contemporary africa

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=73936 MAURITANIA: New anti-slavery law not enough for real change, activists say DAKAR, 24 August 2007 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government must take additional measures to ensure a new law criminalizing slavery...

Nigerians abroad plan mega firm to run refineries, power plants From Laolu Akande (New York) and Yakubu Lawal (Lagos) NIGERIAN professionals abroad have offered to work with the Federal Government to realise its goal of a viable oil and gas and energy...

AFRICA: THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT Tarek Belleh August 1,2007 Belleh64@yahoo.com Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany If you ever imagined Africa rising to become a land of prosperity and prominence, you are not alone, and that vision may not be so far-fetched after...

http://www.ekosso.com/2007/08/colonial-histor.html#more A Squalid End to Empire: British Retreat from Africa Colonial history, seen from the side of the colonists, can be summarised as follows: I came, I saw, I conquered. Then I lied about it. The BBC...

Achille Mbembe démonte le mensonge de Sarkosy sur l'afrique (titre en français sur notre site) Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa By Achille Mbembe publié le 08/08/2007 If they'd had the chance, the majority of French-speaking Africans would have no doubt voted...

Sarkozy's Africa ( title in English on our site) Achille MBEMBE démonte le mensonge de Sarkosy sur l'Afrique Lors de sa récente visite de travail en Afrique sub-saharienne, le président de la République française, Nicolas Sarkozy, a prononcé à Dakar un...

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/diaspora/artikel.php?ID=128812 First Continental Political Party adopts Swahili African Name 11 August 2007 UHURU AFRICAN CONVENTION (UAC) Leader Woos Diasporians : African -Americans, Caribbeans, etc, and pleads...

Nubians rally in front of the White House Lafayette Park - Saturday September 8, 2007 - from 1.00-3.00 pm The Rescue Nubia and Resist Kajbar Dam Committee ( RNARKDC)- US chapter will organize a peaceful rally in front of the White House on September 8,...

http://togopages.net/blog/?p=854 Le discours inacceptable Nicolas Sarkozy par Boubacar Boris Diop, 25 Aug 2007 Il est peut-être écrit quelque part qu´entre Paris et ses anciennes colonies d´Afrique noire rien ne doit se passer selon les normes admises...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/world/africa/13chinaafrica.html?th&emc=th China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad By HOWARD W. FRENCH and LYDIA POLGREEN August 13, 2007 KOUDJIWAI, Chad — The small plane flew in low over a scorched, peppercorn...