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Frantz Fanon in Africa and Asia
Samir Amin – Pambazuka News
December 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Frantz Fanon in Africa and Asia)
Durban Climate Deal Struck After Tense All-Night Session
John Vidal and Fiona Harvey in Durban – The Guardian
December 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Durban Climate Deal Struck After Tense All-Night Session)
La Via Campesina Durban Declaration
La Via Campesina – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on La Via Campesina Durban Declaration)
Draft Climate Deal Dubbed a “Death Sentence for Africa”
Stephen Leahy – Inter Press Service-IPS
December 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Draft Climate Deal Dubbed a “Death Sentence for Africa”)
Unreported Horrors – Male Rape in DR Congo
Moses Seruwagi – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Unreported Horrors – Male Rape in DR Congo)
Remilitarisation of Africa Set to Fail
Horace Campbell - InDepth News
November 21st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Remilitarisation of Africa Set to Fail)
US Africa Command a Tool to Recolonise Continent
Motsoko Pheko – Pambazuka News
November 21st, 2011 ( 2 Comments »)
Landgrabbing in Ethiopia: Legal Lease or Stolen Soil?
Philipp Hedemann – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 14th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Landgrabbing in Ethiopia: Legal Lease or Stolen Soil?)
Yet Another Report Lambasts Shell Nigeria
Jerome Mwanda - InDepth News
November 14th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Yet Another Report Lambasts Shell Nigeria)
Scramble for Africa
John Cherian- Frontline, India
November 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Scramble for Africa)
Cape Verde Recognised for Political, Economic Leadership
Thalif Deen – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 31st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Cape Verde Recognised for Political, Economic Leadership)
The Son of Africa Claims a Continent’s Crown Jewels
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 24th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Africa: More Dangerous to Be a Woman than a Soldier
Saaleha Bamjee – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 10th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Africa: More Dangerous to Be a Woman than a Soldier)
My First AK-47: Kids Awarded Guns in Somali Recruitment Game
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2011 ( Comments Off on My First AK-47: Kids Awarded Guns in Somali Recruitment Game)
New Law Prohibits Practice of Female Genital Mutilation in Guinea-Bissau
Iain Murray, UNICEF – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2011 ( Comments Off on New Law Prohibits Practice of Female Genital Mutilation in Guinea-Bissau)
Homophobia in Africa
Peter Kenworthy – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Homophobia in Africa)
U.S. Assembling Secret Drone Bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Officials Say
Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller – The Washington Post
September 26th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Ugandan Bishop Calls on Christian America to “Stop Exporting Hate”
Melanie Nathan – Gay USA
September 26th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Food Emergency: How the World Bank and IMF Have Made African Famine Inevitable
Rania Khalek - Alternet
September 12th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Death by Tabloid
Xan Rice – The Atlantic
September 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Death by Tabloid)
‘The Worst Crisis I Have Ever Seen’
Azad Essa – Al Jazeera
September 12th, 2011 ( Comments Off on ‘The Worst Crisis I Have Ever Seen’)
Famine in the Horn of Africa: Malthus Beware
William G. Moseley – Al Jazeera
August 29th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
How Zenawi ‘Weaponizes’ Famine in Ethiopia
Alemayehu G. Mariam - InDepth News
August 29th, 2011 ( Comments Off on How Zenawi ‘Weaponizes’ Famine in Ethiopia)
Somalia? Which Somalia? Just Some Facts About Everybody’s–Nobody’s Land
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 29th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Somalia? Which Somalia? Just Some Facts About Everybody’s–Nobody’s Land)
Global South Key to African Economies
Global development agencies – Al Jazeera
August 8th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Can Africa Develop a Regional Response to ‘Resource Grabbing’?
Rebecca M.E. Pointer – Another countryside
August 8th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Can Africa Develop a Regional Response to ‘Resource Grabbing’?)
Famine in East Africa
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 1st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Famine in East Africa)
Famine Continues to Ravage East Africa
Alan Fisher – Al Jazeera
August 1st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Famine Continues to Ravage East Africa)
Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa
Ramzy Baroud – Toward Freedom
August 1st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa)
Reading the World in a Loaf of Bread: Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather, Upheaval, and a Planetful of Trouble
Christian Parenti - TomDispatch
July 25th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Crocodile Tears As Food Aid Blockade Continues in Horn of Africa
Thomas C. Mountain – Foreign Policy Journal
July 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Crocodile Tears As Food Aid Blockade Continues in Horn of Africa)
The Silent Humanitarian Crises beyond East Africa
Rajesh Makwana and Adam Parsons – Share the World’s Resources
July 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on The Silent Humanitarian Crises beyond East Africa)
New Born South Sudan Has Ambitious Goals
Jerome Mwanda - InDepth News
July 18th, 2011 ( Comments Off on New Born South Sudan Has Ambitious Goals)
Fragile Peace Greets Independent South Sudan
Jerome Mwanda - InDepth News
July 11th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Fragile Peace Greets Independent South Sudan)
DRC: Children Still in Prison despite Law
IRIN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2011 ( Comments Off on DRC: Children Still in Prison despite Law)
Ugandan Farmers Reject Genetically Modified Crops
David Kazungu – Daily Monitor, Uganda
July 4th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Ugandan Farmers Reject Genetically Modified Crops)
Somali Doctor: ‘If I was sane, I would have fled!’
