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Open letter to the U.S. and Heads of African State and Governments

August 1, 2014 Global AuthorCivil Society, Obama, Peter Mutharika

Dear Excellencies, Next week President Obama will host the U.S. – Africa Leaders’ Summit (henceforth the Summit) in Washington, D.C. Although this summit mainly focuses on trade and investment in Africa, the theme is “Investing in the Next Generation” and a number of signature and side events have been organized which appear to acknowledge the role of civil society, women... 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

African groups call for the African Union to urgently respond to gender and sexuality rights violations in Africa, and particularly to anti-gay laws

March 7, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Civil Society, Anti-Gay Measures, Nigeria, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni

As African civil society organisations whose members live and work to improve the lives of all Africans, we condemn in the strongest terms, the disturbing increase in sexuality and gender-related rights violations and abuses, especially those aimed at women and gender non-conforming people, and people in same sex relations including lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identifying African people. Specifically, we condemn... Read More

Desmond Tutu castigates Uganda’s anti-gay bill as evil

February 23, 2014 Global AuthorBishop Desmond Tutu, Museveni, South Africa, Uganda

The former Archbishop of Cape Town, Nobel Peace Prize winning Desmond Tutu has compared Uganda’s new anti-gay law to Nazi and Apartheid discrimination. Archbishop Tutu said that the was “very disheartened” that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is intending to sign a bill into law that could see gay people facing lifetime prison sentence. . Read More

Fidel Castro: Mandela Is Dead, So Why Hide The Truth About Apartheid?

February 8, 2014 Global AuthorCuba, Fidel Castrol, Mandela, South Africa, USA, USSR

Maybe the empire thought that we would not honor our word when, during days of uncertainty in the past century, we affirmed that even if the USSR were to disappear Cuba would continue struggling. World War II broke out on September 1, 1939 when Nazi-fascist troops invaded Poland and struck like a lightning over the heroic people of the USSR,... 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

Dlamini Zuma leads Inaugural Meeting in Addis Ababa for “African Union Foundation”

February 5, 2014 Global Author

The Tony Elumelu Foundation makes first grant of $150,000 toward landmark pan-African venture ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2014/ -- Following the convening of the African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, the inaugural promoters’ meeting of the newly established “African Union Foundation” was held. The meeting was led by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana... Read More

Why it is time to rebrand Ghana’s fugu

February 5, 2014 Global Authorafrica, African Traditions, Archie Casely-Hayford, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Fugu, Ghana, Kojo Botsio, Komla Gbedemah, Krobo Edusei, N.A. Wellbeck

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and five of his comrades in the struggle for Ghana’s independence, Komla Gbedemah, Kojo Botsio, Archie Casely-Hayford, Krobo Edusei, and N.A. Wellbeck, all appeared in splendid smocks at the Old Polo grounds on 6 March1957, to declare Ghana’s independence from British colonial rule.The picture of Dr. Nkrumah and his five comrades standing on a podium in splendid... Read More

South Sudan ‘Committed’ to Peace after Ceasefire Agreement

January 23, 2014 Global Author

The signed ceasefire agreement between South Sudan’s warring factions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is a strong indication that President Salva Kiir and his government in Juba is committed to peace negotiations to resolve the country’s conflict, says Barnaba Marial Benjamin, South Sudan’s foreign minister.Benjamin says the signing of the ceasefire agreement shows commitment that the government in Juba has embraced... Read More

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