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Pan Africanism this century
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3591 Pan-Africanism This Century By Amii Omara-Otunnu August 16th, 2007 Pan-Africanism, as an ideology of liberation of oppressed and exploited African peoples, has historically assumed centre stage when racial disabilities...
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Hoodwinked
http://www.shabait.com/staging/publish/article_007695.html Robbing Peter in order to Pay Paul By Abeba Isahac Jan 3, 2008 While the Bush administration is pretending to fight terrorism in places where terrorism never really existed, but where now insurgency...
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2007 ends with African Americans still locked into myth, fantasy and delusion
BlackAgendaReport.com 2007: The Year of Black ‘Media Leaders’ – Especially Obama Glen Ford In 2007, the contradictions that have beset Black America since the collapse (or betrayal) of the Freedom Movement two generations ago, came into sharp relief....
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Haiti's coup leaders finally understand America's intentions
http://www.montereyherald.com/johnyewell/ci_6466968?nclick_check=1 Real reason for Haiti raid JOHN YEWELL 07/26/2007 There were new suggestions this week that a raid 10 days ago by Haitian police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have been...
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American protectionism angers China
Chinese anger over US seafood ban China has reacted angrily to a US ban on seafood products, after American authorities claimed they included antibiotics banned in the US. The head of China's health inspection watchdog, Li Changjian, called the ban indiscriminate...
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Randall Robinson’s new book on Haiti
http://www.randallrobinson.com/ An Unbroken Agony Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President. On February 29th, 2004 the democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to leave his country. The twice elected...
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African parents beware: psychotropic drugs have tragic consequences
The Tragic Consequences of Drugging Our Children The number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for children has more than doubled between 1995 and 2000. This revealing documentary by Gary Null details the devastating consequences of this excessive...
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Latin America gearing up for reparations
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/feature/ Afro descendants in Latin America gearing up for reparations battle after centuries of oppression under white supremacy Deborah Gabriel Brazil's African population almost equal to that of Nigeria A macro study by...
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Propaganda to stop Senegal's migrants
Propaganda to stop Senegal's migrants afrol News , 20 July Senegalese authorities are to use national media in a large scale to propagate warnings about the dangers of illegal emigration attempts to Spain's nearby Canary Islands. Only yesterday, an estimated...
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Reactions au discours de M. Sarkozy
Allocution de M. Nicolas SARKOZY, Président de la République, pronnoncé à l'Université de Dakar Dakar, Sénégal, le 26 juillet 2007 http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais/interventions/2007/juillet/allocution_a_l_universite_de_dakar.79184.html...
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Appeal to the sons and daughters of Africa
An Appeal To The Sons And Daughters Of Mother Africa - To Those At Home And Abroad By Dr. Ousmane Ba In the face of the bewildering and escalating dramatic crisis unfolding right before our eyes and shaking the continent, from Cape to Cairo and from Dakar...
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Fianceé of shooting victim sues NY police
Fiancee of NY shooting victim sues New York police Tue Jul 24, 4:46 PM ET The fiancee of Sean Bell, an unarmed black man killed by police in a 50-shot barrage hours before his wedding, sued the New York City Police Department and several of its officers...
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Sudanese police coldbloodedly murder Nubians protesting Nile Dam Project
http://news. nationalgeograph ic.com/news/ 2007/06/070615- sudan-nubian. html Four Killed Over Nile Dam Project That Threatens Nubian Towns Dan Morrison in Sebo, Sudanfor National Geographic NewsJune 15, 2007 A proposed dam project on the Nile River has...
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Deux migrants subsahariens tués par la police marocaine
Deux migrants subsahariens tués par balle par les forces de l’ordre marocaines Ils tentaient de rejoindre les Canaries par la côte du Sahara occidental Deux migrants clandestins subsahariens qui tentaient de rejoindre les Canaries par la côte du Sahara...
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After push for unity in the motherland, Africans now push for African-Diasporan unity
Summit in Jamaica Named Dr. Dudley Thompson Chief Elder & President of Diaspora Region July 19, 2007 Contact: Rev. P.D. Menelik@ 404-527-7756 /http://www.rhawpam.org/ "Not only are they wicked for enslaving our ancestors but worse, they have stubbornly...
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EU tightens toxic shipment rules
EU tightens toxic shipment rules New rules intended to stop toxic waste getting dumped in developing countries have come into force across the EU. The step follows the dumping last year of waste in Ivory Coast by a Dutch-chartered ship, which caused 16...
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White envy led to expropriation and banishment for African-Americans
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0739,katzman,77871,20.html Digging Up the Past A wrenching investigation of racism, resentment, and reparations by Lisa Katzman September 25th, 2007 In Banished, Marco Williams investigates, with even-handed and nuanced...
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Land: The basis of nationhood
http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=24920&cat=10 Land: The basis of nationhood By Godwills Masimirembwa LAND is the basis of nationhood, life, and earthly existence. We live on it. We get buried in it. It is from land that we eat and drink. It...
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A Request for articles about African refugees around the world
Request for Contributions I am currently inviting submissions for a second edition of essays on the subject of refugees and African issues . The purpose of the publication is to initiate the study of refugees, exile and African issues in New Zealand universities,...
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Ethiopians disapprove Lucy's US tour
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6934230.stm Famous fossil Lucy starts US tour Monday, 6 August 2007 The oldest humanoid skeleton ever found has been taken out of Ethiopia for a controversial tour of American museums. Archaeologists say the 3.2m-year-old...
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Barbados hosts Bicentennial global dialogue
Government of Barbados Commission for Pan-African Affairs Monday, 13th August 2007 12:00 noon “Barbados Prime Minister invites peoples across the African Diaspora to engage in its first Global Dialogue” BARBABOS HOSTS FIRST GLOBAL DIALOGUE IN CONJUNCTION...
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Slandering Zimbabwe (Resumé en français)
http://gowans.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/slandering-zimbabwe%e2%80%99s-fight-for-independence/ Slandering Zimbabwe’s Fight for Independence By Stephen Gowans Zimbabwe is in the grips on an economic crisis. Food and electricity shortages plague the country,...
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Anyone remember Haiti?
Anyone remember Haiti? by Bill Fletcher Jr. Baltimore Times Originally published 8/3/2007 One of the most striking features of the mainstream US media is its ability to 'disappear' certain issues and stories irrespective of their importance. Case in point:...
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Not enough Vitamin D
One Billion People Don't Get Enough Vitamin D July 19, 2007 THURSDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D deficiency is a common problem that can lead to a number of serious health conditions, but it can be prevented, says one expert. People get vitamin...
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Spreading deserts threaten world food supply
Spreading deserts threaten world food supply By Robert Evans Fri Aug 31, 2007 Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world's surging population in coming years, a senior...