demystifying the world of business

The West does not want Switzerland to clean up its act when it comes to African money since it is the West who encourages Africans to deposit their money in Western banks. In spite of all the talk about money laundering, the West prefers corruption in...

http://www.sfbayvie w.com/2009/ the-challenges- of-congo- advocacy- in-the-21st- century/ The challenges of Congo advocacy in the 21st century by Kambale Musavuli October 5, 2009 One hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated...

http://blackstarnew s.com/news/ 135/ARTICLE/ 6130/2009- 11-29.html Congo’s Agony: West And African Proxies Rape Mineral Riches By Kambale Musavuli November 29th, 2009 As global awareness grows around the Congo and the silence is finally being broken on...

Capitalism came out of slavery and we all know what slavery was. Is it any wonder therefore that companies go around the planet looking for cheap labour? Unless we change capitalism, we will not stop slave labour or the exploitation of children because...

I read an article by Ha Joon Chang and I found his analysis interesting but he too, like the West forget to mention that it was the exploitation of African people (slavery) which made the West rich. It was not because of neoliberal ideas why the west,...

Africa: Continent And the Global Crisis - Time to Throw Away Neo-Liberalism 21 August 2009 Between 11-14 August, members of the ATN and other networks of civil society organisations working on finance, trade, investment and economic development in Africa...

Where does Africa's generosity stem from ? Again we must return to the past to find the answer. Africa, unlike Europe, has been blessed with abundant wealth. She has mineral wealth, forests, wildlife, etc. In other words, Africa has an abundance of every...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/trafigura-oil-ivory-coast/print Trafigura offers payout to 31,000 victims of toxic dumping 17/09/09 • Secret email trail exposes truth behind £100m legal battle • Read the emails here The British oil trader...

After India, multinationals throw Africans off the land to grow jetropha for biofuels. All I will say is that Africans can continue to feign ignorance and suffer the consequences, or open their eyes and see clearly. Hort http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200909080878.html...

www.twnside.org.sg , The G8, Obama, and food insecurity in Africa 2/09/09 The following article was published in the South-North Development Monitor (SUNS) #6740, 14 July 2009 and is reproduced here with permission. Geneva, 13 Jul (Martin Khor*) -- Last...