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Ethiopian rabbis win court victory in Israel, but struggle continues for Africans in the Zionist State

Sixteen Ethiopian rabbis recently won what is being touted as a landmark court case against discrimination in the Zionist State of Israel. In proceedings...

Pandemic shaping economic, social climate of East and Southern Africa

In many East and Southern African countries, local, regional and national lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic have been extended, reported Equinet. “Their impacts...

Venezuela – past and present

I remember so many wonderful things about the place I was born. I would travel back to Venezuela with my mother—the entrepreneur who would...

Secret prison in Afghanistan called ‘Son of Guantanamo’

Amnesty: Guantanamo 'the gulag of our time' (FCN, 06-08-2005)FCN Transcript/Webcast: Min. Farrakhan Press Conference on Guantamo Detention Center (FCN, 05-25-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) -...

Nationwide poll: Talk to Iran, Syria

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN)–With the administration of President George Bush under mounting pressure to alter U.S. strategy in Iraq and the Middle East, a new...

Iran launches English-language news channel

Latest challenger to CNN and BBC World News (FinalCall.com) - PRESS TV is the first international Iran-based news network to broadcast in English on...

Hezbollah casts shadow over Bush Mideast tour

JIM.LOBE What is Hezbollah? (List of links to official websites and docs) Book Review: In The Path of Hizbullah (FCN, 09-14-2006) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The...

Somalia piracy and the untold story

Somali piracy connected to toxic dumping, illegal fishing Orginally posted: Nov 20, 2008 While CNN, FOX, Times  and other  corporate media sources have fixated on  one-dimensional...

TransAfrica: ‘Overwhelming need’ still exists in Haiti

-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - There is the Haiti that President Obama recently described: "The situation on the ground remains dire and people...

Use gold sales profits to cancel debt of poorest nations IMF told

JIM.LOBE Related news: Africa didn't create economic crisis but is paying most for it (FCN, 09-24-2009)IMF policies leave legacy of hunger, insecurity (FCN, 07-09-2008)The impoverishment...