[glockmeister40]

Just because you don't like the news...doesn't make it any less newsworthy

I like news. There's just nothing newsworthy about Zim in particular and africa in general. Any news story about africa will probably contain the following words: starvation, torture, aids, child-raping, murder, tribal warfare, disease, dictator, "land reform" (taking white farmers land), slavery, paganism, crop failure, UN, islam, anti-christan, anti-white.

Please show me something "new" about africa and I'll consider it newsworthy.

Otherwise posts on africa belong in miscellaneous. Certainly not in "latest" or breaking news.

[ExpatCanuck]

I don't mind seeing news from all over, including Africa, and then excercising my own judgment in whether I read it or not. One of the reasons I come to FR is the variety of postings.

[happygrl]

Clive has a long list of FReepers on his Africa ping list.

Obviously there are a number of us who follow this news and appreciate Clive's pings.

Many of us have lived there, or still have friends who are there.

Some of these friends are not white.

Don't like it ?

Read elsewhere.

Start your own Africa-free forum and save the bandwidth.

[cyborg]

When was the last time you actually put a stamp in your passport? Have you opened your mind lately? I take it not. All what you said can be applied to the United States and UK as well.

I have friends who live in Zimbabwe and South Africa right now. My godson and best friend are from Ghana. I LOVE Clive's list. I get LOTS of articles on Africa that are not doom and gloom but I don't know if everyone would be interested.

Don't like something, well there are plenty of others things to click on.