"Bracelets and pop concerts can't solve our problems"

'Bracelets and pop concerts can't solve our problems'
One Saturday afternoon in July Africans gathered in bars to watch Wimbledon, sat in the park eating ice cream, and scraped together a basic meal of maize porridge and boiled greens. Hardly anyone knew that in London, thousands had gathered to watch as pop stars and fans gathered in Hyde Park for Live 8, a concert that was meant to be staged for Africa's benefit.

Ugandan army hands over 51 rebel militias to Congo
The Uganda People`s Defense Force (UPDF) has handed over 51 rebel militias to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) authorities. The UPDF 2nd Division spokesman Lt. Tabaro Kiconco told Xinhua by telephone on Tuesday that 51 rebels of the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) were handed over to the Congolese authorities in the presence of United Nations Observer Mission in DRC (MONUC) officials.

Racism is a killer of Black representation
Robert J. Ellis was forty-eight years of age and was just hitting his stride as an attorney. He had represented Tupac Shakur. He was representing Jamal Barrow, a rapper known as “Shine,” and New York City Councilman Allan Jennings. Ellis called Speaker Gifford Miller’s decision to strip Jennings of committee assignments “institutionally racist.”

U.S. threatens sanctions
Washington proposes to take several punitive measures against Abuja if President Olusegun Obasanjo seeks a third term. Tension is growing between the two countries over Nigeria's future leadership. To cap it, the United States Government is reportedly furious with what State Department officials called "an unwarranted attack on the country with the tacit support of the Nigerian leadership by Presidential Spokesman, Femi Fani Kayode".

Kyoto's Timetables, UN Red Tape Count Against Africa
Africa stands to access hundreds of millions of dollars for clean energy projects and for adapting to adverse effects of climate change after this month's pivotal talks on global warming in Montreal, Canada. But commentators warned this window of opportunity was closing fast.

New Orleans Police Shoot, Kill Man
Police officers shot and killed a man brandishing a knife in a confrontation that was partially videotaped by a bystander, setting off another internal investigation of the embattled department.

AIDS Vaccine Research - Government vs Private Industry
The chief of federal AIDS research has reportedly said drug companies do not have an incentive to develop a vaccine against HIV.

Rubber Workers Charge Slave-Like Conditions
When Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected Africa's first female head of state and Liberia's 23rd president in October, she pledged to fight corruption, create jobs and restore electricity and water supplies. Meanwhile, Liberia's largest foreign investor, the multinational company Bridgestone Firestone, is embroiled in a controversy over its alleged use of child labour and toxic pesticides and fertilisers at Firestone's giant rubber plantation outside the capital, Monrovia.

Africa switches to unleaded fuel
Sub-Saharan Africa will meet a deadline to use only unleaded petrol by the end of 2005, the United Nations says. Lead additives in petrol, linked to disease and environmental damage, are being phased out worldwide. South Africa, the last sub-Saharan country to complete the changeover, is on track for the 31 December deadline.

Venezuela Buys Argentine Bonds, Backs IMF Payoff
Latin America takes another step away from the IMF and toward regional integration, with the Chávez administration’s agreement to buy $2.4 billion of Argentine debt in the next few months

Neocons Use CNN to Continue Psyops Against American Muslims

Chavez Welcomes Morales’ Victory in Bolivia

Fear destroys what bin Laden could not

Who Will Fight for the Constitution?
The Year of Vanished Credibility

Abandon this Neocolonial Adventure!