CRY FOR FREEDOM IN RWANDA. Ink Spots. Registan.net — Central Asia News — All Central Asia, All The Time. OpenDemocracy. Xinhua China. Al Jazeera Documentaries. Sean’s Russia Blog. Foreign Policy. Africa. Reuters Nearly 800 000 voters in Guinea-Bissau are expected to take part in a ballot which could usher in new leadership. Reuben Kyama Kenyans are losing patience with their ill-equipped and notoriously corrupt police force. Sapa-AP Prince Asiel Ben Israel faces a five-year prison sentences for trying to persuade US lawmakers to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe's government. Twane Baines Bheki Makhubu, editor of the Nation in Swaziland, is being held in a maximum security prison before his trial for contempt charges start next week. Takudzwa Munyaka The economy has taken a turn for the worst but the party is confident it will overcome the problems.
Jason Moyo A recent World Bank report says almost half of Zimbabweans run small businesses on the side. Even the finance minister does not know where to find the cash to pay the state's pressing obligations. Bartholomäus Grill Many Western reporters downplayed the genocide of Rwanda's Tutsi minority as "ethnic warfare", including Bartholomäus Grill. Sapa.