BLOOD COLTAN: Documentary

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 [...]

Outsourced African farming threatens to alienate locals

The National (UAE) | Dec 20, 2010 Gavin du Venage Ghana and Qatar’s announcement that they will jointly farm 50,000 hectares of land is the latest in a sweeping, but controversial, trend rolling across Africa. Cash-rich countries are securing land in poorer states, which they hope will provide them with food security. African countries need [...]

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New Evidence Shows U.S. Role in Congo’s Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death

Congo-Kinshasa: New Evidence Shows U.S. Role in Congo’s Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death Stephen R. Weissman 1 August 2010 Fifty years ago, the former Belgian Congo received its independence under the democratically elected government of former prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Less than seven months later, Lumumba and two colleagues were, in the [...]

First Blood Diamonds, Now Blood Computers?

First Blood Diamonds, Now Blood Computers? By Elizabeth Dias Friday, Jul. 24, 2009 When the film Blood Diamond came out in 2006, people were startled at the alleged origins of the precious stones from areas of bloody conflict and began asking whether the jewels on their fingers cost a human life. Will consumers soon find [...]

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