In South Africa, High Level of Confidence in Judiciary; 80% trust courts and judges to be independent from outside pressure.
Byline: Magali Rheault and Bob Tortora Synopsis: South Africa's president resigned recently after allegations that he had interfered in his political rival's corruption and fraud case. Gallup Poll findings, which predate these events, show that a substantial majority (80%) of South Africans trust their judicial system is...

The sacred door and other stories; Cameroon folktales of the Beba.
9780896802568 The sacred door and other stories; Cameroon folktales of the Beba. Makuchi. Ohio University Press 2008 205 pages $16.95 Paperback Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series; no.86 PR9372...

Fundraiser helps orphaned chimps in Cameroon.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard As if the stories about human suffering in Africa weren't overwhelming enough, along comes one about the plight of many of our primate cousins - young chimpanzees that have been orphaned as a result of the illegal "bushmeat" trade in places such...

Travel Safety Update - Africa / Middle East.
7/14/2008 Kenya Airways Kenya Airways, one of Africa's leading carriers, is recovering from the loss of a Boeing 737-800, which crashed in Cameroon last year. It was also hit hard by post-election violence in Kenya earlier this year, which damaged the tourism sector. 7/16/2008 ...

Company Watch - Kenya Airways.
7/14/2008 Kenya Airways, one of Africa's leading carriers, is recovering from the loss of a Boeing 737-800, which crashed in Cameroon last year. It was also hit hard by post-election violence in Kenya earlier this year, which damaged the tourism sector. 7/16/2008 Kenya Airways' 2007/08...

Company Watch - Kenya Airways.
7/21/2008 Kenya Airways, one of Africa's leading carriers, is recovering from the loss of a Boeing 737-800, which crashed in Cameroon last year. It was also hit hard by post-election violence in Kenya earlier this year, which damaged the tourism sector. 7/16/2008 Kenya Airways' 2007/08...

An introduction to the writings of J. G. Mullen, an African clerk, in the Gold Coast Leader, 1916-19.
ABSTRACT J. G. Mullen was a Gold Coast clerk who published his memoirs, in instalments, in the Gold Coast Leader from 1916 to 1919. In this unusual narrative, he describes his adventures in Cameroon before and during the First World War. His account combines real-life geographical and...

Travel Safety Update.
7/21/2008 US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure introduced a bill this week that it said "addresses issues raised by FAA whistleblowers and others" at an April hearing, including that the agency. The bill, which the committee claimed "will help restore confidence in the FAA's safety regime,"...

Sinochem International to acquire 51% interest in GMG.
On July 11th, Sinochem International Co., Ltd. announced its wholly-owned unit Sinochem International (Overseas) Pte Ltd. plans to launch a tender offer to acquire a 51% interest or 1.031 billion ordinary shares, in GMG Global Ltd, a rubber plantation owner and operator, from GMG Holding (HK) Lid and Panwell...

Other people's anthropologies; ethnographic practice on the margins.
9781845453985 Other people's anthropologies; ethnographic practice on the margins. Ed. by Alexsandar Boskovic. Berghahn Books 2008 238 pages $75.00 Hardcover GN302 Thirteen international academics and researchers contribute 11 chapters on "marginal"...