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The myth of an 'oral Africa' finally bites the dust
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2116062,00.html In fabled city at the end of the earth, a treasury of ancient manuscripts In Timbuktu the race is on to preserve papers that document a west African golden age Monday July 2, 2007 The Guardian...
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Double standards
SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONALISM By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill In order for the African Community in the United States of America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that we remind ourselves of the nature of the American...
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Mobutu's stolen millions to be returned to Congo
http://www.afrol.com/articles/26125 "Mobutu millions" to be returned to Congo afrol News, 17 July - During her visit to Kinshasa, the President of the Swiss Confederation promised Congolese President Joseph Kabila Switzerland was now willing to help return...
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Introduction à la géopolitique
Introduction à la géopolitique Entretien avec Louis Pallenborn 1) Que recouvre la notion de «géopolitique»? La notion de «géopolitique», telle que l'on utilisée les hommes politiques, les diplomates ou les militaires, est d'ordre essentiellement stratégique....
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Langue, liberation and development (voir traduction francais)
Language, libération et development (titre en francais sur notre site ) http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/42686 Language, liberation and development Approach methodologies for a postcolonial Africa Kum’a Ndumbe III (2007-07-18) Is there a...
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UK 'testing ground' for cosmetics
UK 'testing ground' for cosmetics Poor UK regulation of cosmetic treatments is turning the public into "guinea pigs", warn campaigners. Which? magazine claims that companies are testing cosmetic fillers in the UK before applying for a US licence under...
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US economy slows down
Report Says U.S. Economy Will Slow September 5, 2007 By Frank Jordans, Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) -- The U.S. economy will slow sharply this year and fall behind growth rates in most of the world, according to forecasts in a U.N. report released...
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Cultural alienation in Africa also leads to religious fanaticism
Development in a Cultural Void Daily Champion 24 July 2007 By Akinwunmi Isola Lagos The problems of cultural conservation in Africa are many. First, we cannot rely on our present class of political leaders to lead us back to our culture because they would...
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We are all Brazilians, all mixed, and racists all the same
http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/9919/80/ We Are All Brazilians, All Mixed, and Racists All the Same Written by Vânia Penha-Lopes Thursday, 05 July 2007 From the end of the 1930s till his death in 1995, the anthropologist Ashley Montagu alerted us...
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Langue, liberation et développement (read English version)
Language, liberation and development ( english title on this site ) Langue, libération et développement Méthodes d’approche pour une Afrique postcoloniale Kum’a Ndumbe III (2007-06-07) Existe-t-il un lien entre la langue, le statut d’esclavage, de dépendance...
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Haiti-Dominican Republic: A fragile Coexistence
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38515 HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A Fragile Coexistence By Elizabeth Eames Roebling PEDERNALES, Dominican Republic, Jul 12 (IPS) – The border between Anse a Pitres in Haiti and Pedernales, in the Dominican Republic, both...
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Zimbabwe: What the West Doesn't Want You to Know
Zimbabwe: What the West Doesn't Want You to Know By Navaya ole Ndaskoi September 27, 2007 I am responding to a putrid article on Zimbabwe by Dr. Richard E. Mshomba, Professor of Economics at La Salle University in Pennsylvania U.S.A., published in Arusha...
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Pourquoi y a-t-il tant de gens en prison aux Etats-Unis ?
Pourquoi y a-t-il tant de gens en prison aux Etats-Unis ? Glenn C. Loury Selon un rapport publié en 2005 par le International Centre for Prison Studies à Londres, les Etats-unis, qui ne représentent que 5% de la population mondiale, détiennent 25% de...
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How the University of Brasilia determines who is black
http://www.jbhe.com/latest/index.html How the University of Brasilia Determines Who Is Black The University of Brasilia in the capital city of Brazil is one of that country’s elite institutions of higher learning. In the past, Afro-Brazilians made up...
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La seule rupture qui vaille est celle qui sera orchestrée par les Noirs
Nombreux sont ceux qui ont cru à la rupture «Sarkozyenne » annoncée en grande pompe et qui aujourd’hui se sentent consternés par l’attitude du sémillant président français à l’aune de la politique africaine de l’Elysée. Excès de naïveté ? Mauvaise appréciation...
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What justifies Sudan’s successive military regimes?
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...
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Le travail silencieux de la CIA en Bolivie et au Venezuela
Le travail silencieux de la CIA en Bolivie et au Venezuela Eva Golinger Le gouvernement des Etats- Unis a presque mis au point une méthode d'ingérence qui parvient à pénétrer et infiltrer tous les secteurs de la société civile dans un pays présentant...
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An Appeal for help from Katrina victims and African Peruvians
Fundraising Appeal Letter from PHRF Please spread far and wide! September 24, 2007 Friends: Please share this letter with your friends, family and co-workers, so, like you, they will not forget the importance of supporting the people of New Orleans and...
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Vanishing evidence of classical african civilization
THE VANISHING EVIDENCE OF CLASSICAL AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS Part I: The Temple Evidence Prof. Manu Ampim 3RD SEASON OF FIELD RESEARCH (AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 1995) I reported in the March 1995 issue of the The Gaither Reporter that on my previous pimary research...
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Tobacco giants target African children to boost flagging profits(Resume en français)
Tobacco giants ‘targeted African children to boost flagging profits’ British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris face allegations that they targeted young and underage smokers in Nigeria to increase smoking rates in developing countries as sales...
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French Rapper Booed/ Doc Gyneco hué lors d'un concert à Genève pour son soutien à Sarkozy
French rapper booed off stage for support for Sarkozy Sat Aug 4, 2007 A French rap star who supports right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy was pelted with projectiles and booed off stage at a concert in Geneva, local press reports said Saturday....
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Africa and Latin America move to develop closer ties
http://www.mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=558421 Africa and Latin America move from engagement into marriage 2007/07/23 From: Mathaba Caracas, 19 Jul, ABN. (Tessa Marsman).- A discreet breakthrough has been reached, this week at the reunion of the coordinators...
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Nigerians abroad plan to run their refineries
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...
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Fatal train crash in the Congo/Accident de train dramatique au congo
Fatal railway crash in DR Congo August 2, 2007 More than 60 people are reported to have died in a train crash in central Democratic Republic of Congo. Scores of people are believed to be injured, some of them trapped under carriages that overturned when...
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Dernier livre de Pr. Théophile Obenga: "appel à la jeunesse africaine"
Théophile Obenga : son "Appel à la jeunesse africaine" Rencontre avec le célèbre intellectuel africain à l’occasion de la sortie de son livre Dans son dernier livre, le Professeur Théophile Obenga sort de son registre habituel en lançant un grand Appel...