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Photo reportage of September 2008 visit to the American White House by Ghana President, John Agyekum Kufuor and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, hosted by U.S. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush.
Africa Watch
As food prices climb Africa reacts to food price challenge; will you agree or disagree with Africa’s direction..
Book Review
Egypt archeologists make a major find in the Saggara digs which are so promising that major new finds will be made. Creativity of Africa is exemplified by one of the more unusual houses anywhere – Crocodile House in a shape of a crocodile.
Book Review
Two books with serious message each – Wendy Kann’s memoir “Casting With Fragile Thread – A Story of Sisters and Africa” and a personal chronicle of survival by two of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”.
Feature
Nigerian government sues multinational tobacco companies, as cigarette packs sold in Nigeria carry a health warning: "The Federal Ministry of Health warns that cigarette smokers are liable to die young."
Analysis
Closer look at the ICC and Sudan as the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague requests an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan's Darfur region.
Africa Inc
As food prices climb, African policymakers are considering short and long-term ways to make food prices affordable. The measures range from food subsidies for consumers to incentives for farmers to increase production. Two reports you may wish to reflect upon and share with us your opinion.
Africa Inc
Privatization of Kenyan Railway, a transaction arranged by the International Financial Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest multilateral source of equity and loan financing for private sector development in developing countries is provoking public outrage.
Travel

Our Travel Editor takes a different Kenya route where Nairobi becomes a star, and when technology reaches Serengeti a twenty-first century safari becomes a reality.
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