Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's warning that he will crush the opposition for plotting against his government is likely to see a rise in political violence before elections next year, analysts have said.

Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) has allocated ActionAid, a British development charity, 2.95 million pounds sterling (US $4.29 million) for HIV/AIDS work in Rwanda, DFID reported on Tuesday.

Two books by Celia Winter Irving, author and art writer, exploring the famed Tengenenge Art Community, crucible of Zimbabwean stone sculpture are being launched by the Book Cafe in Harare, on 29 November. Each book deals with the way of life and art at Tengenenge and reflect the author's 15- year association with Tengenenge as a writer, painter, curator and lecturer. The books are edited by Anne Derges.

Petchkovsky's engagement in an art project with a social content, involving a wide range of public, not only the art educated elite, had a fantastic response. The project was specially designed in the context of the world conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Why did the US invade Afghanistan after the Taliban twice offered to extradite Osma Bin Laden? The answer is that they are after the huge oil reserves of Central Asia, argues Donna Baillie in this month's edition of Red Pepper.