Wednesday, November 30th
Riot police move to evict Bob Marley Street
Riot police move to evict Bob Marley Street RIOT POLICE moved into 'Bob Marley Street' this morning to evict residents from London's oldest squatted street. Namibia refuses to sign colonial reparations dealNamibian officials refused on Monday to sign a deal under which Germany would pay reparations to its former colony for the massacre of the local Herero and Dama populations during the colonial era, which lasted from 1884 to 1915. BBC Newsspeak – ‘Credible sources’Demonize to Colonize
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Monday, November 28th
Namibian leader defends land grab
Cops sick joke DAMNING NEW CCTV footage showing cops cracking jokes about the death of Christopher Alder has infuriated his grieving family. Zimbabwe pays further $10m to IMFZimbabwe last Friday paid an additional $10-million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it seeks to move out of the red, with only $25-million now outstanding under the critical General Resources Account (GRA), the state-controlled Zimbabwe Herald newspaper reported on Monday. Don't mess with Swapo, warns NujomaSWAPO President Sam Nujoma yesterday hit out at those "elements" whose account of April 1 1989 differs from his version of the tragedy. The Swapo leader particularly singled out the editors of two newspapers - an English weekly and an Afrikaans daily - and warned them not to mess with the ruling party Namibian leader defends land grab on German visitNamibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Monday defended his country's controversial land-expropriation policy at the start of a five-day visit to Germany. Tension mounts in Nigeria's main oil regionHundreds of Nigerian troops descended on Monday on the capital of the country's biggest oil-producing region after militant youths rallied around a state governor accused of embezzling millions of dollars, the military said. Namibia seeks help in grave probeNamibia has asked South Africa to send forensic experts to help investigate at least five mass graves discovered in the north of the country Zimbabwe's MDC suspends leaderZimbabwe's embattled leading opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has suspended its own leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, from his position, according to internal party correspondence. India: removal of foreign minister points to struggle over extent of US tiesThe Grave Threat Is the Bush AdministrationHistory Proves That Israel Will Kill US Military PersonnelTroops Who Burned Taliban Face Discipline
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Sunday, November 27th
Napoleon's genocide 'on a par with Hitler'
Napoleon's genocide 'on a par with Hitler'A French historian has caused uproar by claiming Napoleon provided the model for Hitler's Final Solution with the slaughter of more than 100,000 Caribbean slaves. In The Crime of Napoleon, Claude Ribbe accuses the emperor of genocide, gassing rebellious blacks more than a century before the Nazis' extermination of the Jews. NAMIBIA: Mass grave discoveries opens old woundsAfricans to decide ex-Chad dictator's fateThe African Union will decide the fate of Chad's former dictator, wanted in Belgium for trial on human-rights abuses allegedly committed during his regime, Senegal's foreign minister said Sunday. Early results show Mugabe's party winsZimbabwe's ruling party cemented its grip on power Sunday, sweeping an overwhelming majority of seats in a new Senate amid bitter and potentially irreconcilable divisions in the main opposition group. New Liberian President Faces Enormous Challenges Excitement runs high in the streets of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, as thousands of residents rejoice over the announcement of the country's first woman president. With all the votes counted, the Election Commission said the former banker Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, pulled nearly 60 percent of the Nov. 8 run-off votes compared to the 41 percent of former soccer star, George Oppong Weah. Weah has alleged that massive fraud marred the election, and called on electoral authorities to investigate his claims before Johnson-Sirleaf was officially declared the winner. Egypt deports Korean, Swedish women for allegedly working as missionariesEgyptian authorities deported two female students _ one from Sweden and the other from South Korea _ on charges they tried to convert Muslims to Christianity, according to diplomats and a church official. Bird Flu and Chicken Factory Farms: Profit Bonanza for US AgribusinessAmerica is caught in a conflict between science and God Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian olive treesThe leak that revealed Bush's deep obsession with al-Jazeera To burn children by phosphorus - this is civilized
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Saturday, November 26th
Mugabe takes on Bush
Haiti again postpones first elections since ouster of AristideHaiti's electoral board yesterday again postponed the first elections since the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - saying it needs more time to organise the vote in the impoverished country. Mugabe takes on BushZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has slammed the US government for extending travel bans targeted at him and his closest aides, state-controlled daily The Herald said on Saturday. Firestone in Trouble Again in US Court for Practicing SlaveryFirestone, no doubt the largest rubber plantations in the world, is also regarded as the most stable investment in Liberia. Cultivated more than 70 years ago in what was then Marshall Territory for 99 years, Firestone has not only outlived most other European and U.S. investments in the country, but it has also provided employment to thousands of Liberians at any given time with many others receiving retirement and pension benefits, something which even critics say the government of Liberia, perhaps the largest employer is unable to do. Who can own cyberspace? Iraqis miss oil fortune: reportSecret British document accuses Israel Resistance not terrorism, says Iraqi Sunni leader Don't Bomb Us - A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers First Kill the Language, Then the CultureIran President: Charge Bush for War Crimes Iran's hard-line president said Saturday the Bush administration should be tried on war crimes charges, and he denounced the West for pressuring Iran to curb its controversial nuclear program. "You, who have used nuclear weapons against innocent people, who have used uranium ordnance in Iraq, should be tried as war criminals in courts," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an apparent reference to the United States. N. Korea says CNN image of public execution fabricated Iran president in war charges call Chávez the Bush baiter Al-Jazeera calls for No 10 talks
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Friday, November 25th
Suit says firm aided attacks in Sudan
Suit says firm aided attacks in Sudan For the people of Sudan, a case moving through the courts holds great potential -- a lawsuit that says a Canadian company aided in genocide in its pursuit of oil. But winning in a court half a world away will depend on how many people will be able to join in. Brazil's first black television channel tackles legacy of 300 years of slavery Afro-Brazilians form almost half Brazil's 180 million strong population yet account for 63% of the poorest section of society. The 2000 census found that 62.7% of Brazil's white population had access to sanitation compared with just 39.6% of its Afro-Brazilians, while a new UN report found that black men earned on average 50% less than their white counterparts in Brazil. Human rights campaigners underline the racial dimension behind Brazil's staggering murder rates. The majority of victims are young black men aged between 15 and 24. Ethiopia, Eritrea trade accusations as UN try to cool tension Ethiopia and Eritrea renewed mutual charges of violations of a five-year old peace accord as a UN-hosted meeting in Nairobi on Friday failed to ease escalating border tensions, officials said. Alleged Black Panther accused of shooting Chicago cop in '69 to be extraditedA man accused of being a militant Black Panther who shot and paralyzed a Chicago police officer more than 35 years ago was ordered extradited on Friday but won't be facing American justice anytime soon. No change there then THE MOTHER of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence has said she does not think enough has happened to change racial attitudes since her son was murdered 12 years ago in a racially motivated attack for which no one has ever been convicted. Mass graves 'reveal Pretoria's brutality'Mass graves unearthed recently in Namibia revealed the brutality of apartheid South African forces who had the backing of former British premier Margaret Thatcher, Namibia's ex-president Sam Nujoma said on Thursday. Tut exhibit fails to face facts, some scholars sayThe much-anticipated King Tutankhamun exhibit has provoked discussion about the historical portrayals of ancient Egyptians. Government shrug off concerns over all-white equality body MINISTERS BRUSHED aside MP's fears that an equalities merger could result in an all-white body. UK press gags news outlets over minutes of meeting discussing al Jazeera bombingIs Bush lying about his lies? 'Assassinations'
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Thursday, November 24th
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 opensNigerian 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 LeftSince 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 ViolenceUN says Ethiopian troops breached de-militarized zone inside EritreaThe 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
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Wednesday, November 23rd
Killing us softly
Paris, London and Equality The events of the last two weeks in France stand out as a powerful statement that only by recognising the reality of racism can inclusive societies be fully developed. Killing us softly Slowly, and without many noticing, a new threat to Africa is taking shape through the mass immigration schemes for highly trained and skilled Africans such as America's Green Card Diversity Lottery and Britain's Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. This month, we take an indepth look at how such schemes are killing Africa softly. A War Crime Within a War Crime Within a War CrimeBush Issues Sanctions Against MugabePresident Bush is targeting the U.S. accounts of leading government officials and others in Zimbabwe, saying those who work to support President Robert Mugabe must restore democracy or face sanctions. Internet Summit Ends with Delegates Looking to Future"History is replete with summits like these at which literally nothing is achieved," said Mukul Krishna, program manager at Frost & Sullivan. "The best you can do is reach a memorandum of understanding on how to proceed." US never had burden of proof: CheneyWhen bullying is not enough, try disinformationIs Bush’s War on Terrorism in Iraq a War Crime?How ragtag insurgents beat the world's sole superpower'Investigation Details Abuse, Endangerment of Prisoners After Katrina Bush World - Too Many States Bolivian president under fire for missiles Bacteria can take pictures of themselves Um, About That Dirty Bomb? Corporations Scared To Sponsor Natural History Museum's Evolution, Darwin Exhibition
