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PARIS, June 4 (UPI) — U.S. President Obama has turned down a dinner invitation from French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, and French media are calling it a snub.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, plan to spend Friday night at the U.S. Embassy in Paris after a day in Germany, The Times of London reported. On Saturday, they will participate in ceremonies in Normandy marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

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From the early eighties, when African students could still study for free at the Beida University in Beijing, discrimination against Africans in China was reported in the international media. Since then, the story has been regularly repeated.

Just before the Beijing Olympics, racism was front page news again. In the bars of Sanlitun, the downtown area for foreigners, they were systematically denied entrance, just as in the discos of the capital.

RADIO NETHERLANDS
By Willem Offenberg

“They come like a thief in the night, bang on the door of your hotel room and ask for your identity card. Whoever cannot identify himself, is taken away. They are unrelenting, Sir.

They questioned me for two hours in the police station, while my papers are fine. What did I do here? What sort of business was I into? How much money did I make? After two hours they let me go, without explanation nor apology. Human rights? They have never heard of such things here. And we Africans are the victims.

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“The Cameroon America AIDS Alliance (CAAA) is working with local partners in Cameroon, Africa, to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and alleviate the physical and psychological devastation of the disease. Using bold, innovative programs, CAAA is helping individuals and organizations better understand and respond to the AIDS epidemic through prevention education, testing, treatment, counseling, and promotion of healthy lifestyles. Seeking to be a beacon of light and hope, CAAA is committed to operating a highly effective programmatic model that, in time, will be replicated in other African nations in the battle against HIV/AIDS. ”

During this Month of World AIDS Day, we are asking our readers to be part of a beacon of light and hope. Visit CAAA’s website for more information: AIDS in Africa. While there, you are encouraged to Donate to Charity or Volunteer .

Our Man in Nairobi
Onyango Oketch

Don’t yawn yet, bear with me. Events proceed in Kenya as if incessantly choreographed by the same mischievous and manic hand schooled in dance mania. The political classes will have the same home comings, the activist classes their slick workshops and seminars and the youth is all, well – dances and dance styles. Our members of parliament live in the same quiet contemplative neighborhoods, shop in the same malls and send their kids to the same pricey schools. They do most things in unison – even conspire not to pay taxes together. Yet as is their past time, they have perfected the art of the squabble. With clockwork precision, thrust a rolling camera in their faces upon podiums and they go apish.

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By Marcia Whitney-Schenck*

Promise Mkong, after a long day teaching at Mbingo Baptist School in northwest Cameroon, finds solace in Romans 8:28: “We we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.”

It is his prayer and his comfort for his challenges are many. He daily teaches thirteen subjects to students, who range in ages from 10 to 12, at a primary school started six years ago by missionaries Dr. and Mrs. David Preston and Thom and Ellen Schotanus for the dependents of employees at the nearby Mbingo Baptist Hospital, located in a verdant mountain pass in one of two English-speaking provinces in Cameroon, West Africa.

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By Martin Plaut
BBC Africa analyst

Rwanda’s cabinet has decided that all education will be taught in English instead of French.

Officially the Rwandan decision is a result of joining the English-speaking East African Community.
But relations between Rwanda and France have been frosty following the 1994 genocide, when France was accused of supporting Hutu militias.

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To obtain a copy of the documentary, contact:
George Ngwane
Executive Director, AFRICAphonie
Tel: 77 66 84 79 E-mail: gngwane@ yahoo.com

AFRICAphonie (with an OSIWA support) Presents Kuva Likenye, a historical Documentary.
Directed by Kome Epule Mathias. Editor: Njukeng George Njukeng. Script Consultant: Dibussi Tande. Narrator Muema Meombo. Executive Producer: George Ngwane.

Source: www.ajax.nl

Ajax have signed Eyong Enoh. The midfielder signs a contract in Amsterdam to 1 July 2010.The club has a unillateral option to extend the agreement with two more seasons.

Enoh was born on 23 March 1986 in Kumba, Cameroon. The midfielder played for Ajax Cape Town before he came to Amsterdam. The former youth international played 31 matches for Ajax’s franchise in South Africa last season.

Story from BBC NEWS

Google is helping develop a system to bring high-speed internet connections to three billion people developing countries in Africa and elsewhere. The 03b Networks system aims to use satellites to provide broadband services at the same speeds as those on offer in rich countries.

The service, which is due to begin in 2010, is also backed by cable operator Liberty Global and the bank HSBC. It aims to tap into booming mobile phone usage in the developing world.

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By Philip Ndum

*Originally Posted on CamNetwork March 20, 2008

I went to Cameroon last December [2007] to do some groundbreaking work on a Health Center I am building to serve the needs of the rural communities near Eyumojock. The disaffection of the local communities was palpable. Most of government presence in those areas is meant for exploitation of the local populations.

I took a motorcycle ride from Eyumojock to Ayukaba to familiarize myself with the people and assess the needs on the ground. That day we had been warned not to venture out because there was a mixed patrol of Gendarmes, Police, Customs and the Army, to enforce tax collection on commercial vehicles and motorcycles

This is the main road that links Cameroon to Nigeria, a huge economic potential for trade but it remains unmaintained, seasonal and impassable for up to 6 months a year. Against all advice, I decided to make this trip. I had initiated a poverty alleviation program in that area, part of which involved purchasing motorcycles for unemployed youths to use for commercial transportation.

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