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Pêche: l'Afrique australe adopte un plan pour protéger ses ressources Samedi, 5 Juillet 2008 Huit pays d'Afrique australe sont convenus de créer un groupe de travail sur la pêche illégale dans leurs eaux pour tenter de protéger leurs ressources halieutiques...

http://www.jamaica- gleaner.com/ gleaner/20080519 /business/ business1. html Socio-economic boost needed for Africa - Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie speaks at UWI ... Athaliah Reynolds Staff Reporter May 19, 2008 His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie,...

Letting Down Afro-Colombians The Shameful Failure of the Black Congressional Caucus By Nikolas Kozloff As the debate over the U.S.-Colombian free trade deal heats up in Washington, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has grown concerned. On the Hill, the...

Mombasa 1505 — how Europe began the great plunder of Africa Kenyan socialist Mary Oredi and Charlie Kimber look back at a crucial moment in African history, when Portuguese forces attacked the African city of Mombasa Five hundred years ago an act of force...

www.pambazuka.org The time for Food Sovereignty has come! Henry Saragih 2008-05-01 In this open letter to the Secretary General of the Food and Agriculture organization (FAO), Henry Saragih argues that the food price crisis exposes the instability of...

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/8/stuffed_and_starved_as_food_riots Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details “The Hidden Battle for the World Food System” Global food prices have risen dramatically, adding a...

How Far is the US From Food Shortages and Food Riots? by Monica Davis Saturday Apr 12th, 2008 Even the United States is not immune from the potential for food shortages, food riots and food insecurity. We’re just blind to the possibility. As Americans...

Beware Wall Streeters Baring Solutions Junious Ricardo Stanton “WASHINGTON - The Bush administration Monday proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression....

African Agriculture and the World Bank: Development or impoverishment? www.pambazuka.org 2008-03-11 Kjell Havnevik, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Atakilte Beyene and Prosper Matondi look at the destructive role the world bank has played in African agriculture...

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/46226 The Bush family's slaveholding past: Was their dynasty built on slavery? Edward Ball 2008-02-19 Edward Ball argues that in addition to a troubled Bush Africa legacy, Bush's family owned slaves The image...