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SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT NOW AFTER VIOLENT PROTESTS?
DURBAN, South Africa — The sense of shock was palpable as a handful of residents stared at a shopping center in ruins. Windows were […]
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Foreign Tutelage is unacceptable
Once upon a time, the frogs wished for a better, powerful and influential king to rule and majestically presides over their cases. The frogs […]
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IT IS NOT ZUMA AND LAZINESS, IT IS POVERTY AND INEQUALITY!
In South Africa this week has been faced with the demonstrations which associated with looting and vandalization of shopping malls and other facilities in […]
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Haiti Revolution, sparks for freedom
by Ustadi Kadiri, Haiti Action Committee In 1789, French Haiti – St. Domingue at the time – was receiving 40,000 enslaved Afrikans a year, […]
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Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it By CARA ANNA
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s […]
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The Empires of Gates- Interview with Vandana Shiva, Ph.D.
In this interview with Dr. Joseph Mercola, Vandana Shiva says, “… if In the next decade, if we don’t protect what has to be […]
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Chad: The bed Déby made
Dying on the frontlines after two decades in power, Idriss Déby leaves behind fractured politics, poverty, and a rebel group on the march.
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On 10th Anniversary of the U.S.-NATO Attack on Libya: Powerful Perpetrators Have Yet To Face Justice
Three Powerful American Women—Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice—Pushed Obama into Destroying the Wealthiest, Healthiest and Happiest Nation in Africa
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U.S. Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil for Shell and Exxon-Mobil
U.S. Special Forces soldier trains Somali operative. [Source: geeskaafrika.com] “United States foreign policy in Somalia has always sided with the wrong side.” That’s how Mohamed […]
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Venezuelan women endure the “sanctions” with their bodies
Carmen Navas Reyes and Laura Franco respond to the article published in the New York Times which attempts to speak about the problems facing […]
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R.D.Congo: Small Notes – In the death of an ambassador (3)
To find out who killed Ambassador Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and Mustapha Milambo, we need to look to Rwanda. So on […]
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Egypt-Ethiopia: Difficult Negotiations
The latest round of Egyptian-Ethiopian negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by former African Union (AU) president Cyril Ramaphosa, ended without […]
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Food Insecurity and the Prospects for Emerging Players
With the inauguration of Joe Biden, and the coming post-Covid era being bound to create uncertain new realities, people are taking the time to […]
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Prime Minister’s Constitutional Coup: Nepal Heading to People’s Movement III
Abstract 21 Feb 2021 – In the recent context of Nepal where Prime Minister K P Oli has dissolved the Parliament over a dispute within […]
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A Non-racial Society (a Society without Racism) Must Necessarily Be an Unbounded Society
The South African historian Crain Soudien recently observed: “The dominant narrative of contemporary South Africa, almost a quarter of a century after the end […]
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From Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine
Originally published by BBC News on February 7, 2021. Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of […]
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Libya’s peace process doomed to failure without its women
Libya is disintegrating into chaos and lawlessness. Women who stand up to those in charge of the country end up fearing for their lives, […]
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480,000 killed by extreme weather this century – Analysis
Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new […]
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Customary rights key to land reform in Democratic Republic of Congo, expert says
Lawyer extols value of traditional knowledge and tenure systems Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country about two thirds the size of […]
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It’s 2020. What Would YOU Do?
The year is drawing to a close, memorable for its unrelenting spotlight on coronavirus. Reflecting on the past 12 months, imagine what you would […]
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Ethiopia: Civil War and Nation Building in the 21st Century
2 Dec 2020 – In light of the Ethiopian central government’s military clash with regional forces in Tigray province, Ann Garrison speaks with a member […]
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Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Nov 24 2020 (IPS) – On 10 December, representatives for the World Food Programme (WFP) will in Norway receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo […]
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Is this a vaccine apartheid?
Optimism emerged last week following a vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech companies for Covid-19 fight. However, some governments are scrambling to lay […]
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A Year of Revolt
Last year a wave of militant protests spread across North Africa and West Asia, in a sustained, historic series of popular struggles. Emma Wilde […]
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“Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis
New analysis finds the Global North is responsible for 92% of all excess global carbon dioxide emissions, while the Global South bears the brunt of the devastation.