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 The
cold stare of South Africa's
'Dr. Death'
Wouter Basson, a military
cardiologist and mastermind of South Africa's apartheid-era
chemical and biological warfare program is currently on
trial in Pretoria for 64 charges in a 270-page indictment
regarding his his evil and atrocious use of chemicals to
derange Blacks and other anti-apartheid activists and
regular folks.
Basson is also charged with the killing of 200 members of
the South West African People's Organization in Namibia and
massive financial fraud. He headed the secret "Project
Coast" between 1982 and 1992, and led the production of
chemicals poisons to inflict cholera, botulism, anthrax,
mandrax for "crowd control", anthrax in cigarettes, poisoned
milk and whisky, and salmonella-infected sugar.
 MISSIONARIES
or MERCENARIES?
Zimbabwe court jails 3
Americans for 6 months; finds
them guilty
on arms charges
 WHICH
WAY AFRICA 2000?
Heads of government and
presidents from 22 African countries concluded a 4-day
summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Libya
on September 9, 1999. The summit host, controversial Muammar
Gaddafi
argued recently "I want a United States of Africa" On the
other hand, Senegal's president Diouf prefers a
"Confederation of African
States"
 Assassination
attempt on Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak
foiled
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TECHNOLOGY
As Internet provides new
avenues for free
expression in Africa, Freedom
Forum panelists discuss new media in Johannesburg
BUSINESS
Finance ministers, central bankers leaders
discuss Africa's $350 billion
debt; millions of children
suffer debt burden
Central Bank governor says
South Africa's
Banking
policy is 'on track'
U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan says humanitarian
aid to Africa
is facing 'irrevocable crisis.'
After kidnap of 64
Shell employees, oil giant says conflicts, hostage taking in
the Niger
Delta
undermine oil production and
revenue.
Corporate America
records buoyant
2nd quarter for 1999
$350
Million fund for Investments in Africa launched
by Washington
DC-based OPIC
Abacha's brother in
$24
million aircraft purchase
scandal
HEALTHWATCH
In Malawi, HIV-negative
babies
get infected by mother's
milk
Heat
Exhaustion/Heat Stroke as a Medical
Emergency by Dr. Uchegbulem Eze
Senegal's Toure becomes first African woman
to lead
regional IPPF
Moi closes Kenyan
border
with Somalia
Bishop Misago of
Rwanda
goes on Trial for allegedly participating in genocidal
killings
Kabila reshuffles Congo
army
COMMUNITY RELATED
STORIES
Gani says "Obasanjo is not tackling
corruption
at all"; attacks legislators for furniture expenses
What late Dr. M.I. Okpara
told me to tell Igbo leaders by Ojay Grace
Why
Dr.
Martin Luther King's vision
is valid into the 21st century
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in Tanzania.
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struggles with peace process
Food rots in Luanda port as Angola battles civil war and
starvation
Mozambique's Chissano takes over SADC
mantle from
South Africa's Mbeki
Man posing as Sen.
Kennedy's son on fraud charge in Ghana
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