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Venezuela, Nicaragua propose joint defense strategy for Latin America
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/print/3105 Venezuela, Nicaragua Propose Joint Military Force for Latin America by Chris Carlson January 28th 2008, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed the formation of a joint...
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The Economics and Politics of Beauty
http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/jan/211.html NIGERIA AND SNOW WHITE: THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF BEAUTY info@edofolks.com Ehi Aimiuwu Monday, January 21, 2008 When I was in primary school in Nigeria, there was nothing I loved more than drama and...
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Let us not forget Ken Saro-Wiwa or the struggle of the Ogoni people in Nigeria
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) UK P.O. BOX 22067, LONDON SW2 5WR, UK TEL: +44 (0) 181 678 9605 FAX/PHONE: +44 (0) 171 737 1550 E-MAIL: moso-@aol.com , moso-@hotmail.com PRESS RELEASE OGONI DAY SPEECH BY MRS. GBENEWA PHIDO – PRESIDENT...
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African Ancestry in California
African Ancestry in California More about Queen Califia Califia's life and land "at the right hand of the Indies" were described in a novel written about 1510, by Garcia Ordonez Rodriguez de Montalvo, a Spanish writer, and was entitled "Las Serges des...
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Africans must remain united as Europe realigns its strategy for continuous domination
http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=27509&cat=10 Africa should remain united against Western detractors By Mabasa Sasa EUROPE has always been an intriguing yet loathsome political creature, perhaps more so than the boyish politics and society of...
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Who Says Africans/ Haitians Gave AIDS to the World?
Who Says Africans/ Haitians Gave AIDS to the World? History Answers: Follow the Accuser’s Thumb By Jafrikayiti Global Research, November 11, 2007 The recent study published by Michael Worobey et. al1. theorizing that AIDS left Africa for Haiti in the...
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Africans get plumed once again
East Africa: Officials Confused About Pros and Cons of EPA Inter Press Service by Aileen Kwa November 20,2007 Kampala (Uganda) - The news that the ministers of the East African Community (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) are on the verge of...
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Zimbabwe launches its first ever commercial bio-diesel plant
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2222007,00.html Mugabe does it again Harare - Zimbabwe has launched its first ever commercial bio-diesel plant amid high hopes the project could ease diesel shortages, reduce the country's imports...
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U.S. prison system a costly and harmful failure
U.S. prison system a costly and harmful failure By Randall Mikkelsen Mon Nov 19, 2007 The number of people in U.S. prisons has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to taxpayers and society, researchers said in a report...
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Justice for Mau Mau War Veterans
Justice for Mau Mau War Veterans Mukoma Wa Ngugi 2007-10-25 As the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) prepares to sue the British Government for personal injuries sustained by survivors of the Mau Mau war for independence whilst in British detention...
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Polio vaccine paralyzes at least 69 children in Nigeria
Officials say drug caused Nigeria polio By MARIA CHENG, AP A polio outbreak in Nigeria was caused by the vaccine designed to stop it, international health officials say, leaving at least 69 children paralyzed. It is a frightening paradox in a part of...
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Achile Mbembe démonte le mensonge de Sarkosy sur l'afrique (read English translation)
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...
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Victor Bissengué, défenseur du peuple Aka de centrafrique
Victor Bissengué,défenseur et historien des pygmées (entretien avec Maria Poumier, Paris le 7 juillet 2007 sur sa Contribution à l'histoire ancienne des Pygmées, L'Harmattan, 2004). M.P : Victor Bissengué, votre site www.sangonet.com , soit « Connaissance...
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Even white supremacists have African ancestors
http://www.afrol.com/articles/26180 "All humans originated at single point in Africa" 20 July, 2007 – New genetic research claims to have "proved" that all humans originate from one single ancestor in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers until now have been...
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The Sankarist Alternative
http://www.grila. org/sankara_vision.html Thomas Sankara: A view of the future for Africa and the Third World Thomas Sankara was born on November 21st, 1949 in Yako, Burkina Faso, of a Peuhl father and a More mother, two ethnic groups in Burkina Faso....
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Britain's deceit leads to Benin's defeat
100 Years after the Invasion of Benin Reflection By Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN) Former Attorney-General of Nigeria and a Federal Minister of Justice The Year 1997 is the centenary of the conquest for the Great kingdom of Benin by the British. It is significant...
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Fear, not Freedom, for Irak
U.S. officials say Iraq gripped by fear By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Iraq is a nation gripped by fear and struggling to meet security and political goals by September, U.S. officials said Thursday from Baghdad, dashing hopes in Congress that the...
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Sudan and Darfur, two genocides, different treatment
http://www.blackage ndareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=37 A Tale of Two Genocides, Congo and Darfur: The Blatantly Inconsistent U.S. Position Africa - US Imperialism in Africa Wednesday, 18 July 2007 by BAR executive editor...
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Identification of Egyptian mummies suspect
Archaeologist: All royal mummies are suspect All of Egypt's royal mummies will undergo an identity check Recent CT scan found one mummy was wrongly identified as King Tuthmosis I NEW YORK (Reuters) -- All of Egypt's royal mummies will get identity checks...
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Zimbabwe proposes black run firms
http://news. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6238146.stm Monday, 25 June 2007, 15:13 GMT 16:13 UK Zimbabwe proposes black-run firms President Robert Mugabe's government has published a bill to move majority control of public companies and any other business"...
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African intellectual property? What a strange idea!!
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021706EA.shtml African Bio-Resources 'Exploited by West' By Andrew Buncombe The Independent UK Friday 17 February 2006 Dozens of Western multinationals have made millions of pounds in profits from exploiting African bio-resources...
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Guinea:stop systematic torture/Guineé:arreter la torture systematique
Guinea: Security forces still a threat 27/06/2007 Amnesty International today called on the Guinean authorities to take immediate measures to stop security forces from using excessive force against unarmed civilians in policing operations. The organization...
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Different perspectives on the United States of Africa proposal
Stuffing old wine in new bottles? Kwame Akonor (2007-06-20) While the futuristic idea of an African superstate is a necessary and desirable alternative to the contemporary reality of an Africa of states, the political union of African states can only...
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Latest world trade talks collapse/Echec des negociations de l'OMC
Latest world trade talks collapse The latest negotiations to try to secure a new global trade deal have collapsed without agreement. Trade leaders from the European Union, US, India and Brazil had been meeting in Germany to find a breakthrough on the...
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Palaeolithic rock art found in Upper Egypt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/849/he1.htm Lascaux on the Nile Palaeolithic rock art depicting animal illustrations similar to those found in the Lascaux caves in France have been discovered in the Upper Egyptian town of Kom Ombo, reports Nevine El-Aref...