Tyehimba on 11.23.05 @ 08:18 PM CST [ link]
Tuesday, November 22nd
Special visa for Africans in Diaspora
Textile sector threatened by Chinese manufacturers The textile industry has been handed a blow after the European Union and the United States moved last week to further relax Chinese import quotas. A looming trade war with China forced the EU and US to relax the quotas agreed in May, which were meant to protect their domestic producers. Plight of Niger Delta PeopleBefore crude oil was found in the country, an equitable formula and derivation principle were the bases of sharing revenue, such that there was peace in the land. Today, there is no peace and progress in the country. Successive military and civilian regimes have punished leaders of Niger Delta who questioned the unfair and inequitable distribution of the proceeds of the crude oil derived from their land. Anyone who ventured to provide leadership for the oppressed people of the region is stigmatised, incriminated, imprisoned or killed. Isaac Boro and Ken Saro-Wiwa and many others were killed because they tried to draw attention of the world to the cheating, injustice, deprivation, exploitation and degradation they were suffering in their own land. Racism and Social Apartheid. French Suburbs: 10 QuestionsWe are witnessing a strange phenomenon: French political leaders are all rushing to appear on television with a pleasant but hypocritical tone: "We understand you, and we're going to do something for you." Everyone knows the cause of the problem and everyone knows what has to be done. But then, if you already knew what to do, then why have you been doing the exact opposite for the last thirty years? France: Gaullist officials stoke up racism to justify state of emergencyMinisters and deputies of the ruling Gaullist party, the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement), have issued statements calculated to whip up anti-immigrant and racist sentiment in order to justify the government’s unprecedented imposition of a three-month state of emergency. Kenyans Reject Revamped ConstitutionKenyan voters, venting their frustration with a government that many said had failed to deliver on pledges to create jobs and curb corruption, have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed new constitution that would have given sweeping powers to President Mwai Kibaki. Special visa for Africans in DiasporaBeginning from 2007, Ghana would start issuing special visas to Africans in the Diaspora to give them free access into the country without needing ordinary visas anytime they had to come, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City, announced on Tuesday. We shall not be moved RASTAFARIANS LIVING in London’s oldest squatted street vowed to defend their unique community as authorities finalised plans to evict them. Double Standards in Assessing War CrimesWhy I Hate Thanksgiving: First Genocide, Then Lie About ItEarth to John McCain -- The Israelis Use TortureThe real cost of Iraq warMemo: Bush wanted Aljazeera bombedOn President George W. Bush's Speech
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Monday, November 21st
The elusive truth about Namibia's mass graves
The elusive truth about Namibia's mass gravesLast week's discovery of mass graves in Namibia proves once again that truth often is the first casualty of war. In the conflict between the South African Defence Force (SADF) and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan), both sides were accomplished in propaganda by 1989 Venezuela Releases Blueprint On AfricaVENEZUELA has released a massive blueprint outlining its detailed strategy to create and fortify relations with African countries. The blueprint, code named 'Agenda Africa' is expected to be introduced to African, Latin American and North American delegates attending a conference on Latin America and social inequality, the strategy's main objectives include promotion of a multipolar world through solidarity, co-operation and complementary gestures. France caught in its own contradictory racial issuesThe French haven't caught on yet to the concept behind affirmative action and their racism is more complicated than that in the United States. Nigeria governor flees UK dressed as woman Nigerian state governor charged with money laundering in Britain has escaped disguised as a woman and returned to his home state, where he enjoys immunity from prosecution. MPs across Africa gather to tackle corruptionMr Edward Doe Adjaho, the Deputy Minority Leader, on Monday urged Africans to face up to the fact that corruption was a real issue holding back the development of the Continent. The UN Decides On A Universal Ban On RevisionismPoll: Rape is women's faultA British poll, described as "shocking" by equal-rights campaigners, has found that more than a third of people believe women are to blame for being raped if they behave flirtatiously, wear sexy clothes or get drunk. Mugabe hails uranium find and vows to pursue nuclear power Zimbabwe has recently discovered uranium deposits and plans to process the mineral in order to resolve its chronic power shortages, state radio quoted President Robert Mugabe as saying yesterday.
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Sunday, November 20th
Oil riches fail to reach poor
Angola's oil riches fail to reach the poorAngola, already sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, is also one of the world's fastest-growing oil provinces, pumping 1.3 million barrels a day. Riggers compare it in significance to the North Sea at its peak. While "offshore Angola" is prized for its isolation from the onshore conflict afflicting Nigeria or the Middle East, conditions in much of the country are dire. Liberia’s Iron Lady has to heal deep scars ELLEN Johnson-Sirleaf may be about to celebrate being Africa’s first female president, but her top priority will be to heal the scars of Liberia’s 14-year war and overcome allegations of a fraudulent election. The scramble for the wealth of Angola Three years after the end of a fierce civil war, Angola is a rich country full of poor people. Foreign businessmen and a handful of wealthy Angolans, mostly government officials, reap huge profits from a postwar boom fuelled by oil and diamonds. Zimbabwe to process uraniumPresident Robert Mugabe has said Zimbabwe will process recently discovered uranium deposits in order to resolve its chronic electrical power shortage, state radio said on Sunday. EU chemicals law will hurt Africa, says SA ambassador The South African government says that draft legislation to monitor chemicals, which was approved by the European Parliament this week, will have "devastating effects" on developing countries. Belgian Priest Accused of Inciting Rwandan Genocide Arrives in BrusselsA Belgian priest charged in Rwanda for helping to incite the 1994 genocide has been handed over to authorities in Brussels. Stiffer laws and armed police will never stem the rise in crime"The fundamental cause of crime in capitalist societies is the capitalist goal in life, which each member of society strives to achieve. This goal in life only recognizes the pursuit of sensual pleasure for human beings as the sole way to attain happiness. The capitalist goal in life has no room for spiritual, moral or humanitarian pursuits and therefore people are not concerned about the moral or religious implications of their actions." The BBC’s Big White (Phosphorus) LieThe Face of WarPolitical conflict intensifies over Bush’s Iraq war liesBush Message: You Were Wrong to Trust Us Money for Napalm but not for Food Stamps Blame It On Arafat Protesters Call Again for Closing of School of the Americas Al-Qaeda the Database Unbound U.S. seeks to secure Sahara DesertMirrors to banish town's winter darkness Row is all Bush's fault, Chavez tells Mexico Chavez Delivers. Venezuela Will Ship 12 Million Gallons of Home Heating Oil to 45,000 Low Income Families in Massachusetts Next Month
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Friday, November 18th
A rich country full of poor people
A rich country full of poor peopleThree years after the end of a fierce civil war, Angola is a rich country full of poor people. Foreign businessmen and a handful of wealthy Angolans, mostly government officials, reap huge profits from a post-war boom fuelled by oil and diamonds. UN Chief Urges Rich Countries to Open Markets for Africa In a message marking Africa Industrialization Day, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday called on rich nations to increase market access for African products. Fifth mass grave uncoveredJohannesburg - A fifth mass grave has been found in northern Namibia. Shameless BBC: When Misinformation means War CrimesWSIS 'Missing Gender'The gender caucus has observed with disappointment that the World Summit Information Society (WSIS) documents do not pay enough attention to gender issues. Lying About Lies About Lying'Dick Cheney: War profiteer'What You See Is Not What You Get. 5 From Rare Tribe Were Killed in Tsunami 'Dead man' talking
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Thursday, November 17th
Riots blamed on 'polygamous Africans'
