Newsblog Guardian Unlimited: "It doesn't take long to leave behind the modern buildings of Khartoum and travel down the Omdurman road into a Sudan that the late Sir Winston Churchill might still find recognisable."..........
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.