Mohammed Adow – Al Jazeera
July 4th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Somali Doctor: ‘If I was sane, I would have fled!’)
Chad Signs Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children in National Army and Security Forces
Cassandra Clifford – Foreign Policy Association
July 4th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Chad Signs Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children in National Army and Security Forces)
New Insights into Beleaguered Africa
Jaya Ramachandran - InDepth News
June 20th, 2011 ( Comments Off on New Insights into Beleaguered Africa)
Sudan: Half the Horror Remains Untold
Tendai Marima – Al Jazeera
June 13th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Sudan: Half the Horror Remains Untold)
Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite
Rebecca Solnit – TomDispatch
May 23rd, 2011 ( 2 Comments »)
Forty-Eight Women Raped Every Hour in Congo, Study Finds
Jo Adetunji – The Guardian
May 16th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Forty-Eight Women Raped Every Hour in Congo, Study Finds)
Swazi Village Tastes Sweet Success with Sugarcane
Mantoe Phakathi – TerraViva Europe
May 2nd, 2011 ( Comments Off on Swazi Village Tastes Sweet Success with Sugarcane)
Madagascar: Community Resistance to Corporate Land Theft
Stefan Christoff, farmlandgrab.org – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Madagascar: Community Resistance to Corporate Land Theft)
Cote d’Ivoire: The Forgotten War?
Azad Essa – Al Jazeera
April 4th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: The Forgotten War?)
The New Colonialism: Washington’s Pursuit of World Hegemony
Paul Craig Roberts – Global Research
April 4th, 2011 ( Comments Off on The New Colonialism: Washington’s Pursuit of World Hegemony)
Let’s Make Female Genital Mutilation a Part of History
Bernadette Sesay – Pambazuka News
March 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Let’s Make Female Genital Mutilation a Part of History)
Continuing Colonialism: World Bank Funds Mining in Africa
Cyril Mychalejko – Toward Freedom
March 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Continuing Colonialism: World Bank Funds Mining in Africa)
The South African Scourge
Jonah Hull – Al Jazeera
February 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on The South African Scourge)
Conflict and Violence in Africa: Causes, Sources and Types
Adeleye Oyeniyi – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 28th, 2011 ( 11 Comments »)
We Take Risks, Others Pay the Price
Naomi Klein - CNN
February 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on We Take Risks, Others Pay the Price)
Peace-Building in Africa
Adeleye Oyeniyi – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 21st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Peace-Building in Africa)
Vision: How Yoga Is Transforming a Kenyan City
Anna Clark - AlterNet
February 21st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Ethnicity and Indigene/Settler Conflict
Adeleye Oyeniyi – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 14th, 2011 ( 4 Comments »)
Africa’s New Country
David Whitehouse – Socialist Worker
January 31st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Stakeholders in the Côte d’Ivoire Crisis
Sanou Mbaye – Pambazuka News
January 31st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Stakeholders in the Côte d’Ivoire Crisis)
Tribute to Patrice Lumumba on the 50th Anniversary of His Assassination [17 Jan 1961]
Carlos Martinez – Pambazuka News
January 24th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Tribute to Patrice Lumumba on the 50th Anniversary of His Assassination [17 Jan 1961])
The Balkanization of Sudan: The Redrawing of the Middle East and North Africa
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – Global Research
January 24th, 2011 ( Comments Off on The Balkanization of Sudan: The Redrawing of the Middle East and North Africa)
A Campaign Goes Viral to Stop ‘Corrective Rape,’ Used to ‘Cure’ South African Women of Homosexuality
Joseph Huff-Hannon - AlterNet
January 17th, 2011 ( Comments Off on A Campaign Goes Viral to Stop ‘Corrective Rape,’ Used to ‘Cure’ South African Women of Homosexuality)
Africa: Letter to AU over Homophobia Concerns
AIDS-Free World – Pambazuka News
January 17th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Africa: Letter to AU over Homophobia Concerns)
Mauritania: Activists’ Trial Puts Spotlight on Anti-Slavery Law
IRIN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 17th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Mauritania: Activists’ Trial Puts Spotlight on Anti-Slavery Law)
Exposing the Real Tunisia
Soumaya Ghannoushi – The Guardian
January 17th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Exposing the Real Tunisia)
The Emerging Peace and Security Architecture in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and Challenges
Alemayehu Fentaw – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 17th, 2011 ( Comments Off on The Emerging Peace and Security Architecture in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and Challenges)
Sudan Referendum: Southerners Flood Home to Vote in Post-War Secession Poll
Mike Pflanz – The Telegraph
January 10th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Sudan Referendum: Southerners Flood Home to Vote in Post-War Secession Poll)
The Eve of Secession: What the Future Might Hold for Southern Sudan
Horand Knaup – Der Spiegel
January 3rd, 2011 ( Comments Off on The Eve of Secession: What the Future Might Hold for Southern Sudan)
Homophobia Plagues Africa
Pambazuka News – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 27th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Homophobia Plagues Africa)
Africa Is Resisting the Threat of Europe’s Free Trade Agreements
Martin Khor - The China Post, Kuala Lumpur
December 6th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Africa Is Resisting the Threat of Europe’s Free Trade Agreements)
Liberia: Searching For Solutions to Land Disputes
IRIN (*) – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 29th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Liberia: Searching For Solutions to Land Disputes)
Which Way Sudan?
