East Africa
Letters from our readers
May 23, 2008
The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the WSWS.
Violent attacks on immigrants in South Africa
By Ann Talbot, May 21, 2008
At least 32 people have been killed in violent attacks on immigrants in South Africa. It is reported that upwards of 6,000 people have sought shelter in police stations and churches.
Letters from our readers
April 17, 2008
The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
Zimbabwe: Mugabe government responds to mass opposition with repression
By Ann Talbot, April 11, 2008
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has launched a wave of repression in a bid to cling to power in the face of mass opposition in the towns and countryside. The move follows the defeat of the ruling ...
Global food prices rise and famine increases
By Barry Mason, March 29, 2008
The United Nations body World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the rise in global food prices will reduce its ability to feed hungry and malnourished people.
South Africa and the global economic downturn
By Latief Parker, March 7, 2008
In South Africa, we swing wildly between believing that everything is doomed or imagining that the financial sun will always shine. Because of our mineral resources, it often seems—for a short p...
Letters from our readers
March 6, 2008
The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
Oil-linked inflation destabilizes Africa, Middle East
By Alex Lantier, March 5, 2008
Writing in 1845 in The German Ideology, the young Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels noted, “It is certainly an empirical fact that separate individuals have, with the broadening of their activity i...
US missile strike kills women and children in Somalia
By Bill Van Auken, March 4, 2008
The US military fired missiles at a town in southern Somalia in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, killing and wounding civilians. Local officials in the town of Dobley told news agencies that at l...
Bush’s Africa tour: US seeks to counter growing Chinese influence
By Ann Talbot, February 26, 2008
When the president of the United States goes on an overseas trip, it usually evokes a high level of press interest. For the most part, however, George Bush’s visit to Africa last week scarcely m...
UNICEF report: Infant mortality rates still high
By Barry Mason, January 31, 2008
Nearly 10 million children under five died worldwide in 2006, according to a new report. That is a daily rate of 26,000 deaths.
South Africa hit by power cuts
By Chris Talbot, January 29, 2008
For more than two weeks, South African cities have suffered electricity power cuts lasting several hours. The mainly black townships have often had power cuts in the past, but the present round of bla...
