Where your heart follows the rhythm of distant drumbeats, and the spirit of Africa sinks into your soul. Where sunsets are perfect, and evening skies are clear. This is where we explore the secrets of "Mother Africa". Ulundi - broadening your african horizons only @ africa.com http://www.africa.com/ --BREAKING NEWS-- 2000-03-08 ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA DEPLOYS 70,000 PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOREST FIRE. ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had deployed some 70,000 people to fight a raging forest fire in the south of the country but international assistance was still needed. Kuma Demeksa, head of a government committee set up to deal with the blaze, said soldiers, local farmers and university students had been mobilised to tackle the fire. But he said international help was still required to provide aerial support to fight the three-week-old fire which has already destroyed at least 70,000 hectares of forest, scrub and coffee plantations. An international firefighting team which has flown over the affected area said on Tuesday helicopter crews were needed to bomb the fires with water. Johann Goldammer of the Global Fire Monitoring Centre said $30,000 in funding and other logistical support was needed for the first phase of the operation. Conservationists say the fire is now approaching the Bale Mountains National Park, home to several of the world's rarest mammal species including the Simien Fox, Mountain Nyala and Menelik's Bushbuck. The fires are thought to have been started by farmers clearing forest for cultivation, or honey collectors smoking out bees in areas dried out by drought. Hot, gusty winds have helped the fires take hold. for more current news, click on the link below http://news.africa.com/ and so our focus is on... --Aids in Africa-- For some years, it has been clear that Africa - especially south of the Sahara - is the area of the world worst affected by HIV and AIDS. Infection levels are highest, access to care is lowest, and social and economic safety nets that might help families cope with the impact of the epidemic are badly frayed, in part because of the epidemic itself. http://aids.africa.com/ --AFRICA.COM tip of the week-- We think our new Gallery search is so great, that we'd like to feature it again, and explain it a bit more to our prospective photograph-searchers! PLEASE NOTE THAT COUNTRY MAPS AND FLAGS ARE NOT KEPT IN THE GALLERY, CLICK ON "Countries" AND CHOOSE A COUNTRY TO FIND THE RELEVANT INFO. 1. You can search for your own topic such as "lion" or "elephant" or "waterfall". The result will then be those words that are included in the description of the photographs. So if you search for "leopard", and one of the results is a hotel, then remember that the hotel name has something to do with the word "leopard". 2. You can search for preset topics which Africa.com already uses in the gallery dropdown menu. Here they are again, "people", "scenery", "birds", "wildlife", "flora". 3. You can search for country specific photographs too. So, if you type in "Cameroon" and click on "search", then the result will be all the Cameroon photographs in the gallery! 4. You can also search by photographer name. So if you like the photographs that Bill Quayle takes, and would like to see all the pics he has submitted, then just do a search for "Bill Quayle"! As easy as that! THE GALLERY SEARCH RESULTS WILL ONLY BE ON PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE USE THE SEARCH FACILITY ON THE OTHER AFRICA.COM PAGES TO SEARCH THE REST OF THE SITE. try it here! http://www.africa.com/gallery/ --afri-CULTURE-- Lesson 11 for our KiSwahili enthusiasts. 11. l As in English when in initial position, e.g. 'leak'; second language speakers tend not to distinguish r and l. lala 'sleep' leo 'today' 12. th As in English thin, think, both: thelathini 'thirty' This information comes from an excellent resource, "The Kamusi Project". It is an Internet Living Swahili Dictionary, which you can find here, http://www.yale.edu/swahili/ --New Features-- As you know by now, Africa.com tries to add a valuable new feature to the site every week. Now we have a book and cd for sale on Africa.com, via an affiliate! "Coming to terms: South Africa's Search for Truth" by Martin Meredith & Tina Rosenberg "Microsoft Encarta Africana 2000" Cd So come on, pull out the bucks, and spoil yourself to a nice african gift! click here to see both http://www.africa.com/south_africa/ --afri-FACT-- Did you know that you can view the flag of any country in Africa, by clicking on "countries" and then choosing the relevant country? try it here! http://www.africa.com/countries/ --Channels for Africa!-- http://aids.africa.com/ Widespread ignorance of the threat of AIDS suggests that more than half of all South Africans are exposed to the risk of infection, a survey showed on Wednesday. http://soccer.africa.com/ The Olympic qualifiers continue on the 10th of March. Zimbabwe are up against Uganda and Nigeria will take on Angola. Keep up to date with news on African teams as they continue on the road to Sydney later this year. Until next week friends! sala kakuhle! (warm african greetings!) 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