Riots blamed on 'polygamous Africans' Senior French politicians have been accused of "blatant racism" after linking the suburban riots to polygamy among African immigrant families. Liberia: A society at a crossroads The election last week of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Harvard-educated former World Bank economist as president of Liberia, is a milestone. She will become the first woman African head of state and give her tormented country the only real opportunity in more than a generation to emerge from the ashes of a savage civil war. Petroleum Greases the Deforestation ProcessIn Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, rising oil prices have forced households and small businesses that used natural gas or kerosene for cooking to instead use charcoal or firewood, a mortal blow to a country that has almost no trees left. Riots in Uganda after main opposition leader arrested Ugandan police and troops firing live and plastic bullets fought running battles yesterday with protesters angered by the arrest on treason charges of President Yoweri Museveni's main political rival. As Kizza Besigye appeared in court in Kampala his supporters were ransacking businesses, burning tyres and throwing stones and other missiles at security forces in the central business district. Paris is BurningFor more than two weeks, night after night, young urban actors who are primarily of Arab or African descent have swarmed the streets to demonstrate their rage and hostility towards a political system that has effectively ignored and excluded them. These low intensity mini-intifadas have since spread like wildfire to other neighboring towns and districts across northern and southern France. These uprisings, first reported to have unfolded around and near Paris, have since spread to others parts of the country. These post-industrial social insurrections may not be linked to traditional social movements; however, they represent a loosely defined network of national, regional, and transnational actors in the global struggle against neo-industrial oppression and exploitation. These communities are viewed as marginal, oppositional, minority, residual, emergent, alternative, and dissident in relation to the dominant cultural order. New Orleans' Racial Divide: An Unnatural DisasterWhen Hurricane Katrina tore up the roof of my house, it didn¹t care that I¹m black. My white neighbors, like my black neighbors, saw trees fall on their homes and saw their refrigerators rot and mold. They, like I, lived without electricity or phone for over a week after that color-blind natural disaster. US Urges SA to Speak Out Against IranTHE US yesterday urged SA and other countries to speak out against Iran's nuclear programme to isolate Tehran. However, with little apparent progress in talks between a three-state European contact group and the Iranian authorities over what the US and the European Union (EU) say is a programme to enrich uranium to develop nuclear weapons, pressure is being increased for the issue to be taken up by the United Nations (UN) Security Council. President Museveni Warns Against Foreign Interference in UgandaUgandan president Yoweri Museveni has told foreigners not to interfere in the internal affairs of his country. Mr. Museveni made the comments Wednesday night while addressing a convention of his National Resistance Movement. His remarks came as foreign diplomats stationed in Uganda met with government ministers to voice concerns over the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who was arrested Monday and charged with treason and rape. South Africa, Zimbabwe strengthen tiesSouth Africa and Zimbabwe have signed an agreement to strengthen defence and intelligence ties. The agreement was signed at a ceremony on Thursday, and emphasises solidarity between the two neighbours in the face of growing international condemnation of Zimbabwe. Egypt claims stolen treasures Egypt is to recover from the United States, Canada and Germany more than 100 stolen antiquities that had been smuggled out by a massive trafficking ring, said reports. Mozambique still owes US$4.4 billion foreign debt Mozambique`s foreign debt stood at over 4.4 billion US dollars at the end of 2004, even with the Heavily Indebted Poor Counties (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC initiative, national news agency, AIM reported Monday. It quoted economist Adelino Pimpao as telling a Maputo workshop on debt management, organised by an NGO coalition, Mozambican Debt Group (GMD), the country`s debt had continued to rise because it continued to contract new loans. WSIS: Civil Society Stuck With a Consolation PrizeLast Chance @ Wsis to Bridge Digital DivideThou shalt not question my warToxic Truths from the Iraqi BattlefrontA Tramcar named Oppression
Tyehimba on 11.17.05 @ 01:13 PM CST [ link]
Wednesday, November 16th
Next French revolution: a less colorblind society
Next French revolution: a less colorblind societyNow comes the hard part. As the nationwide violence that has racked France for two weeks begins to abate, the country's leaders and citizens find themselves facing tough questions about the fundamental values that define the French dream: liberty, equality, and fraternity. Genocide Survivors in Danger, Says Ibuka Genocide survivors "will be wiped out" if the Rwandan government does not step up their security and bring to justice murderers intent on destroying evidence in genocide trials, the biggest genocide survivors organization in Rwanda said on Tuesday. France Writhes, America Backslides France has been wracked by the most widespread civil disturbances since World War Two, and claims to be rethinking its model for integrating non-whites and non-Christians. Ten percent of France is Muslim – Arabs and Black Africans. The white French majority is being confronted with how white supremacist they really are, by second and third generation French citizens of immigrant ancestry – young people whose parents and grandparents were born in the colonies whose ruthless exploitation made France a great power. England: A long way from equality ACADEMICS HAVE criticised misleading press reports claiming Britain's black and minority ethnic communities were 'breaking through the class barrier' Another 754 protesters freed in EthiopiaEthiopia has freed another 754 people arrested in a massive round-up during anti-government protests that led to 42 deaths earlier this month. The latest release brings to 9,047 the number of people freed since the crackdown by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government on demonstrations over a disputed May 15 election. Row over American control of the net avoidedDalits in GujaratValjibhai Patel, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Council for Social Justice, is a noted lawyer and Dalit activist. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand he talks about his work and the Dalit movement in Gujarat New Orleans' Racial Divide: An Unnatural Disaster When Hurricane Katrina tore up the roof of my house, it didn¹t care that I¹m black. My white neighbors, like my black neighbors, saw trees fall on their homes and saw their refrigerators rot and mold. They, like I, lived without electricity or phone for over a week after that color-blind natural disaster. Israel wants US to pull out from IraqFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak today called upon the United States to reduce its forces in Iraq, saying Washington had "made mistakes" and its continued presence in that country would complicate the problem with fallout in the entire West Asia. Let Us Blow Up Bill O'Reilly
Of course the PR-sucking Fox News blowhard is off his nut. Again.
Question is, Should you care?It's almost too easy. He's too easy a target, really, Bill O'Reilly of the casually toxic Fox News, too bloviated and too silly and too undercooked, and no one whose opinion you truly value or with an IQ higher than their waist size actually watches him with anything resembling intellectual honesty or takes anything he says the slightest bit seriously. You hope.
Tyehimba on 11.16.05 @ 05:49 PM CST [ link]
Tuesday, November 15th
Former dictator held in Senegal
Former dictator held in SenegalSenegalese police on Tuesday arrested a former Chad dictator wanted by Belgium for alleged war crimes, international rights workers and local media reported. Venezuela and Mexico Withdraw Their Ambassadors Venezuela withdrew its ambassador from Mexico while Mexico withdrew its ambassador from Venezuela. The moves were made as rhetoric between the two countries heated up, with each accusing the other of being disrespectful in the wake of the recently concluded Summit of the Americas. 'Zionist links to Amman blasts' Iran said on Sunday it suspected Israel was behind the suicide attacks in Amman, even though Jordanian officials have blamed the bombings on militants linked to Iraq-based al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Former Iraqi Detainees Allege Torture by U.S. Troops Nigeria gas flaring 'is illegal' Justice Dept. Attacks Fellowships for Minorities Assimilate or DieEU says states could face sanctions for CIA jails Iran lends support to Syria over U.S. pressure Mexico leftist election favorite likened to Chavez Saddam trial defense lawyer flees Iraq Cuba's UN Victory Celebrated by Spain's Communist Party The Monroe Doctrine, US Imperialism and Venezuela
Tyehimba on 11.15.05 @ 10:16 PM CST [ link]
Monday, November 14th
Roots of violence lie in colonial past
Roots of violence lie in colonial pastWhile immigrants from former colonies helped rebuild post-World War II France, many of their children and grandchildren are setting fire to its buildings and cars in what appears to be a blind explosion of rage - against the schools that failed them, the cars they can't afford to own, the government offices they say treat them like foreigners. The legacy of France's African colonies weighs heavily over the riots that first exploded in this decaying, largely immigrant suburb of Paris two weeks ago. Riots are a class act - and often they're the only alternative 'If there is no struggle, there is no progress," said the African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. "Those who profess to favour freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want crops without ploughing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters ... Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." With two Black children dead, is sentence fair?French uprising demands change in society and political scalps In 1991, after violent riots between youths and police scarred the suburbs of Lyon, French sociologist Alain Tourraine predicted that "it will only be a few years before we face the kind of massive urban explosion of the American experience". Two deny black student's axe murder Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of black teenager Anthony Walker. Paul Taylor and Michael Barton, aged 20 and 17, are accused of killing the 18-year-old A-level student by bludgeoning him with an axe in Huyton, Merseyside, in July. Zim opposition dissidents expelled from partyTwenty-six members of Zimbabwe's beleaguered opposition party who refused to withdraw as candidates for this month's Senate elections have been expelled, a spokesperson said on Sunday in a move likely to lead to a final split in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Garang’s widow has doubts on his helicopter crashRwandan ex-minister pleads not guilty to genocideA man who served as Rwanda's interior minister during the slaughter of more than half-a-million people in 1994 pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. France Extends State of EmergencyThe French government has approved a bill extending the country's state of emergency for three more months, despite signs riots that have swept the country are now subsiding. 