The Bush administration's plan to form an African military command reflects the detestation with which it treats the world's most impoverished continent, writes Gamal Nkrumah

President Musharraf this week gave a stout defence of Pakistan's policy toward the Taliban. But he doesn't know how to defeat them, writes Graham Usher in Rawlpindi

Jukka Takala speaks to Azza Taalab of the ILO's landmark decision to fight asbestos globally