contemporary africa

Sudan: Garang Was Assassinated, Says Widow New Vision (Kampala) 18 June 2007 Posted to the web 19 June 2007 Felix Osike and Reuben Olita Kampala THE death of Sudan's First Vice President, Dr John Garang de Mabior in July 2005 in a plane crash took a new...

L'esclavage continue en Mauritanié (titre francais sur notre site) Mauritania -- They Live In Slavery PART 1 Garba Diallo reports on the last country to abolish slavery. Shocking, incredible, but true 1996 Don’t worry; I am not planning to kidnap you...

Herero Genocide 1904 -1908: Still no compensation from Germany http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/takeaction/444474096 When the Herero people of Namibia revolted against the confiscation of their land and cattle by German colonists more than 80,000 plus...

South Africa: Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising allAfrica.com 16 June 2001 Posted to the web 17 June 2001 Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Soweto The now-famous image of a young man, holding a dying schoolboy in his arms, as his hysterical sister runs alongside screaming,...

http://www.ghanaweb .com/GhanaHomePa ge/NewsArchive/ artikel.php? ID=125689 General News of Saturday, 16 June 2007 United African government "now" Tamale, June 16, GNA- Majority of participants at a forum on the "Grand debate" on the formation of a United...

GAC CANADA STATEMENT ON THE STEPHEN HARPER’S GOVERNMENT’S BARRING WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA FROM ENTERING CANADA. Toronto , Canada, June 12, 2007: The triumph of ending political apartheid in South Africa is at the doorstep of the Rt. Honourable Winnie...

Slavery ain’t dead, it’s manufactured in Liberia’s rubber Robtel Neajai Pailey (2007-04-25) While England celebrates its 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, plantation workers in Liberia are trapped in a time warp of monumental proportions....

http://lalkar. org/issues/ contents/may2007/zimbabwe.php The independence of Zimbabwe under attack yet again Every year or so, the British state and its friends in the press descend into an excited frenzy of anticipation, thinking that the downfall of...

Slaves who died at sea being honored By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 9, 6:06 AM ET Eighteen years ago, Tony Akeem organized a ceremony in New York City to honor the millions of Africans who died crossing the Atlantic during the slave trade....

BRING DOWN YOUR AIRFARES OR GET OUT OF AFRICA (english title on our site) ) BAISSEZ VOS TARIFS OU SORTEZ DE L'AFRIQUE Par Jacques Sotero Agboton Auteur du livre: Philosophy of Engagement (An ideological basis for the liberation of African people) LES...