2 Schools Ablaze As French Unrest Persists France's national police chief said Sunday that the country's worst rioting since the 1960s seemed to be nearing an end, but violence persisted into the night, with at least two schools set on fire and dozens of cars torched. ican heritage sites to go digital Scientists in South Africa are digitizing Africa's rich cultural heritage sites to provide a virtual tour to those who cannot visit in person, while benefiting preservation of the sites. Race and colonialism Condoleezza Rice was perfectly right: she would not be Secretary of State today if tired Rosa Parks hadn't refused to give up her seat to a white man that December 1955 day in Montgomery, Alabama. What is always referred to nowadays as "that act of defiance" led to Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, and to the easing-though not, alas, the end-of racial discrimination in America. Bush's latest scandals of leaks and torture are turning him into a modern McCarthyWASHINGTON -- Whoever advised U.S. President George Bush to escape the storm of criticism over Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, and the Libby CIA case by flying to Argentina for a free trade summit should be sent to Guantanamo. Bush's venture was an embarrassing diplomatic failure and the most humiliating fiasco faced by a U.S. president in Latin America since Richard Nixon got mobbed in 1958. He was left looking confused, while his nemesis, Venezuela's boisterous merengue-marxist leader, Hugo Chavez, mocked him. Africa needs own government, say leadersWhite Phosphorous, Daisy Cutters, Depleted Uranium, Thermobaric bombs, Clusterbombs, Napalm...The US uses WMD against civilians.EU and US battle for control of the internetU.S.-led operation kills 37 insurgents in IraqOne Year after Arafat, Peace Remains ElusiveThe vice that dooms Bush The president's allegiance to Dick Cheney consigns him to irrelevance and his country to chaos. NAM recognizes Iran's right to civilian N-plan Iran, Cuba review expansion of mutual relations, int'l developments France and the Muslim myth The American Body Politic Laid Low The Rise of America's New Enemy France Writhes, America Backslides
Tyehimba on 11.14.05 @ 10:07 AM CST [ link]
Saturday, November 12th
African heavyweights meet on unifying continent
Ethiopia: CUD Leaders, Editors to Face Treason ChargesDetained opposition leaders and editors seized after bloody clashes in Addis Ababa last week will face treason charges, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday. The prime minister declared that the worst of the violence was over, but his government had no intention of bowing to calls from the international community for the release of opposition leaders. Johnson-Sirleaf set to become Liberia’s presidentFormer World Bank economist Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf, holding an unbeatable lead in Liberia’s presidential runoff election, looked certain on Friday to become Africa’s first female elected president. The 66-year-old candidate for the Unity Party declared Thursday evening that “the result is clear, the Liberian people has chosen me to lead the reconciliation and development of the country.” Eritrea slams Ethiopia for "bloody suppression" of political unrestEritrea has condemned neighbouring Ethiopia for "bloody suppression and atrocities" during a recent crackdown on unrest which left more than 40 dead and stirred fears of instability in the region’s dominant power. A statement from Eritrea’s Information Ministry also lambasted Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for "farcical" recent elections where he won another five-year term. African heavyweights meet on unifying continentSeven of Africa's most powerful leaders met in Abuja to discuss binding their troubled continent together in a closer political union. Exiled Soldiers Returning HomePeople on both sides of the Congo River are breathing sighs of relief following the repatriation of former soldiers back to Kinshasa. The combatants had spent eight years in exile in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville. On the Tenth Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa's ExecutionTen years ago the writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian government. In this moving memoir, his son Ken Wiwa talks about his father's legacy and how he is continuing his fight for justice. Angola celebrates 30th anniversary of independenceThe last three decades have been a constant saga of human suffering in Angola, where too much blood and too many tears were shed. Families were divided by the ravages of war, children were lost to disease as the State collapsed in the midst of what seemed to be a never-ending armed conflict. But today, November 11th, Angola wakes up to a new, happier dawn and a brighter tomorrow. War Veterans Want RespectFIFTEEN years after the country's independence, liberation war veterans are still pleading for recognition from Namibian citizens, says a report. Poachers put Congo hippos on brink of extinction In his poaching days in the Congo forests, Guillaume Kasereka used a rusty Russian-made rocket launcher to kill hippos for meat. These days, he says, they're too scarce and the competition too fierce -- rebels and militiamen machine-gun the animals and even dynamite lakes to bring dead hippos to the surface. Kenya's charter debate a "farce" - Wangari MaathaiKenya's upcoming referendum over a proposed new constitution is a "farce" and should be postponed because of the violent divisions it is creating, Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has said. "What we are witnessing is a scenario where a small clique from both sides want to impose their views on Kenyans," Maathai was quoted as saying in Saturday's daily People newspaper Writers Asked to Play Developmental RolesThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nana Akufo-Addo has reminded African writers of the crucial roles they are expected to play in the process of development and social change in Africa. More Cars Torched in France Overnight The number of cars torched overnight in France climbed slightly over the previous night to 502 in a 16th night of unrest that took its heaviest toll on the French provinces, police said Saturday. Angola Rejects Cash Deal With IMFANGOLA would like help from the International Monetary Fund to resolve its problem with debt arrears but is not interested in cash from the fund, the finance minister said on Tuesday. S’Africa to rename Johannesburg Airport after Oliver ThamboSouth Africa is to rename the Johannesburg International Airport after former president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo. Newsmen report that the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council where the Port is situated had passed a resolution to rename the airport as Tambo International Airport. South africa : S.African Court indicts ZumaSacked South African deputy president Jacob Zuma was formally indicted on corruption charges on Saturday in a case that has split the ruling ANC and tested the country's young democracy. Zuma appeared briefly in the Durban magistrate court and was informed of the indictment and told his trial will begin on July 31 next year and will run until November 14. His 1,000 rand bail was also extended. GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's declineA confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and "restore his image as a leader of the American people." French Ghettos, Police Violence and RacismThe French called them Les cités. The 'ghettos' are specially built for excluded and disfranchised migrants from France's former North African colonies - mostly Arabs and Muslims - and other parts of the world. Clustered on the peripheries of France's big cities, Les cités proved to be laboratories for dissent and resistance against oppression. The children of the immigrants who built France after World War II are being pushed further outside the French society. The Rise Of America's New EnemyThis is not romantic; an epic is unfolding in Latin America that demands our attention beyond the stereotypes and clichés that diminish whole societies to their degree of exploitation and expendability. U.S. forces 'shake and bake' Iraqi civilians!Recognizing its devastating significance, progressive websites have been quick to headline the shocking story that a recently run Italian television documentary quite compellingly and gruesomely shows U.S. forces used the chemical terror weapon white phosphorous during their withering assault on Fallujah, Iraq. U.N. Food Expert Condemns U.S. Tactics in Iraq UNITED NATIONS - Jean Ziegler, the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, made waves last month when he accused U.S. and British forces of using food and water as weapons of war in besieged cities in Iraq. Methodist Bishops Repent Iraq War 'Complicity' WASHINGTON -- Ninety-five bishops from President Bush's church said Thursday they repent their "complicity" in the "unjust and immoral" invasion and occupation of Iraq. "In the face of the United States administration's rush toward military action based on misleading information, too many of us were silent," said a statement of conscience signed by more than half of the 164 retired and active United Methodist bishops worldwide. FBI and CIA identified as helping Plan Venezuelan Prosecutor's MurderA key witness in the Danilo Anderson murder trial, Giovani Jose Vasquez De Armas, has identified FBI and CIA agents as being involved in the preparations to assassinate the Venezuelan State Prosecutor. Speaking on behalf of Vasquez De Armas, the Attorney General's office said that those planning the killing, "all discussed the plan with the help of the FBI and CIA." Venezuela's Chavez Calls Mexican President a "Puppy of US Empire"During a meeting at the Teresa Carreno Theater Wednesday night, President Hugo Chavez said that Mexican President Vincente Fox's support of the US during the recent Summit of the America's was unfortunate. Chavez said, "How sad that the President of a people like the people of Mexico lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire." New telescope is largest in Southern Hemisphere A bad day for Blair - an even worse one for libertyBeleaguered Bush hits out at 'irresponsible' Iraq war critics Follow the drugs: US shown the way
Tyehimba on 11.12.05 @ 06:08 PM CST [ link]
Friday, November 11th
The Fire This Time
