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Rwanda and the Criminalisation of International Justice: Anatomy of War Crimes Trials

November 6, 2014 Global AuthorBashir, Charles Taylor, ICC, Jean Kambanda, Milosevic, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Saddam Hussein, United nations

The Nato ordered indictment of Muammar Gadaffi by the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the Nato attack on Libya in 2011 echoed the indictment of President Milosevic by International Criminal Tribunal For Yugoslavia, during the Nato attack on Yugoslavia in 1999. Both men ended up dead as a direct consequence. The indictments of these two men, had only one purpose,... Read More

NATO created chaos in Libya and now the future appears dim

September 7, 2014 Global Author

Libya slides deeper into political and military chaos, uncertainty reigns and analysts say it’s difficult to anticipate how things will unfold. Nato the creator of this havoc is nowhere to be seen. Some say Libya needs regional or broader foreign involvement; others say that would only aggravate the situation. In mid-August, Libya’s ambassador to Egypt, Mohamed Jibril, called for international... Read More

Africa and America: Why Ferguson is the Congo

August 29, 2014 Global Authorcongo, Ferguson, John Lewis, Mike Brown

As Africans, our eyes are often turned towards America because for some of us there is an illusion that attracts us – but for others the eye focuses on how the Black man is staged in the American reality. For many Black Americans, as for the majority of Americans, Africa is a land of savages; and this idea has a... Read More

Leadership, Genocide and War Crimes. An African Perspective

August 28, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Canada, ICC

June 30th the African Union summit meeting at Equatorial Guinea voted the “Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights.” It maintains that while in power, African leaders and “senior officials” are not subject to prosecution for genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. In principle the Protocol mirrors the... Read More

This Is Why Female Journalists Deserve More Respect

August 27, 2014 Global AuthorFemale Journalists, Men, Troll, Twitter Abuse, Twitter Troll Men Twitter Negative

And this right here, folks, is why it takes a very strong person to be a female journalist. A new study by the think tank Demos looking at millions of Twitter messages found that well-known or famous men receive more offensive and negative messages than their female counterparts. Except in one category: female journalists. Yep, female journalists were the only… Read More

Africa and its Diaspora in migration dynamics

July 2, 2014 Global Author

For ten years the death toll of African migrants has been endless. In the Atlantic Ocean or the Indian Ocean, in the Sahara desert or the Mediterranean, the dramas of emigration play a scenario where woes are never ending. The images of these Africans - men, women and children - recovered in derisory boats, between life and death, few survivors... Read More

Our Malawi our economy: The road to recovery, Stability and sustainable self-reliance[2014 and beyond]

March 12, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, IMF, Malawi, Malawi's Economy

Malawi as a nation is wallowing in economic dire-straits and is in a crisis situation that needs ingenious and judicious policy reform to avail itself. The IMF and the international community of western donors have injected their infamous so called recovery ‘bitter pills’ but the million dollar question that crops to mind when we reflect upon our situation remains whether... Read More

Rwanda’s Peacekeeping Operations: A Poisoned Pill that Blackmails the West

February 7, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Dictator, Darfur, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, South Sudan, UK, United nations, US

Under dictator Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s military is highly paid for peacekeeping duties in Darfur, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Haiti – despite its role in the death of millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The West depends on Kagame as its man in Africa, and in return gives impunity to his criminal network. President Paul Kagame has... Read More

Beware the Rotten Fruit of AFRICOM Training

January 16, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Union, AFRICOM, Amadou Sanogo, AU, Mali, US

The U.S. may talk the talk of ‘democracy’ and ‘human rights,’ but in Africa, it has never walked the walk.” If a tree is judged by its fruit, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is undeniably diseased from its roots to its branches. One of AFRICOM’s fruits, Amadou Sanogo, who is a captain in Mali’s armed forces, and a former AFRICOM trainee,... Read More

South Sudan, Central African Republic Targeted for US Political and Military Intervention

January 15, 2014 Global AuthorCentral Africa Republic, Obama, Salva Kiir, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Vice-President Riek Machar

U.S. admits that military advisers are functioning in Somalia Fierce battles have taken place in two states in South Sudan. Unity state, an oil-producing area, was retaken by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Other gains in Jonglei state by Juba around the capital of Bor have occurred with the assistance of the Ugandan military during the first full week... Read More

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