contemporary africa

Colonie française du Tchad : Exfiltration autoritaire des six Français condamnés pour tentative d’enlèvement d’enfants 28/12/2007 Le rideau s’est finalement levé sur le leurre qui se jouait entre Abéché, N’djamena au Tchad et Paris depuis le 25 novembre,...

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=28839&cat=10 Revolution against western allies By Reason Wafawarova Sydney, Australia THE just-ended EU-Africa summit has left a clear message that the era of aid cemented relations between Africa and its former...

http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=4013 The Desecration Of Somalia By Amii Omara-Otunnu December 20th, 2007 The chilling facts about the humanitarian crises of Biblical proportions unfolding in Somalia as a result of the proxy war in that country are numbing....

Ethiopians Said to Push Civilians Into Rebel War By Jeffrey Gettleman December 15, 2007 NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ethiopian government, one of America’s top allies in Africa, is forcing untrained civilians — including doctors, teachers, office clerks and employees...

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/875/re11.htm Leapfrog Lisbon? Gamal Nkrumah In the dying days of 2007, Europe, or rather the European Union, and Africa -- note not the African Union -- decided that it was time to brainstorm and debate head-on a number...

Détient-elle la clé de l'arche de zoé ? L'ombre de la patronnesse Numéro deux de l'ONG, Stéphanie Dhainaut-Lefebvre est une femme de réseaux. S'est-elle servie de ses relais politiques, scientifiques et humanitaires ? Enquête de Léna Mauger Elle est introuvable....

EU is Using 'Bully Tactics' to Push Through EPAs Inter Press Service 15 December 2007 By Aileen Kwa Cape Town, Johannesburg "We succumbed," lamented a diplomat from Namibia. "We signed on the 12th of December. The pressure was too much. The private sector...

www.pambazuka.org African food sovereignty or AGRA Mukoma wa Ngugi (2007-12-12) Mukoma Wa Ngugi speaks to the dangers surrounding the Bill Gates initiative - Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) "Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to...

http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/emeagwali/120607.html Technology is the root of all evil By Philip Emeagwali According to history books, gun-wielding European slave traders kidnapped one in five Africans and transported them across the oceans...

Face à l'UE, l'Afrique fait entendre sa voix au sommet de Lisbonne 09 decembre 2007 Lisbonne (AFP) Européens et Africains ont adopté dimanche à Lisbonne les principes d'un partenariat "d'égal à égal", censé ouvrir une nouvelle page de leurs relations,...