Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Working out concensus on the agenda of the upcoming UN conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and inteolerance slated to run 31 August through 7 September in Durban, South Africa was no easy task for the organising committee that met late July in Geneva. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Ahead of the Durban conference on racism, the President of an Afro-Antilles NGO known as the Rally for Democracy and Civic Awareness (RDC), Joby Valente, has said it would help lay the foundation for a better world if western countries acknowledged their crimes against humanity and paid reparations. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- It was a tough battle at the end of July in Geneva, where the organisers of the UN conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and inteolerance, to be held from 31 August to 7 September in Durban had their work cut out trying to agree on a comprise text reconciling the positions of all parties. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The success of the World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance will hinge on the involvement of NGOs and civil society organisations in its preparation. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The issue of compensation for the slave trade and slavery will no doubt be one of the controversial topics at the World Conference against racism, to be held from 31 August to 7 September in Durban, South Africa. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Foreign minister Anil Gayan of Mauritius wants an international fund established to compensate descendants of persons who were enslaved. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- What emerged from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission or TRC has encouraged a number of other African states to initiate similar moves in a bid to heal wounds afflicted by protracted conflicts. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- In a move to focus on the multiplicity of violence against women, the World Court of Women Against Racism would convene in Durban side-by-side with the forthcoming World conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Thirty-year-old Amina (not her real name) has a deep scar on her mind which she would have to live with for the rest of her life. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The National Human Rights Commission in Togo Thursday organised a sensitisation workshop in Lome ahead of the World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance scheduled to start 31 August in Durban, South Africa. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- A two-day conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance opened in Kigali Thursday afternoon to prepare for the forthcoming world conference scheduled for Durban, South Africa later this month. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Former colonial powers should apologise for the inhuman practices they committed against people in their empires and make up for the damage they caused, a Namibian government official has said. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), have criticised the US over its threat to boycott the forthcoming World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, because of disagreement on the agenda. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Union members Thursday began gathering at the US Embassy in Pretoria and the US Consulate in Durban to what they said were Washington's attempts to bully, dominate and subject the world to its own interests. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France has called for reinforced legal frameworks as a mechanism for combating racism at national levels and guarantees by States to effectively implement policies to fight the evil. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibian Foreign Minister TheoBen Gurirab Wednesday opened a two-day national workshop Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, ahead of the World Conference under the same theme taking place in Durban South Africa. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A private movement has been launhced in Port Louis, Mauritius, in support of payment of compensation to former African slaves ahead of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Two weeks to the start of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africans have been urged to express their opposition to racism by lighting candles, torches or lanterns and switching on their car headlights at noon next Tuesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Demonstrations are planned for Thursday in South Africa to protest against the threat by the United States to boycott the forthcoming World Conference Against Racism. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's National Youth Summit Against Racism has linked rising unemployment to racism and urged companies that benefited from apartheid to sponsor training programmes for previously disadvantaged youths. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African papers this week reacted negatively to President George Bush's threat that the US would boycott the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban if Zionism was equated to racism. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africans were jolted this week after President George Bush issued a threat that the United States would boycott the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban if Zionism was equated to racism. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's former president, Nelson Mandela, said Thursday he would not open the UN World Conference Against Racism at the end of August because of cancer treatment. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) Thursday reacted with "great disgust" to threats by the Bush administration to boycott the forthcoming UN World Conference against Racism and Xenophobia later this month in Durban. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The National Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF) in South Africa has pledged to work within religious communities to eradicate racism, in line with the objectives of the World Conference on Racism in Durban later this month. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The victim of a bizarre racial attack in South Africa's Southern Cape, says she has moved her three-year-old son to a place of safety because white racists have threatened to kill him. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- As many as 15,000 protestors could descend on Durban's venue of the UN World Conference against Racism starting at the end of August. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organisation, has promised to press for concrete measures on reparation for slavery, caste discrimination and discrimination in the administration of justice at the forthcoming world conference on racism. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- A Mozambican political and foreign affairs analyst, Belmiro Rudolfo on Wednesday said that the country should watch out for the occurrence of any ethno-racial tendencies in order to prevent the explosion of pockets of "intolerance" that could lead to all sorts of conflicts. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- US Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney has called on the Bush Administration to show a commitment to ending racism in America and the world at large. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Racism and xenophobia are still evident in South Africa and the government hopes next month's UN World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) would provide ways of dealing with the human rights abuses. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Ahead of the August World Conference Against Racism taking place in Durban, South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has urged the Pretoria government to adopt a conciliatory posture on the pre-conference arguments. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's youth are to hold a two-day meeting beginning Thursday to prepare their agenda for the UN summit on racism scheduled for Durban in August. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The United States has been urged to lead the fight for a world without discrimination or intolerance by sending a high-level delegation to the upcoming Third World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Ahead of next month's international conference on racism, Human Rights Watch Thursday called for reparations to counter the most severe continuing effects of slavery, segregation and other extreme forms of racism. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN, which prides itself as an organisation founded to promote harmony in human relations, has been accused of racial discrimination, intolerance and bigotry against its employees. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The provincial leadership of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has accused the ruling Democratic Alliance (DA) of failing to tackle racism in the region. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Ambassador to Germany, Sibusiso Bengu, has flayed racists in Germany ahead of a one-day visit to Berlin by President Thabo Mbeki coming up Thursday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- There is need for an extensive campaign to eradicate racism in South Africa's education system, a senior official of the South African Communist Party (SACP) said Wednesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The upcoming World Conference against Racism must ensure that meaningful progress is made in the fight against all forms of racism, South Africa's Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosasana Dlamini-Zuma has said. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The African delegation to the International Conference on Racism in August will highlight issues of poverty, racism and gender. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Non-Government Organisations Coalition (SANGOCO), has brought together representatives of major sporting bodies, Churches, women, labour, youth and other civic organisations at a preparatory meeting in Johannesburg, to tackle racism in South Africa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Youth League of the ANC Friday led a large march to the office of Cape Town Mayor Peter Marais in support of efforts of the South African Football Association to play football at the Newlands rugby stadium. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- As civil society organisations prepare to converge on Durban for the World Conference Against Racism's NGO Forum in August, South African civil society will be uniting to face the challenges of transforming racism in the country. Full text...