In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in [...]
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By Donovan Webster, GlobalPost To see where the enormous sums of humanitarian aid directed to Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake in 2010 went, a good place to start is the ocean harbor. That’s where the island’s shore meets the rest of the world. And the best place for that is here at the seaport in [...] The US and its allies are positioned to ‘take’ much of the continent Glen Ford 2011-12-22, Issue 564 As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire. [...] Watch Blood Coltan now! During this season of gift giving please remember that every new computerized, electronic item one purchases helps murder 500,000 Congolese residents a month. If you don’t believe me simply do the math. What is 6,000,000 murders divided by 12 years? Do Mama Afrika a favor and buy as many refurbished products [...] BBC NEWS 11 October 2011 Last updated at 10:18 ET In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo asks why there are no memorials to those killed in Namibia during German colonial rule. According to The Namibian newspaper, there was a 2.8% decrease in the number of tourists visiting Namibia [...] Millions of Congolese have lost their lives in a conflict that the United Nations describes as the deadliest in the world since World War Two. United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, invaded in 1996 the Congo (then Zaire) and again in 1998, which triggered the enormous loss of lives, systemic sexual violence and rape, and [...] Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African Socialist International, founder of the Uhuru Movement and leader of the Black is Back Coalition speaks at Occupy Wall Street in Oakland, California to the People of Color Caucus about struggles of African and Indigenous peoples against U.S. imperialism and Wall Street interests since its inception. Join the Black [...] Why They Want Him, Dead. GADDAFI PLACED $97 BILLION ON TABLE TO FREE AFRICA FROM IMPERIALISM! Why They Want Him, Dead! The Picture: War on Libya is War on Entire Africa Source: Reuters Edited By: Quoriana Posted: 2011/07/27 In 2010 Gaddafi offered to invest $97 billion in Africa to free it from Western influence, on [...] |
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