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That God in His own wisdom instituted marriage to glorify Himself has been well documented in the Bible. Indeed other religions besides Christianity also see marriage as a sacred institution, whose preservation should be the concern of society. (AllAfrica)

WHEN Tanzania's Prime Minister Edward Lowassa resigned together with other two cabinet ministers over the Richmond scandal early this year he later paid a visit to his constituency, Monduli in Arusha with a mission to tell his voters about what befell him. (AllAfrica)

The last few years have seen steep increases in food prices globally and this has been cause for grave concern, particularly in developing countries such as Tanzania. Prices of staples such as maize and rice have more than doubled in the last two years or so, and the same applies for other important food items like cassava, beans and peas. (AllAfrica)

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has finally agreed to contest an election run-off with President Robert Mugabe. However, the political crisis in the southern African country seems to be far from over after Mr Tsvangirai gave conditions for his participation in the run-off, whose date has yet to be set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). (AllAfrica)

Higher education has been relegated to the back burner as public debate focuses on primary and secondary schools, which have had more pressing issues in regard to access, funding, examinations and staffing. But that does not mean that all is well in higher education. (AllAfrica)

THERE is much import in the words of MMD chairman for commerce and industry, Sebastian Kopulande when he officiated at the cards renewal exercise in Kabwe at the weekend. (AllAfrica)

Police authorities on Thursday paraded traffic cops whom they accused of taking bribes in the course of their work, which is to make sure our roads stop being the killing fields they are. (AllAfrica)

There is no hard data yet to indicate whether it is a disposition unique to Kenyans. One craving - that of going home - follows the acquisition of a new asset, elevation in the work place or academia or a change in the social status. (AllAfrica)

A wise man was once asked what constitutes wisdom. The reply was that wisdom lay in balancing many and often conflicting undertakings with a satisfactory measure of success in all. That is the challenge many countries find themselves in when pushing trade deals with various partners. (AllAfrica)

The recent decision of the Federal Government to import 500,000 tonnes of rice worth 80 billion naira from Thailand in response to the worldwide soaring food crisis is ill-conceived, wasteful and unprogressive, and must be reviewed immediately. (AllAfrica)

NOT long after the government first announced the accelerated and shared growth initiative (Asgi-SA) more than two years ago, it commissioned a team of economists, led by Harvard University's Ricardo Hausmann and Dani Rodrik, to evaluate Asgi-SA, to confirm that it had identified the right problems and that the proposals to deal with these were adequate. (AllAfrica)

And so, history repeated itself last Saturday. The elective General Assembly of the Cameroon Music Corporation turned out to be just what sceptics had predicted. A medley of chaos! Rules of the game were openly butchered, the supervisory body hushed, while some "big" musicians threw their hard-earned respect into the dustbin and embraced the role of puppets. What cacophony! (AllAfrica)

In his column on the back page of the Daily Trust, Friday, May 2, 2008, a day after my birthday, Malam Adamu Adamu, my close friend and elder brother, insinuated that I, at a point in the last eight years, "became blinded by Obasanjo to the exclusion of other issues". (AllAfrica)

Hillary Clinton has vowed to fight on, even though the odds are hugely against her. (AllAfrica)

It is unusual for a newspaper to devote its editorial columns to one of its own - its cartoonist. Today we are doing precisely that! (AllAfrica)

Do they pound fufu in The White House? (AllAfrica)

One of the principal the first challenge for Cameroon is to produce more food. Yes, more food to feed its people at the time demand is fast outweighing supply and foreign partners on whom the country had hitherto depended are declaring their intension to stop exporting food. (AllAfrica)

THE following legal briefing is published by The Zimbabwe Guardian to keep readers up to date with developments during the election period. (AllAfrica)

THERE has been rising outrage over land give-aways to "investors" almost free of charge. The wanton land give-aways, against wise advice and popular protest, is an expression of the exercise of absolute political power, combined with greed for accumulation by the "new rich". (AllAfrica)

Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for bio-fuels and increasing floods and droughts, have sent food prices soaring across the globe. (AllAfrica)

In reference to the story 'MPs laud Hima's $104m venture' in The New Vision of May 6, 2008, I am greatly disappointed by the hasty remarks of MP Emmanuel Dombo. (AllAfrica)

Reacting to the recent spate of killings, rape and robbery in the city, the Police concentrated on averting such crimes. That is a good thing, but ignoring the prevalence of thuggery in the city suburbs would be fatal. (AllAfrica)

When you make more money, take it to the bank and save it. That way, you will be able to invest it and acquire more wealth (AllAfrica)

What are the views of the Government and the opposition on the topic of the week? Sunday Vision pits opposition columnist Wafula Oguttu against the Government representative, Ofwono Opondo. (AllAfrica)

PURGATORY is defined by The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) as "purification after death, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven". (AllAfrica)

The pendulum has swung and Dr Flavio Pasqualato is Dorcus Inzikuru's manager - again. But then, we've always known him to be, right? Wrong! Pasqualato is the Italian man who looked on pensively, sitting next to the track queen as she addressed press conferences. (AllAfrica)

IT was late one Wednesday night and I was staggering back from the Corporate Gulag/ Matrix/ Slow Death/ Job. It was almost 10:00pm when I landed on the shores of Kireka. My mind was beginning to make the adjustment in frequency from Work (numb) to Home (ready to consume TV). (AllAfrica)

Sometime in April 1998, my mother and brother travelled to Tanzania for a week. Since the only other person I could comfortably stay with was Pamela, my sister at university, I went to her room.That evening Pamela and her friends were escorting their colleague to the airport. I accompanied them. (AllAfrica)

ANOTHER National Post-Primary Schools Championship is over. Its curtains came down with the selection of yet another squad of the competition's crème de la crème. (AllAfrica)

In Kivulu, there is this hideout where three youths meet to smoke marijuana and nurse their broken lives. Tony Mushoborozi (AllAfrica)

THE crisis in Zimbabwe has exposed divisions among southern African nations who have traditionally supported each other against what they perceive as Western interference, analysts said. (AllAfrica)