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Was the Bingu Africa Saw the Bingu Malawians Knew?

July 6, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Bowden Mbanje, Darlington Mahuku, Jakaya Kikwete, Jeffrey Sachs, Kondwani Munthali, pan-africanism, Thandiwe Dumbutshena

Several comments made about the departed president by a number of Africans from various countries, and a few non-Africans, seem to paint a picture of a man Malawians do not seem to recognise. He has been called a visionary leader, a Pan Africanist, and an anti-imperialist, among many other colourful adjectives. Is that the man Malawians knew? . Read More

Thabo Mbeki thanks ANCYL for 70th Birthday well wishes

June 20, 2012 Global AuthorEx-president, JACOB ZUMA, South Africa, Thambo Mbeki

Johannesburg - Former president Thabo Mbeki has thanked the ANC Youth League for wishing him well on his birthday. Mbeki thanked the league in a letter after it extended good wishes to him on his 70th birthday on Monday. . Read More

Kwame Nkuruma – Biography

June 15, 2012 Global Authorafrica, Ghana, Gold Coas, Kwame Nkuruma

The Rt. Hon. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), P.C. was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana. An influential 20th-century advocate of Pan-Africanism,... Read More

Mbeki’s message: To every action there is a reaction

January 22, 2012 Global Author

Winston Churchill once said: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” So, with keen interest, I listened to the message that President Thabo Mbeki came to deliver to us hoping that many of us would be listening in and that through listening we would learn something... Read More

UNCHR to investigate Gaddafi death

October 22, 2011 Global Author

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) office called on Friday for a full investigation into the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and voiced concerns that he may have been executed. Separate cellphone images showed a wounded and bloodied Gaddafi first alive and then later dead amidst a jostling crowd of anti-Gaddafi fighters after his capture in his hometown... Read More

Gaddafi: Death of an era, dawn of an era

October 21, 2011 Global Authordeath, Gaddafi, Libya, NATO, NTC, war

First accounts are almost never correct, but if the circumstances of Libyan Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi's death prove to be as reported, they will provide yet another, final irony in a life replete with them. The man whose success relied upon a combination of great-power manipulation and the ability to sustain the fantasy that he embodied the aspirations of... Read More

Malawi lifts entry ban on Zambia’s President Michael Sata

September 29, 2011 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Malawi, Sata, Zambia

Reuters reports that Malawi has announced today that it has lifted an entry ban on Zambia’s new president, Michael Sata, trying to head off a diplomatic spat before hosting a major regionalconference next month. . Read More

French president provides Mercedes Benz jeep for Gaddafi’s escape -Report

September 20, 2011 Global AuthorGaddafi, Libya, Nicolas Sarkozy.

IT emerged on Monday, that the outsted Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, may have escaped being cap-tured by rebel forces in Tripoli in a state-of-the-art armoured Mercedes Benz 4X4 ML provided by French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. . Read More

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