Forskjellen på fattig og rik er større i Sør-Afrika enn i noe annet land i verden. Bildet er fra den uformelle bosettingen Orlando East utenfor Johannesburg. (Foto: Sigrun Johnstad)

Sør-Afrikas vanskelige vei

Sør-Afrika overtok for få måneder siden førsteplassen som det samfunn i verden som har størst forskjell mellom rike og fattige. En politikk for omfordeling, som også innebærer en klar skatteskjerping for de rike, er derfor en nødvendighet, skriver Helle Berggrav Hanssen og Halle Jørn Hanssen. Les mer >

Eritrea: Fra solidaritetsmiljøets yndling til brutalt samfunn

- Mine kolleger ble dømt og fengslet for å ha gjort jobben sin, forteller journalist Saikou Ceesay. © Erik M. Sundt

Gambia: Ytringsfriheten knebles

Africa News Update

Nigeria: Jos - another massacre
Abuja (Nigeria) — Over 200 people, mostly women and children, were murdered in the early hours of yesterday following attacks on Dogo-Na-Hawa, Ratsat and Jeji villages in Foron district, Jos South Local Government Area, Plateau State.
Nigeria: Jos - from tin city to massacre city (analysis)
Lagos (Nigeria) — Once again, Jos, the Plateau State capital, is up in flames. This is the second time in as many months that the town would be engulfed in deadly ethno-religious strife since the beginning of this year. The once popular tin city is fast becoming Nigeria's riot city. But it was not always like this.
Togo: Disputed vote spawns fears
Lomé (Togo) — Victory claims by two presidential candidates and continued threats of violence from the opposition are keeping many Togolese indoors two days after the election as they fearfully await official results.
Togo: Tip-toeing towards reconciliation (analysis)
Lomé (Togo) — As up to 3.2 million Togolese cast their ballots in the presidential election on 4 March, IRIN asked voters and experts what it would take to reach true reconciliation after decades of political violence.
Somalia: Government readies troops for Al Shabaab assault
Nairobi (Kenya) — Several thousand troops -- some said to have been trained in Kenya -- have been assembled in preparation for a major assault on Somalia's al Shabaab militia which could start within weeks.
Kenya: Panic over Ocampo's list to ICC
Nairobi (Kenya) - The handing over of list of suspected perpetrators of Kenya's post-election violence of 2008 to the International Criminal Court judges has caused fear, panic and anxiety across the country especially in areas that were hardest hit by the chaos.

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Nytt nymmer ax X: Sudans skjebneår

I Sør-Sudan har de begynt nedtellingen mot januar 2011, da en folkeavstemning skal avgjøre om landet skal løsrive seg fra Khartoum. Sør-Sudans drøm om selvstendighet står og faller på egne oljeinntekter. Samtidig kan uenighet om oljeinntekter velte prosessen fram mot folkeavstemningen. Les mer >

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