African Americans brutalising West AfricansThe vicious beating of a 13-year-old Liberian boy in Southwest Philadelphia this week has exposed a larger problem of animosity between African Americans and African immigrants, according to community members and school officials. Police reported no arrests yesterday in the beating of Jacob Gray and were reluctant to label the incident a hate crime, but members of a Liberian community that has grown along Woodland Avenue say the attack fits a widespread pattern. Sirleaf Holds on to Large Lead in Liberia Presidential RaceWith 97 percent of all ballots counted, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is set to become the first woman to win a nationwide presidential election in Africa. 'For the Sake of Peace', Weah Appeals for CalmThe head of the Congress for Democratic Change, George Weah is calling on his supporters to abandon their protest and return to their homes in the interest of peace. The Fire This TimeEnraged French-Africans and French-Arabs took to the streets. For decades anger simmered as they endured poverty, unemployment, racial discrimination, poor education, housing and above all, police brutality. Just as it was during the colonial days in Africa and the apartheid regime in South Africa, the Africans are now being portrayed by the media and French authorities as uncivilized and “barbaric.” The Associated Press, the leading newswire called the uprising a “savage assault” on the French people. UN empowers peacekeepers to nab Liberian ex-leaderThe U.N. Security Council on Friday empowered peacekeepers to arrest exiled former President Charles Taylor if he returns to Liberia and turn him over to a special tribunal in Sierra Leone. The council also urged Liberians to settle peacefully and legally any disputes over this week's presidential election. Namibia uncovers apartheid-era mass graves Two mass graves have been discovered in Namibia near a site used by South Africa's apartheid-era army during its occupation of the south-west African country, ministers said. Namibia demands answers after unearthing mass graveInvestigations into the discovery of a mass grave 400m from a former South African military base in Namibia would be a government to government issue, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Friday. Construction workers earlier this week discovered a mass grave containing human bones and ammunition. The Rise Of America's New EnemyU.S. forces 'shake and bake' Iraqi civilians! Bringing Out the DeadThe press has been minimising the death toll in Iraq Just What Does U.S. Get as Consequence of Torture?A long US march in AfricaChirac admits riots had 'exposed inequality'US trade deficit hits recordUS against multinational role in Internet: France Immigrants see irony in law's resurrection Vietnam to assist Cuba in overcoming US embargo Haiti: Insanity Takes Over, While the Selection Continues Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath Whose Plan for New Orleans? In the name of my father
Tyehimba on 11.11.05 @ 10:05 PM CST [ link]
Thursday, November 10th
Land commissioner lashes 'greedy' farmers
Ten Years On, Nigeria's Ogoni Minority Mark Saro-Wiwa's DeathHundreds of members of Nigeria's Ogoni minority have marched in the oil city of Port Harcourt to mark the tenth anniversary of the execution of rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa after he protested against the energy giant Shell. Following an overnight candlelit vigil in Bori Thursday, the would-be "capital" of Ogoni, more than 1,000 of Saro-Wiwa's supporters marched through the centre of the southern city to protest what they allege is their people's continued persecution and economic marginalisation by the Nigerian state. Land commissioner lashes 'greedy' farmers South Africa's top land official has accused "greedy" white farmers of stalling efforts to give more land to blacks. And he said they demanded exorbitant prices for their properties. More than a decade since the end of apartheid, whites still own about 80% of arable land. Chief Land Claims Commissioner Tozi Gwanya said in Durban yesterday that this created potential for conflict, forcing the government to go the route of land seizures Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf -President of Liberia? A former finance minister and Harvard graduate claimed victory Thursday in Liberia's presidential election, a win that, if certified, would make her the first elected female leader ever in Africa. With just over 90 percent of the ballots counted, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf had 59 percent of the vote and former international soccer star George Weah nearly 41 percent, the National Elections Commission said. "It's clear that the Liberian people have expressed confidence in me," Johnson-Sirleaf told The Associated Press. "They have elected me to lead the team that will bring reform to the country and that will deliver development." Black Studies Professor ArrestedSan Francisco State professor Antwi Akom was arrested Tuesday night and placed in county jail after going into his campus office. He was released earlier this evening. Many people are alleging the incident to be based on racial profiling. I think that [the officers] are racist pigs,said Matthew Shenoda a lecturer in the Ethnic Studies department, who has been talking to Akom. It's a really clear cut case of racial profiling. US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as WeaponFalluja-The day After"Falluja-The day After" shows the total devastation of the Iraqi town, the corpses of the victims, the mass graves, the exhumation of many corpses by local rescue teams in order to try to recognize some of the victims. The last corpse shown in this video belongs to a 14 year old girl. U.N. Blasts Practice of Outsourcing Torture UNITED NATIONS - Six countries -- the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Sweden and Kyrgyzstan -- have been singled out for violating international human rights conventions by deporting terrorist suspects to countries such as Egypt, Syria, Algeria and Uzbekistan, where they may have been tortured. Cuba Policy Isolates White House at UN The Dispossession Of The Islanders To Create A U.S. Base Is An Indictment Of Britain Pillaging the Gardens of Babylon Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings Bush's Syrian Mass Murder Campaign Inches Forward San Francisco Voters Ban Military Recruiters in Schools
Tyehimba on 11.10.05 @ 06:44 PM CST [ link]
Wednesday, November 9th
Why Paris is burning
Early Returns from Liberia Show Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the LeadThere was no rush to the polls or long lines at most polling stations, when Liberians cast ballots in the country's first presidential run-off election on Tuesday. But reports from various parts of the country said the turnout increased as the day went on, although participation appeared considerably below the 75 percent of the first round on October 11. Africa Loses Billions Due to Lakes' DegradationAfrica losses billions of dollars in tourist recreational fees, fishing and use of water from its fresh water lakes due to environmental destruction. UNC details past slavery tiesIn the early decades of the University of North Carolina, servants kindled fires in students' rooms and cut wood to fuel stoves. The 216-year-old school, which takes pride in being the nation's oldest public university, is now airing a shameful side of its past -- those servants were slaves. Why Paris is burningWhy is Paris burning? That's the red-hot question. Newsweek, in its latest edition, showed its ignorance and insensitivity by coming up with an Islamophobic slant: "Will the riots swell the ranks of jihadists in Europe?" The question remains, why is Paris burning? Rioting Continues in France, Despite CurfewsViolence has flared again in several French cities, despite the imposition of night-time curfews aimed at curbing the looting, burning and other destruction that has taken place for nearly two weeks. Zimbabwe: U.S. envoy could be expelledZimbabwe's government on Wednesday summoned the U.S. ambassador in Harare to warn it would not hesitate to expel him if he was seen as trying to stir unrest by "unjust and baseless" attacks against President Robert Mugabe. Nigeria lifts ban on Halliburton over missing radioactive substancesNigeria has lifted a ban on the local subsidiary of US multinational oil services company Halliburton, after the recovery of high-risk radioactive substances stolen from the country, Nigerian newspapers reported Tuesday. Nigeria imposed an indefinite ban on the award of contracts in 2003 to the Halliburton Energy Services Nigerian Ltd. (HESNL) for its negligence leading to the loss and its refusal to "cooperate with government authorities in ensuring the return" of the substances. Nigeria makes plan to pay Paris ClubNigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked lawmakers to approve the payment of $12.4 billion (R83.08 billion) in debts owed to foreign creditors, officials said Wednesday. Europe faces 'fear of all things foreign' Watching the French riots with a mixture of trepidation and schadenfreude, Europe's rulers have arrived at two conclusions. One is that the violence is a peculiarly French affair, the product of colour blind republicanism and bungling by an out-of-touch elite. The other is it will not happen here. Both conclusions are questionable. Calm returns to Ethiopia Normal life was resuming in Addis Ababa on Wednesday after last week's violent disturbances that claimed over 40 lives in the capital and at least four others in another major city. Ethiopia opposition heads, editors face treason charges - PMPrime Minister Meles Zenawi said Wednesday that opposition leaders and newspaper editors under detention will face treason charges, which carries the death penalty in Ethiopia, for their alleged roles in protests last week in which at 46 people were killed. Sudan at the head of a global sweep to mop up world's oil resources A tangle of pipes and metallic towers rises over the shimmering, rock-strewn desert north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The gleaming oil refinery is the jewel of Sudan's oil boom, the mid-point of a 900-mile pipeline from the southern oilfields to the Red Sea that is projected to pump 500,000 barrels a day by the end of this year. The Dynamic Unification of South America vs. U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Corporate EmpireU.S., Britain plot 'regime change' in IranUS Uses Napalm in IraqA history of the Iraq war, told entirely in liesVIDEO | Fallujah: The Hidden MassacreWARNING: This video contains graphic and possibly disturbing footage.QuickTime DSL | 56KWindows Media DSL | 56KRealMedia DSL | 56K
Tyehimba on 11.09.05 @ 10:58 AM CST [ link]
Tuesday, November 8th
Can Zimbabwe Become Africa's Cuba?
