"African Culture Has Contributed To World Culture"

African Culture Has Contributed To World Culture
''African culture has contributed to the world culture. The humanity owes Africa. Now, it is time to pay that debt,'' Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday.

Reviving Pan-Africanism
ALMOST 50 years after the dream and idea of a pan-African Political Federation of States, fashioned
after established multi-racial democracies like the United States and Soviet Union was mooted by the likes of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sekou Toure of Guinea and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria, a new generation of African leaders have finally come around to the truism that only Africans can best serve the interest of Africa.

Activists fight for clemency for peace leader Stanley 'Tookie' Williams
...and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley “Tookie” Williams’ appeal October 11, and the State of California set an execution date for December 13, ...Unthreatened by the five uniformed police officers that monitored the event a few feet away, the protesters continued to chant, “Save Tookie Now! Murder by the state is legal lynching hate!”...

In Peru Afro-Descendents fight Ingrained Racism, Invisibility
There is a saying in Peru that everyone has a bit of either "Inga" or "Mandinga" in them, meaning that all Peruvians have some indigenous (Inca) or African blood. But the descendants of the tens of thousands of black slaves brought by ship to this coastal city south of Lima in the 16th and 17th centuries point out that this oft-quoted proverb is not reflected in the country's political and social life.

Red-Letter Day!
Liberia, Africa's oldest independent republic, is today making history as it did a number of times in the past. From its daredevil declaration of independence on July 26, 1847 in spite of imperialists growling to fielding the first female president for the UN General Assembly, to overwhelmingly electing a warlord in 1997, Liberia has been the nerve center of African innovation. Today, Liberia is marking another red-day with the affirmation of the overwhelming election of a woman head of state - the first even in Africa.

Kenya opposition urges early election
Kenya's opposition called for early elections on Thursday after President Mwai Kibaki dissolved his cabinet in response to a humiliating referendum defeat on a new constitution.

African Intellectuals Vow to Defend Bolivarian Revolution
AFRICAN intellectuals meeting in the coastal city of Vargas, Venezuela have vowed to defend the country's Bolivarian Revolution, stating that the revolution is also a patrimony of Africa and the rest of the world.

African conference on space science and technology opens
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo urged African leaders to show more commitment to space science and technology, as the African leadership conference on space science and technology got underway in the nation`s capital, Abuja, Wednesday.

Eritrea slams UN Security Council sanctions threat'
Eritrea said Thursday that a UN Security Council threat to impose sanctions against it and Ethiopia should they return to war over their tense border was "perverted" and a "recipe for more conflict."

Bitter dispute over bushmen lands
Molatwe Mokalake, an old man probably in his 70s, is still seething with anger three weeks after he was forced out of his home village, Molapo.

Thanksgiving in the Land of Plenty

The Politics of Money: Haiti and the Left
Since the U.S.-backed overthrow of progressive Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the severe level of political repression launched by the new government has left tens of thousands of Lavalas (Aristide’s political party) supporters the victims of rapes, incarcerations, firings and murders. One tragic aspect of this story is the extent to which Canadian federal government money has been able to buy the support of supposedly progressive organizations and individuals. Today they continue to align themselves with Canada’s brutal pro-coup policy.

Roots Of Violence

UN says Ethiopian troops breached de-militarized zone inside Eritrea
The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) said Thursday that a small group of Ethiopian soldiers had breached a de-militarized buffer zone inside Eritrea amid soaring border tensions.

U.S. Racing The ClockTo Find Alternate Fuels