Horace Campbell – Pambazuka News
November 29th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Which Way Sudan?)
The Tribulations of the Tuareg
Jeremy Keenan – Al Jazeera
November 29th, 2010 ( Comments Off on The Tribulations of the Tuareg)
The US, the AU and the New Scramble for Africa
Jason Hickel – Pambazuka News
November 8th, 2010 ( Comments Off on The US, the AU and the New Scramble for Africa)
Nigeria: Shell Oil’s ‘License to Kill’?
Abena Ampofoa Asare – Pambazuka News
October 25th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
In Kenya, Farmers Grow Their Own Way
Heather Day & Travis English – Yes! Magazine
October 11th, 2010 ( Comments Off on In Kenya, Farmers Grow Their Own Way)
The Real Pirates in Somalia: Washington, Paris and Oslo
Abdulkadir Salad Elmi – Somali Talk
October 4th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Countdown to Sudan’s Referendum
Lazaro Sumbeiywo and John Danforth – Al Jazeera
September 20th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Countdown to Sudan’s Referendum)
Preparing for South Sudan’s Crucial Referendum
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 20th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Preparing for South Sudan’s Crucial Referendum)
Is Mozambique an African Success Story?
Barnaby Phillips in Africa – Al Jazeera
September 20th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Is Mozambique an African Success Story?)
Sudan: Prospect and Lesson
Richard Cockett – Open Democracy
September 20th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Sudan: Prospect and Lesson)
…Meanwhile, over in Ghana
Mark LeVine – Al Jazeera
September 13th, 2010 ( Comments Off on …Meanwhile, over in Ghana)
The New African Land Grab
Lee Wengraf – Socialist Worker
September 13th, 2010 ( Comments Off on The New African Land Grab)
Half of Niger’s Population Hungry
Press TV – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 23rd, 2010 ( 2 Comments »)
Humanitarian Catastrophe in Niger: Where is This Story?
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey – Pravda
August 16th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Humanitarian Catastrophe in Niger: Where is This Story?)
AFRICOM and Uganda’s Dance with Death
Dallas Darling – Truthout
August 9th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa into Military Zones
Rick Rozoff – Pambazuka News
May 24th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
The Role of Natural Resources in Civil Wars
Phumlani Majavu – Toward Freedom
May 10th, 2010 ( Comments Off on The Role of Natural Resources in Civil Wars)
Mps Push for Continent-Wide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
UN IRIN-TRANSCEND Media Service
May 10th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Mps Push for Continent-Wide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation)
Reconciliation Lessons from Africa
Barnaby Phillips – Al Jazeera
May 3rd, 2010 ( Comments Off on Reconciliation Lessons from Africa)
Under the Disguise of Counterterrorism: Obama Expands U.S. Military Ops in Africa
UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 26th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Under the Disguise of Counterterrorism: Obama Expands U.S. Military Ops in Africa)
Morocco: U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation
Stephen Zunes – The Huffington Post
April 19th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Morocco: U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation)
Land Grabs Continue As Elites Resist Regulation
Hilaire Avril - TerraViva Europe
April 19th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Land Grabs Continue As Elites Resist Regulation)
AFRICOM BACKS BLOODSHED IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Keith Harmon Snow – Dissident Voice
April 12th, 2010 ( Comments Off on AFRICOM BACKS BLOODSHED IN CENTRAL AFRICA)
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