Iran looks to SA to help process uraniumIran is talking to South Africa about assistance with its nuclear programme in an attempt to solve a prolonged international dispute over its atomic ambitions. SA denies taking part in Iran uranium activitiesSouth Africa has denied that it proposed taking part in any uranium enrichment activities in Iran. The department of foreign affairs said in a statement released late yesterday that it has been actively involved in seeking a diplomatic solution regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy by Iran. U.N. seeks $3.2M for Africa choleraThe United Nations appealed for $3.2 million Monday to combat an outbreak of cholera that killed more than 700 people in West Africa this summer. Minister blames banks over poverty in Africa The failure by commercial banks to lend to small and medium-sized businesses in Africa is to blame for rampant poverty on the continent, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Obasanjo seeks 'real' Africa, industrialised world partnershipVisiting Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday called for the establishment of "a real partnership" between Africa and the industrialised nations of the world for "common security and shared prosperity". Can Zimbabwe Become Africa's Cuba? There is the Zimbabwe of the Western imagination, equally multi-layered and rife with contradictions. Within it we find the racist view of the machete armed African hacking away at civilization again, a historical guilt over slavery and colonialism, a paternalism that excuses unjust practices under cultural relativism, a fear of black liberation and a naturalized Western dominance over Africa as point of reference and source of comfort. This view cannot and does not desire to distinguish between a white dead body in the streets of Somalia, Iraq or Zimbabwe. No matter its point in this scale, it remains a Western imagination that sees the world through both a racialized and nationalist lens. Paradise MombassaThe following journalistic piece is a glimpse into some Israeli pathological psychotic conditions. It is a bizarre story of an absurd criminal identity that demands affection from its victims. Paris is Burning: Racism and Repression Explode in Week of UprisingsAfricans living and working in Paris have been pushed into ghettoized suburbs of Paris (banlieue), where the state has withdrawn education, health, and other services, while increasing police presence, checkpoints, raids on sans-papiers and levels of oppression in general. This week the suburbs have exploded. French Ghettos, Police Violence and RacismThe French called them Les cités. The ‘ghettos’ are specially built for excluded and disfranchised migrants from France’s former North African colonies - mostly Arabs and Muslims - and other parts of the world. Clustered on the peripheries of France’s big cities, Les cités proved to be laboratories for dissent and resistance against oppression. The children of the immigrants who built France after World War II are being pushed further outside the French society. In peril: The rock images of Africa Kenya There are two markedly different manmade etchings on a rock face here, and it is hard to decide which is the more jaw-dropping. One, dating back thousands of years and featuring the outline of an elephant, is a sign that this hilltop in western Kenya was a special gathering place for early Africans. The other, no more than a few years old, featuring the names "DENNIS" and "PATRICK," is a sign that Africa's rock art is under threat. Run-Off Elections Underway in LiberiaThey aren't making it to the polls in numbers as enthusiastic as the first round, but voters in Liberia are lining up today to cast their votes in a run-off election pitting a former Finance minister, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and a football legend, George Weah. More than 1.3 million voters registered in 3,070 different polling stations. UN Security Council delegation expected in UgandaSouth Carolina Refuses to Lower Flags to Honor Rosa ParksTerror temperature rises in Somalia as PM survives attack A failed assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of Somalia and an attempt to hijack a luxury American cruise ship off the coast has reinforced fears that the country is spiralling out of control as a centre of al-Qa'ida terrorism. Dengue fever kills 79 in SudanIAEA praises Nigeria's peaceful use of nuclear power The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has commended Nigeria's commitment to deploy nuclear facilities for peaceful uses, the official News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday. In honor of the Little Black PeopleThe Saisiyat tribe of Hsinchu and Miaoli will perform a solemn rite this weekend to commemorate a race of people that they exterminated. Anti-Bush Protests in Argentina Grow Violent Fallujah: Where is the Outrage. The Story the Mainstream Media won't tell youAlthough reported by a handful media outlets at the time, the mainstream media took the official US denials at face value — that there had been no use of the illegal white phosphorus weapons on the inhabitants of Fallujah in December 2004. However the newly released movie (35 mb) from Italy’s RAI News 24 television programme blows the lie out of the water. Will we now see the mainstream media report the horrific crimes committed on the inhabitants of Fallujah? So Iraq Was About the OilThe media are minimising US and British war crimes in IraqUS forces 'used chemical weapons' during assault on city of Fallujah Second Lawyer in Saddam Trial Assassinated The Stage Is Set: Who Will Control the Internet? Scientists Find Fossils in Sexual Union Deconstructing Cheney Cómo Se Dice 'Spin'? The Threat of Hope in Latin America
Tyehimba on 11.08.05 @ 08:53 PM CST [ link]
Monday, November 7th
Alito Sees No Wrong in All-White Juries
Alito Sees No Wrong in All-White JuriesOne of the most persistent and contentious issues that the U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly has had to deal with is the issue of blacks being tried by all-white juries in death penalty cases. In every case that has wound its way up to the high court, the black defendant has been convicted and sentenced to death, and has appealed that conviction. In the past two years, the high court ruled twice that Dallas, Texas prosecutors deliberately bumped blacks from a jury panel in the trial of Texas death row inmate Thomas Miller-El. Riots Spread Into Rebellion Rioting by immigrant youth around Paris has begun to take the shape of a nationwide rebellion against racial and social segregation, and repressive police action. Over the weekend gangs comprising youth mostly from the Maghreb countries and sub- Saharan Africa set fire to more than a thousand vehicles, several supermarkets, and public buildings including schools and sport facilities Ethiopia-Eritrea tension may turn to war - AUAfrican Union (AU) urged former foes Ethiopia and Eritrea on Friday to exercise restraint following military movements near their disputed border, saying tensions created by the manoeuvres could escalate into war. Ethnic riots in FranceFears grow in Western Europe that the violence in French cities will spread across the continent but the political leaders in Paris have failed to come up with a common answer to the trouble. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy shows a tougher stand against what he called "hoodlums" than his major rival for the 2007 presidential election, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who has more understanding of the woes of the rioters. Extreme rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen finds the situation a good opportunity to sell his anti-immigration, law-and-order reform. Chirac vows arrests and punishment for riotersU.S. EXTENDS SANCTIONS ON SUDANThe United States has extended sanctions against Sudan, deemed a sponsor of terrorism. The Bush administration has extended terrorist sanctions on Sudan in a move that prevents U.S. arms sales to Khartoum. Khartoum first came under U.S. sanctions in 1997. Addis Ababa still tense after protestsBusinesses and schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, remained closed on Monday and public transport was at a virtual standstill as workers shied away from the city in the aftermath of last week's clashes that killed at least 40. African Immigrants in Spain Scraping ByThe luckier ones sleep in crowded apartments or shelters and do construction work, dodging inspectors or using a friend's papers. The less fortunate live in parks and hand out fliers, toiling for a pittance. They are Africans in limbo, scraping by in a country that does not want them but cannot expel them. And this tough life is their prize after long, dangerous journeys from destitute homelands that won't take them back. Congo opposition may vote in pollThe main opposition party in Democratic Republic of Congo has announced for the first time the possibility of participating in next years elections as the central African nation recovers from a five-year civil war. U.S. Should Repay Millions to Iraq, a U.N. Audit FindsLeaders Agree to Disagree on FTAACruise ship outruns pirates on high seasEconomics Nobel Prize winners see War as a Game20 Amazing Facts AboutVenezuela Might Send U.S. Fighter Jets to China or CubaNew Historical Data on the Seas Spells AlarmWe Americans are like recovering addicts after a four-year bender Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer. Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre (Video) Veteran admits: Bodies melted away before us. French integration model fails, no back-up in sightMayor: Sever Thumbs of Graffiti ArtistsRussian Company to Build Two Billion Dollar Oil Refinery in Syria
Tyehimba on 11.07.05 @ 07:40 AM CST [ link]
Sunday, November 6th
WHY IS FRANCE BURNING?
