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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

Feds Tell Veteran He Will Lose 2nd Amendment Rights Because of PTSD

January 10, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pat Kirby, US, US Politics, Veteran

(MYRTLE CREEK, OR) - If Pat Kirby has his guns taken away by the federal government, then everyone else is probably going to eventually face the same thing. The clock is ticking. Pat Kirby is a decorated Oregon Vietnam Veteran with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). He never imagined he would receive a letter telling him he will have to turn over... Read More

Lawsuit seeks proof of CIA meddling in Mandela’s arrest

January 9, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, CIA, Hillary Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Ryan Shapiro, South Afica, US, US Politics

An American student lodged a lawsuit against the CIA on Wednesday in an attempt to secure documents that purportedly show the intelligence agency was complicit in Nelson Mandela's arrest. Former president Mandela, who died last month aged 95, was detained in 1962, convicted in the Rivonia Trial and incarcerated for decades under apartheid rulers. Read More

Egyptian authorities postpone Morsi trial

January 8, 2014 Global AuthorEgypt, Egypt Protests, Mohamed Morsi, Morsi, Muslim brotherhood, US

CAIRO -- Egyptian authorities on Wednesday abruptly called off a court appearance by deposed president Mohamed Morsi, saying bad weather prevented a helicopter flight from his prison in northern Egypt to the heavily guarded police complex in the capital where he is on trial. After a brief procedural hearing, the case was adjourned until Feb. 1, lawyers said. Morsi and... Read More

Moral Mondays Come to Atlanta, Georgia : Africa can learn !!!

January 8, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorAtlanta, Barack Obama, Cashgate, GA, Governor Deal, Hillary Clinton, Malawi, Peaceful Protests, Rev. Timothy McDonald, Tim Frazen, US, US Politics

ATLANTA - The Moral Monday protests that began in North Carolina in 2012 in response to extreme right-wing policies are spreading to Georgia. Over the past year, droves of activists in North Carolina have descended on the state legislature building to demand that lawmakers reverse some of their more brutal policies such as cutting unemployment benefits, refusing to expand Medicaid,... Read More

Washington’s Puppet Regime in Libya Teeters on the Brink

January 4, 2014 Global AuthorAli Zeidan, Gaddafi, Libya, Obama, Tripoli, US

Libya’s capital city Tripoli was at a virtual standstill yesterday. Most of Tripoli’s businesses, schools and public sector workers went out on strike, demanding that militias leave the city. A 48-hour state of emergency was declared Saturday. Tripoli saw some of the bloodiest fighting since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with at least 45 people killed in... Read More

The Lies Behind The West’s War On Libya

January 1, 2014 Global AuthorGaddafi, Libya, Obama, US

It was Gaddafi’s Libya that offered all of Africa its first revolution in modern times – connecting the entire continent by telephone, television, radio broadcasting and several other technological applications such as telemedicine and distance teaching. And thanks to the WMAX radio bridge, a low cost connection was made available across the continent, including in rural areas. It began in... Read More

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DR Congo: M23 rebels close to defeat after US and Britain urge Rwanda to stay out

October 31, 2013 Global AuthorBritain, DRC, M23, Rwanda, US

The M23 rebel group is made up of hundreds of Congolese soldiers mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group who deserted the national army last year Photo: Reuters Foreign ministers of America and Britain called president of neighbouring Rwanda to ask him to cut ties with rebels Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are close to defeat after the… Read More

Malawi President Joyce Banda fires cabinet amid worsening corruption scandals

October 10, 2013 Global AuthorDonors, Great Britain, Japan, Joyce Banda, Malawi Corruption, Malawi Scandals, Mphwiyo, Muluzi, US

Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 10 (AGV) _ Malawi president Joyce Banda has sacked her entire cabinet in the wake of reports of worsening corruption in her government."Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by Section 94 (1) and Section 95 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi,... Read More

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