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| Slavery: The greatest crime against humanity |
| The United Nations is holding a major ?World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance? in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 7 September.. |
 Discrimination goes on trial |
| The stage is set for a potentially explosive UN conference on racism in Durban. Preview by Pusch Commey. |
| ?In Uganda, we allow Museveni to get away with ruling very autocratically but we don’t allow Mugabe to do [the same].
I think there is an awful lot of hypocrisy, not only in the media coverage but also in Western foreign policy which also dictates to a certain extent the way we look at problems.? Welcome to the murky world of the ?free press? of the West. Report by Michelle Hakata. |
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PHOTO FEATURE:
- The magic flight
INTERVIEW:
- Liberia - the 'big scapegoat'
BOOKS:
- The suffering of Sierra Leone
- South Africa: 'We went for the land'
RELIGION:
- African foundations of world religions Part 3
MEDICAL AID:
- Aids and poverty
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How UNDP sees Aids in Africa