WHY IS FRANCE BURNING?As someone who lived in France for nearly a decade, and who has visited those suburban ghettos, where the violence started, on reporting trips any number of times, I have not been surprised by this tsunami of inchoate youth rebellion that is engulfing France. It is the result of thirty years of government neglect: of the failure of the French political classes -- of both right and left -- to make any serious effort to integrate its Muslim and black populations into the larger French economy and culture; and of the deep-seated, searing, soul-destroying racism that the unemployed and profoundly alienated young of the ghettos face every day of their lives, both from the police, and when trying to find a job or decent housing. To understand the origins of this profound crisis for France, it is important to step back and remember that the ghettos where festering resentment has now burst into flames were created as a matter of industrial policy by the French state. 'We're French,' but not 'real' French Walid was born in France and went to a French high school. He will show you his French driving license and even his French identity card. But ask him what his identity is and he will say "93" Violence sweeps France in 10th night of riotsFrance was reeling from a 10th night of violence yesterday as rioting swept from the suburbs of Paris to become a nationwide crisis. In towns and cities across the country, youths armed with gasoline bombs torched scores of vehicles, nursery schools and other targets. Police said that at least 607 vehicles were set alight, with more than half outside the Paris region. Exiled Hutu fighters attack DRC villagersRwandan Hutu rebels killed three villagers and burned houses in Bingi village in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, prompting residents to flee their homes, authorities said Sunday. Blacks being excluded from Louisville juriesIf you're black and standing trial in Jefferson County, don't count on getting a jury of your peers. People who live in predominantly African-American areas of the county are less likely to serve on juries than those who live in mostly white areas, according to a Courier-Journal analysis of 34,000 residents summoned for jury duty in a year's time. Liberia's 'Iron lady' ready to make historyShe has been bouncing around in the back of four-wheel-drive vehicles, strapping herself into helicopters and dancing in marketplaces across Liberia. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is showing the same tenacity in her campaign to become the west African country's next president as she has over her three decades in politics. Black Rated Lower Than AnimalsUS envoy hits out at Zimbabwe's 'voodoo economics'The American ambassador to Harare has blamed the Zimbabwean government's "short-sighted" and misguided "voodoo" economic policies and corruption for the current crises in the Southern African country. "Neither drought nor sanctions are the root of Zimbabwe's decline," Christopher Dell said in one of his strongest criticisms to date of President Robert Mugabe's government. Somali PM's convoy attacked At least three people were killed and five others wounded on Sunday when an explosion hit a vehicle escorting Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi who was on a mission to south Mogadishu, witnesses said. FBI Spying has 'Hundredfold' Increase Under Patriot ActBush, Cheney, and Powell Repeatedly Pushed False Evidence To Justify WarVenezuela between Jesus Christ and Karl Marx ...Rioters shatter Bush's hopes of forging free trade coup The FBI's Secret Scrutiny Four officers join suit over alleged AF Academy evangelizing US$85m `7-star' hotel set for Baghdad's Green Zone Man Jailed for Not Licensing Cat in N.D. US-Backed Arab TV Network to be Investigated Bush Doing Corporate Bidding While On The ClockAndrew Kantor: CyberSpeak
Governments, printers have means to invade privacy You've probably heard the saying, "Paranoids have enemies too." Sometimes conspiracy theorists actually uncover a conspiracy. And sometimes the people who claim the government is listening in to their conversations are right.
Tyehimba on 11.06.05 @ 08:30 PM CST [ link]
Saturday, November 5th
Deep roots of Paris riots
Deep roots of Paris riotsThe fire engine and police sirens blaring through the darkness Wednesday night, as officers raced to put out yet another fire set by angry youths in this poor Paris suburb, signaled more than an immediate warning of danger. Killing Rage: Ending RacismViolence continues in EthiopiaSporadic violence was reported in northern Ethiopia on Saturday after four days of political unrest left at least 46 people dead and more than 200 injured, witnesses and diplomats said. No fatalities were reported on Saturday in skirmishes in Debre Berhan town, 150 kilometres north of Addis Ababa, as police fought opposition supporters protesting against alleged fraud in May elections. Nigerians Bring Case Against Former Liberian PresidentTwo Nigerians, who were tortured in Sierra Leone, have been allowed to bring a case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is currently in exile in the Nigerian town of Calabar. Mr. Taylor has been indicted for crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in the civil war in Sierra Leone, but has never faced trial. Liberals and Conservatives: Two Sides of the Same Authoritarian CoinBush rebuked by the hand of God George Bush presumably knew before this weekend that the "hand of God" could be merciless. He certainly does now. Maradona, rather than Iraq, was uppermost on the US President's mind this weekend as he attended a summit of leaders from the Western hemisphere in the Argentinian beach resort of Mar del Plata. As domestic polls informed him that he was increasingly mistrusted by his fellow Americans, Mr Bush was clearly mortified to be called "human trash" by Latin America's equivalent of Michael Jordan - the Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona. Despite being a compatriot of Ché Guevara, Maradona is an unlikely revolutionary. He cheated at football but was forgiven on account of his genius on the field. He also screwed up with drugs and was forgiven for that, too, because he fought it and, so far, is overcoming it. But could he be a nail in George Bush's political coffin? Don't rule it out. Anyone who has spent time in Latin America recently knows Mr Bush is the least popular US president among Latin Americans in history. Five Latin American countries have voted in left-of-centre governments since he took office. From the indigenous people through to the middle classes and even among the elite, Latin Americans increasingly seek not the American dream, but the Latin American dream. They are disillusioned with what Maradona yesterday called "the American Empire". Full Article : independent.co.ukPanicky Bush slinks away from Chavez "We are creating a great political body in the south, and not only geographically," Chavez opined. "This is the great task of our region, to create a consensus of 'the south' that will bring better lives to all our people." Bush feels hand of God as poll ratings slump ~ President's popularity in US reaches all-time low ~ Maradona leads angry protests in Argentina America's faith in George Bush and in his decision to go to war in Iraq has plummeted in the wake of a White House intelligence scandal that went to court this week, according to a new poll.
Tyehimba on 11.05.05 @ 06:02 PM CST [ link]
Friday, November 4th
Security forces kill unarmed civilians while protecting oil majors
Trade: Voices of Dissent From the SouthThe WTO negotiations on the touchy question of agriculture have hit a new snag as groupings of developing countries have come forward to demand that the issues of central importance to them be addressed in any agreements reached. Security forces kill unarmed civilians while protecting oil majors, Amnesty allegesNIGERIAN security forces often gun down unarmed civilians while protecting foreign oil majors in the Niger Delta, rights group Amnesty International said in a just released report, calling on US and British firms to investigate two recent violent incidents. Rasta squatters brace for new eviction battleFor more than 30 years, the squatters of St Agnes Place have formed one of Britain's most distinctive communities. The proud and well known Rastafarian enclave, complete with its own temple, drew Bob Marley to St Agnes Place on several occasions in the 1970s. They say it was his home from home. But Marley passed away in 1981, and soon the unique community in Kennington, south London, may be history too. Zimbabwe media says Prince Charles lobbied UNZimbabwe’s state media accused Britain’s Prince Charles on Friday of lobbying the United Nations to take action against the government of President Robert Mugabe. Fulani Herdsmen Under AttackFulani herdsmen in different parts of the country, in recent times, have become targets of dangerous attacks from people who accuse them of all sorts of crimes including armed robbery, rape and molestation of farmers. Worsening riots spread from ParisGangs of youths again stoned police and set cars ablaze as France's worst rioting in more than a decade raged for its eighth straight night, sparking fears that racial and social divisions were fuelling growing violence. French unrest spreads outside Paris The rioting has grown into a broader challenge for the French state. It has laid bare discontent simmering in suburbs that are heavily populated by poor African Muslim immigrants and their French-born children, many trapped by poverty, crime and poor education. France's Muslim population, an estimated 5 million, is Western Europe's largest. Disaffected members claim racism makes the second class citizens. Nigeria's Obasanjo in Ivory Coast to push peaceNigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Ivory Coast on Friday to meet government and rebel leaders and push for progress on a U.N. plan to reunite the divided state and hold presidential elections. Haiti in uproar over American candidate for presidencyThe prospect of a candidate for the Haitian presidency holding a US passport has caused an uproar in the troubled, impoverished Caribbean nation as it heads for landmark elections. Police blamed after protests in Ethiopia leave 42 dead The death toll from political unrest in Ethiopia rose to 42 when three people were shot dead as police broke up anti-government protests in the capital, Addis Ababa. The demonstrations, which have prompted the British Government to advise against all but essential travel to Ethiopia, entered their third day yesterday. Children were among a dozen people wounded. Senegalese singer rooted in traditional, but unafraid of the contemporary Baaba Maal was inspired as much by thirst for adventure as for learning when, as a young Paris conservatory student, he persuaded his teachers to let him spend two years collecting songs and stories in villages across his homeland of Senegal. Dream of freedom turns to prostitution nightmareRose thought she was coming to Europe to study and earn some money with a part-time job. What the Nigerian girl didn't realise was that books would be a distant dream and the work she would be doing was prostitution. Iraq prisoner abuse witnesses 'disappear' in US custodyDenver decriminalises possession of marijuana Bush's Increasing Mental Lapses and Temper Tantrums Worry White House AidesThe golden legacy that Blair was hoping for is crumbling by the dayLying's Just the Tip of the IcebergDo we have a representative government in the US?SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS:: FTAA, Unruly Protesters Crash the PartyThe Quiet Oil-for-Food ScandalIllusion of Progress in the WTO Thousands chant 'Get out, Bush!' First Latin American Gathering Of Worker-Recovered Factories Bush, Chavez clash on trade as violence mars opening of hemispheric summit Thousands march in Haiti to support Preval
