Archive for April, 2006

Violence still haunts South Africa a decade after reconciliation efforts

(April 28th, 2006)

JOHANNESBURG, 28 April 2006 (IRIN) - South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime was officially dismantled 12 years ago, with the nation’s first democratic election. But in many communities, the violence of those years is hardly forgotten. In the early 1990s, as government officials and liberation leaders negotiated a peaceful transition of power, many local communities were […]

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China cozies up to Africa

(April 24th, 2006)

Chinese President Hu Jintao is headed to Africa looking for oil. China’s growing economy is increasingly dependent upon Africa’s natural resources. Gretchen Wilson reports.

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