Africa – Page 22 – People's World

The new scramble for Africa

September 29, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

Is current U.S. foreign policy in Africa following a blueprint drawn up almost eight years ago by one of the most conservative think tanks in the world?

East Africa facing drought induced famine

September 1, 2011 By Brian McAfee

Expected rains have failed to arrive for successive seasons in and around Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, causing severe shortages of food and water for millions of people.

Hershey’s chocolate tainted with child exploitation, group charges

July 15, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign is urging chocolate lovers to choose another brand until Hershey's gets child abuse out of its chocolate.

African Union ramps up efforts for ceasefire in Libya

June 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The AU questioned the stance of the rebels and the NATO powers that Gadaffi must go before any ceasefire and dialogue can commence.

In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers’ lives

June 17, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.