Tyehimba on 11.04.05 @ 08:59 PM CST [ link]
Thursday, November 3rd
Seeing Ourselves Through Our Own Black Eyes
Seeing Ourselves Through Our Own Black EyesIn the aftermath of the storm and the government/media crimes committed against black people in and around New Orleans, the necessary next step is to transform our excruciating sadness and our fierce rage into collective action. In addition to the common color hatred we face, we descendants of Africans enslaved in the Americas share a common history of very real power. Voodoo practitioners scatter after KatrinaVoodoo has long been entrenched in New Orleans, quietly practiced in homes with altars, candles and incense to solve problems of the heart and wallet. Before the storm tore through, about 15 percent of the city's population actively practiced, according to Lisa Fannon, a tour guide, though estimates vary widely. Zimbabwe: Annan is being misledThe Zimbabwe government says UN Secretary General Kofi Annan does not have a "factual position" on the country and is being misled by people in his office, a government spokesperson told the state-controlled Herald newspaper on Thursday. Standoff on Ethiopia, Eritrea borderSenior UN diplomats expressed mounting alarm on Wednesday about the risk of war between Eritrea and Ethiopia after reports of troop movements along the tense border between the two Horn of Africa neighbours. Hutu rebels routed from DRC national parkHundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers and United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have routed dozens of Rwandan Hutu rebels and local militiamen from Virunga National Park, a high-ranking colonel said on Wednesday. Sudan arrests Chadian mutineers in DarfurSudan has arrested and disarmed more than 20 Chadian army defectors near the common border after a September mutiny in the east of the country, said an official on Wednesday. France punishes generals over death in Ivory Coast Two senior French generals have been reprimanded and relieved of their command after the defence ministry concluded that they failed to report to their superiors the suffocation of an Ivory Coast man by three French peacekeepers. The troops will face a criminal investigation by civilian prosecutors after an internal defence ministry report. Hemorrhagic fever kills 52 in SudanFifty two people have died of hemorrhagic fever in South Kordofan State in central Sudan. The deaths are out of a total of 176 cases observed up to yesterday in all parts of the state, excluding the south eastern areas. “Bush - Nazi Dealings Continued Until 1951” - Federal DocumentsThe Security Council Resolution on Syria is a pretext for the bombing and occupation of SyriaOur Greatest Criminals Are Never Charged With Their Greatest CrimesSea windmills could blunt eyesore criticismsPalestinians 'terrorised' by sonic boom flightsAmerica's Double Standard on Terrorism Amnesty International on terror laws: Dangerous. Ill-conceived. An assault on human rights Mexico Defies Washington on ICCHoward students protest first lady's visitSolved: the mysteries of the black hole Flip side to US transition plan for Cuba:
The World Prepares for US Without Bush Chavez accuses Colombia of coup conspiracy
Tyehimba on 11.03.05 @ 08:20 AM CST [ link]
Wednesday, November 2nd
How the US destroyed the Black Panther Party
It was clear to me that the federal government tried to destroy and did destroy the Black Panther Party and tried to destroy me as a member of the Black Panther Party. They used deceit, they used false information, they also participated in overt assaults on people's lives. I was assaulted, and two other people were assaulted and shot and imprisoned in Los Angeles. I was imprisoned for six years for assault with intent to commit murder on police officers, when in fact it was the police who initiated the assault - and eventually charges was dropped. It was clear to me then that this was an attack to destroy us, and I survived. And in 2003, it became clear to me that they wanted to continue their campaign to destroy me by visiting me, accusing me and wanting to talk to me about things that happened in 1971. From 1968 to 1973, I experienced false arrests, I experienced assassination attempts, I experienced being railroaded through the courts, I experienced police brutality, experienced torture - because of my association with this organization called the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. So how does it make me feel in 2005? I feel like it's something that's never gonna end, that my commitment is being challenged again by the United States government. Because of the commitment that I made in 1967, I'm still being persecuted and punished for that commitment and believing in the 10-point program of the Black Panther Party and implementing some of the programs of the Black Panther Party in some of the social programs that myself and my colleagues are doing. So, I'm very concerned. I'm angry. I don't feel like it's right, and I don't feel like it's something that should go unnoticed, and I don't feel like the government should be able to get away with this continuous harassment. The same people who tried to kill me in 1973 are the same people who are here today, in 2005, trying to destroy me. I mean it literally. I mean there were people from the forces of the San Francisco Police Department who participated in harassment, torture and my interrogation in 1973. And these same people I have to come in contact with, I have to go before courts in front of, who are asking me the same questions that they interrogated and tortured me for. I have to be confronted with these people, and none of these people have ever been brought to trial. None of these people have ever been charged with anything. None of these people have ever been questioned about that. So I think if they have to put me in court, I think they should be brought to court and questioned about their behavior as it related to John Bowman, Harold Taylor and Ruben Scott and dozens of other people in New Orleans in 1973. So if I have to be brought before a grand jury and questioned in secret, where no one is there but the grand jurors, John Bowman, the U.S. Attorney and the state's Attorney (General) - no lawyer for me. Why can't there be some forum where some questions are put to the police department from San Francisco about their behavior in 1973, which is the basis of this grand jury investigation today. That's what I'm asking for is some justice. Full Article : sfbayview.comAU chief deplores violence in Addis AbabaAfrican Union Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare on Wednesday evening deplored the violence in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, saying that the violence occurred "in circumstances yet to be clarified." State's gasoline retailers cash in "Bush - Nazi Dealings Continued Until 1951" - Federal Documents Syria accuses US of launching lethal raids over its borders Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts Why are They Making New Orleans a Ghost Town?
Tyehimba on 11.02.05 @ 12:11 AM CST [ link]
Tuesday, November 1st
Putting Up A Resistance
Putting Up A Resistance RASTAFARIANS AND other residents of London's oldest squatted street promised to resist bailiffs and police to protect their unique community. AU Discusses On Two UN Security Council Seats Germany Expresses Support for Africa's MoveThe African heads of states convened here on Monday an Extra ordinary summit on the UN Security Council reform where Africa looks towards two permanent seats. Survivors Still Fighting for Justice for 1921 Tulsa Race Riot that destroyed the ‘Black Wall Street’Did you know that 97 survivors are still fighting the battle of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot? Did You Know Black leaders lead by Harvard professor and attorney Charles Ogletree, recently held a rally on October 30th, 2005 on behalf of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot, vowing to continue their struggle for reparations. What's in a Name? a Fight for IdentitySwiss to return $21m to AngolaAuthorities will lift blocking orders on four bank accounts and return $21m to Angola for use in humanitarian projects, said the Switzerland foreign ministry on Tuesday. Canada's Crimes in HaitiCanadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is attempting to position himself as a champion of the downtrodden. Martin talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. Continuing exodus of African & Caribbean doctors eroding health care systemsThe public health systems of developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean are continuing to be eroded by the mass migration of its medical elite to richer countries as the devastation of the brain-drain takes hold, a new report has revealed. UN rejects Guantanamo visit offerUN human rights monitors say they will not accept a US offer to visit the Guantanamo Bay prison camp unless they are given free access to the prisoners. Botswana: Court Victory For One Bushman FamilyThe Botswana High Court ruled on Friday 28 October that the government must allow Bushman Amogolang Segootsane and his family to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. It must also return his goats to him and allow him to bring water into the reserve. Mbeki, Obasanjo off to crisis-ridden Ivory CoastPresident Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) and the Nigerian president, will soon travel to the Ivory Coast. This follows the failure by the Ivory Coast to hold elections scheduled for yesterday. Western falsehoods and the roots of Muslim angerDanger of US sponsored Nuclear WarAnother UN Failure?Israeli troops kill three PalestiniansAnother Trojan Horse from the UN?Israel conducts mass arrest campaignKatrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies
Tyehimba on 11.01.05 @ 08:03 PM CST [ link]
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