• Algiers: Army kills Salafist group leader
• Nigeria: Defence Chiefs Give Green Light to Rapid Reaction Force
• Taylor Suffers Double Setbacks
• Rebels blame Gbagbo for murder attempts
• Shooting breaks out in Ivory Coast rebel HQ
• Uganda: Plans to Decongest IDP Camps in Troubled North
• San take Botswana govt to court
• Swaziland: Youth Congress Calls for Political Change By 2008

• DR-Congo moves troops eastwards
• Army chief in DRC coup attempt
• Congo Denies Claims of Massing for Attack
• Congolese refugees fleeing into Burundi, Rwanda
• Congo's Political Peace Poised On a Knife's Edge
• 'Sudan Peace Talks Will Solve Refugee Problem'
• Zim cops clamp down on female protestors
• Refugees Opt for Zim
• Kenya to offer free medical service to poor
• Iran, Togo stress promotion of ties

Africans View Globalization As Positive But Unfair, According to Eight-Nation Survey: Two out of three Africans surveyed in a poll released last week by GlobeScan and the World Bank believe that globalization has a positive effect on their lives. However, most Africans don't think rich countries are treating them fairly over trade issues, even though a slight majority (55%) think the United States and Europe have a positive influence in the world.