Sudan and America’s racist foreign policy
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Bush imposes pre-emptive sanctions on the Sudan WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Hostility toward the government of the Sudan by the U.S. and other Western nations only serves to extend the armed conflict and prolong the humanitarian suffering in Darfur, Sudan’s Foreign Minister told reporters at the National Press Club here, in a satellite video conference from Khartoum June 6. “The biggest...
‘Greed, for a lack of better word, is good’
-Contributing Writer- Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his quarter. –Isaiah 56:11 (FinalCall.com) - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) president Sidumo Dlamini while addressing the 47th National African Federated Chamber of Commerce Conference...
China wows African leaders at Africa China CONFAB in Jo-Burg
GINNEWS (GIN)–At the recently concluded Forum on Africa and China Cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be everywhere–shaking hands, holding one on ones, watching cultural shows and last but not least, approving generous grants. As the conference in Johannesburg drew to a close, 48 African countries had received pledges, promises and development deals from Asia's principal financial giant. They also...
Ethiopian Government and UN strike deal for ‘unimpeded’ humanitarian access in Tigray
The UN recently announced that an agreement has been reached with the Ethiopian Government to allow “unimpeded, sustained and secure access” for humanitarian supplies to reach those in need across areas now under its control in Tigray. Confirming details of the deal at UN headquarters in New York, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the safe passage of aid supplies and staff...
Thousands in path of erupting volcano in Congo flee to Rwanda
(GIN)—An erupting mountain of fiery red flames from one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes shook residents of the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, sparking a panicked exodus by thousands to neighboring Rwanda. A din of people and honking horns could be heard in videos taken early May 23 of the red-glowing eruption shared on social...
‘Our imagination was violated’: France to return African art
PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron said in early October that his country will return 26 African artworks—royal thrones, ceremonial altars, revered statues—to Benin later in the month, part of France’s long-promised plans to give back artwork taken from Africa during the colonial era. Discussions have been underway for years on returning the artworks from the 19th century Dahomey Kingdom. Called the...
What’s happening in the Motherland? Latest coup targets Burkino Faso
Last year there were more coups in sub-Saharan Africa than at any time in the past two decades. January 24 in Burkino Faso marked the continent’s first coup of the new year. In the West African country, the military is now in charge after deposing a democratically elected president. The development comes amidst a string of coups on the...
South African pastor found guilty of treason, racist plot
JOHANNESBURG—A South African court has convicted a pastor of plotting to overthrow the government and to kill thousands of Black people in the country. Harry Johannes Knoesen, 61, a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, was on June 6 found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks, and recruiting people to commit attacks. Mr. Knoesen’s group explored...
Sudan’s military regime wants U.S. support for stability, but at what cost?
Sudan is geo-strategically important to the United States’ interests in both Africa and the Middle East. The country’s military rulers are the October 2021 coup leaders, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as ‘Hemedti’). They are seeking to press the Biden administration to focus its Sudan policy on “stability,” rather than supporting...
Africa is trapped in unpayable debt by the IMF and World Bank
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said in New Orleans in 2008, that “After slavery, we (Blacks) were forced into sharecropping. Small country merchants took the place of plantation owners and used debt rather than the whip to keep the Black man picking the necessary cotton for the world economy.” Just as the revitalized southern cotton barons and their northern affiliates...