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News Stories Sierra Leone.
- BBC - Foday Sankoh: The cruel rebel. July 2003. Sankoh led a vicious rebel group (RUF) whose fighters used machetes to hack off the hands, feet, lips and ears of Sierra Leone's civilians and raped thousands of girls and women. between 1991 and 2000.
- Photos of attrocities carried out by RUF. (WARNING. These are gruesome images, look if you want to grasp a little what went on, it is hard to fathom).
News Stories Liberia.
- WashPost In Postwar Liberia, Paradise Amid the Poverty. Sushi bars/Mamba Point Hotel. May 2008.
- AllAfrica Liberia: World Bank Gives Country U.S.$10 Million - EU U.S.$25 Million. May 2008.
- Jeune Afrique "Diamants contre armes" ou comment Taylor contrôlait les rebelles du RUF. March 2008.
- Guardian Rough diamonds, Global Witness: diamonds are being used to fund the conflict. Feb 2007.
- BBC Interview with Liberian Prince Johnson in 2006 (the one who killed ex President Samuel Doe in 1990 who killed ex President William R. Tolbert Jr in 1980). Meeting the hard man of Liberia, Nov 2006.
- National Giographic Liberia President Taylor's Life of Crime. July 2003.
Liberia.
- Amnesty International Liberia page.
- UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia.
- History of the UNMIL in Liberia. United Nations Mission in Liberia.
Sierra Leone.
- Amnesty International SL page.
- Cry Freetown Documentary by Sorious Samura. A brutal portrayal of what happened in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone in January 1999. The film was fisrt considered too brutal for bradcasting.
- Blood Diamonds The Film.
- Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.
- UNAMSIL.
Opinion - on Africa in general.
- Développement : les dirigeants africains veulent des investissements, pas la charité Jeuene Afrique - Africans want investment, not Aid on 29 mai 2008 - AFP.
- In the Arab world, politics is a family affair - Hassen Zenati in the Daily Times (Pakistan) on August 10, 2005.
- Between Arab states and their leaders, the ties that kill - Rami G. Khouri in the Daily Star Lebanon on August 03, 2005.
- A poverty of dignity, a wealth of rage - Thomas L. Friedman in the NYTimes on July 15 2005. The world can no longer run away from the Sunni death cult. This is a reprint in the The Indian Express.
- Let us Africans do the talking - Misguided aid - Jean-Claude Shanda Tomme in the IHT on July 16 2005. Don't insult Africa, this place so rich yet so badly led. Instead, insult its leaders, who have ruined everything.
Health Issues - in Africa.
- Coartem, Novartis - most effective Malaria treatement, Study..
- Fighting Africa's Biggest Child-Killer - Malaria.
- Avert - AIDS, facts/figures for Sub Saharan Countries.
- DATA - debt AIDS trade Africa, Bono (U2), pushing our leaders because “History will judge us on how we respond to the AIDS emergency in Africa… whether we stood around with watering cans and watched while a whole continent burst into flames… or not.”
- the DATA report - on the progress of G8 aid in Africa.
- Médecins Sans Frontières. - Opinion on current state of health problems in Africa in particular. HIV/AIDS, Malaria, ...
- Bono from U2 and the Red Project - for AIDS in Africa.
- JoinRed.com - Manifesto, and the global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- Treatment of Malaria - Guidelines For Clinicians (Centre of Disease Control).
- WHO - Malaria Treatment Guidelines.
- Malaria - a patient's guide.
- Malaria site - Diagnosis.
- Centres of Disease Control - Diagnosis of Malaria.
- UN AIDS - United the world against AIDS.
Environment - in Africa.
- Mega Fly Over - Aerial Survey Documents Africa's Last Wild Places. National Geographic News. August 17 2005.
- or here on the National Geographic page.
- National Geographic on Africa August 2005 Issue. Tons.
Music - in Africa.
- AfricaSounds.
- African Musicians Profiles.
- African Music - Encyclopedia.
- The Leopard Man's - African Music Guide.
- Afropop - worldwide.
- Calabash Music calls itself the world's finest fair trade music company.
- Musiques d'Afrique - by Frank Bessem.
News and Analysis, Africa in general.
- Panapress - the African Perspective.
- Afrol news - an independent news agency, established in 2000 covering exclusively the African continent, in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
- Peace Reporter - is an online newspaper and an editorial agency aiming to spread a culture of peace and respect of human rights. Offers concise, up-to-the-minute information on conflicts around the world.
- All Africa - aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources.
- L'Intelligent Jeune Afrique - weekly in French, Politique, Economie, Culture et nulle part ailleurs.
- Le nouvel Afrique Asie - French-language monthly of information and analysis.
- The Daily Star - Lebanon.
- Africatime.com - founded 2000 in NY by 5 African students with a vision to create a respected portal for all African News.
- African News Dimension - The idea for AND came out of the desire to provide an authentic voice for African issues on the global news stage.
Women's rights
- Ni putes ni soumises - organisation in France. Pour la mixité, la laïcité et l'égalité. Fights for womens' rights especially from an Maghrebian immigration background.
- Femmes sous loi musulemanes - Women living under muslim laws, in French and English. An international network aiming at strengthening women's individual and collective struggle. Their links page is extensive re this subject.
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