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42nd Year n April 2008 n No 472

diASpORA RiSe OF BlACK BUSiNeSS

Fidel CASTRO AFRiCA’S GReAT FRieNd

Euro Zone € 4.00 UK £2.70 USA $4.95 n Australia A$ 7.50 n Bahrain BD 1.500 n Canada $5.50 n CFA Zone CFA 2.000 n Cyprus C£ 2.25

n Denmark DKr 33 n Egypt E£ 13 n Ethiopia R 20 n Gambia Da 50 n Ghana GH¢ 2.00 n Indonesia R29,700 n Jamaica $200 n Japan Y 700 n Jordan JD 2.500

n Kenya KShs 220 n Kuwait KD 1.200 n Lebanon LL 5.000 n Liberia US$ 3.00 n Malaysia RM 14.90 n Mauritius MR 150 n Morocco Dh 20 n Nigeria N 250

n Norway NOK 59 n Oman OR 1.500 n Qatar QR 15 n Saudi Arabia Rls 15 n Sierra Leone LE 5,000 n Singapore $6,90 n South Africa R 19.95 (inc tax)

n Other Southern African Countries R 17.50 (excl. tax) n Sweden SKr 33 n Switzerland SFr 7.50 n Tanzania TShs 3,700 n Tunisia TD 2.500

n Turkey 3.00YTL n UAE Dh 15 n Uganda USh 6,000 n Zambia K12,500

Namibia thank you Cuba

Nigeria Special Yar’Adua’s new order

South Africa echoes of apartheid