		1037
GM food and Africa.	Chigbo, Ndum	Letter to the editor	174
Going for the Pope.	Banfield, Ann Marie	Letter to the editor	116
How long can football tragedies continue? Football tragedies continue to mar the African game - the latest in Cote d'Ivoire saw 19 fans crushed to death at the Houphouet-Boigny Stadium on 29 March. Enough is enough, and Fifa must act now!, demands Cameron Duodu.	Duodu, Cameron		2111
Johnson-Sirleaf 'Taylor fooled me'.	Tonpo, Jarlawah		2343
Keep NAW separate.	Warner, Theresa	Letter to the editor	132
Kenya is a terrible example.	Njuru, Waweru	Letter to the editor	307
Mbeki vs the MDC.	Dlamini, Mduduzi	Letter to the editor	403
My problem with giving children their rights; Africa, let's learn from the West. Let's not fall into the child right's trap. Our children have the right to be treated as human beings. They have the right not to be beaten, mentally, physically, or sexually abused. But in giving them the so-called rights as in the West, let's remember that it is up to us to guide them as to how to live in this world.	Djanie, Akua	Viewpoint essay	1705
New African Woman is born: due to popular demand, New African Woman, which has been running as a regular supplement in New African since July 2008, has this month been launched as a stand-alone 100-page quarterly magazine in both English and French, the first time ever that a magazine has been launched simultaneously in the two languages, and to cover the whole continent.	Okafor, Ogo		417
Oh, what an education! In the sort of education we got, you were taught by a teacher; you regurgitated what the teacher had taught you in an examination, and you either passed or failed. Original thinking hardly came into it. And adventurous experiments were discouraged. And it was thought "backward" to be a "mere farmer". And we moan that Africa is not doing well?	Duodu, Cameron	Viewpoint essay	1541
Oil politics: the ICC's motives in indicting the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, have little to do with human rights issues and more to do with the strategic control of oil resources, reports Khadija Sharife.	Sharife, Khadija		2020
Rajoelina is not my president!		Viewpoint essay	1204
Reaping the whirlwind: "I do not admit that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, has come in and taken its place" -Winston Churchill to the Palestine Royal Commission, 1937.	Ankomah, Baffour	Viewpoint essay	1716
Rebel with a cause: "I am a human being. I made mistakes. I admit that. But I was honest about what I did," says Nuhu Ribadu, the former chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who hastens to add that he has no regrets having taken on high profile politicians.	Obayiuwana, Osasu		1259
Selective justice.			3651
The case against Bashir.			1960
There may be trouble ahead ...			2740
Transport corridor to change Africa's fortunes: at long last, East and Southern Africa are getting their act together regarding the transport infrastructure in the two regions, reports Agnes Asiimwe.	Asiimwe, Agnes		628
What was the question again? Yoruba versus Igbo. Killing twins versus not killing twins. Was it merely a case of evolving different answers to the same question?	Wambu, Onyekachi		705
What's the ICC up to?			3601
When Kenya sneezes ... despite its strategic importance, Kenya maintains a moderate profile in international politics. This "silent diplomacy" approach has enabled Kenyan businesses to expand all over the region without any trouble.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1189
Where did all the money go?	Duodu, Cameron		2732
Why do you call yourself black and African? Over the last year, New African readers have increasingly enquired about my racial background. I hope that in satisfying their curiosity, their attentions will be directed once again at the content of my columns rather than the colour of my skin.	Ray, Carina	Column	1678
Zuma Triumphant!		Brief article	124