contemporary africa

World Bank - 25 Countries Record Impressive Growth By Ayodele Aminu and Cosnatance Ikokwu Washington, DC/ Lagos 23 October 2007 As the curtains were yesterday drawn on the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the International...

http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3882 Western Humanitarianism Or Neo-Slavery? By Amii Omara-Otunnu November 7th, 2007 Humanitarianism is generally taken for granted as driven by benevolent concerns. Has this always been the case? What is the comparative...

L’humanitaire, nouvel horizon du racisme et du colonialisme ? Béatrice Péreire Six excités de l’humanitaire. Un Président tout aussi agité. Avec le Darfour en toile de fond. Que nous dit cette affaire ? Bien plus qu’on ne pourrait le croire. L’idéologie...

Africa at large: Spare continent the medicine of the new colonisers Business Day (South Africa), by Temba Nolutshungu October 8, 2007 Ever since the 19th century territorial scramble for Africa, Africans have become used to western intervention in their...

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article24255 What justifies Sudan’s successive military regimes? By Chuar Juet Jock Monday 15 October 2007 October 14, 2007 — Sudan did never have a chance for a real and fair democracy since it was proclaimed independent...

www.pambazuka.org Joaquim Chissano and the neo-liberal virus in Mozambique Since independence in 1975, the living conditions of the working people of Mozambique have deteriorated considerably. In 2007 the quality of life of the majority of citizens remains...

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39648 AUSTRALIA: Activists Slam Neo-Colonialism in the Pacific By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Oct 15 (IPS) - Activists attending an international solidarity forum in Melbourne have been speaking out against what...

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=26520&cat=10 Darfur, AU and global politics By Reason Wafawarova One reader who claims to be from the University of Zimbabwe challenged this writer to prove "Africa’s innocence on Darfur" and to show how the...

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=26528&cat=10 West’s development models abortive By Mabasa Sasa Conventional economic wisdom since the start of the 20th Century has offered very few alternatives for developing world progress in general and African...

Inside France's secret war For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and...