Nkrumah’s 1958 All-African People’s Conference and the CIA’s opposition to African liberation
The West African country of Ghana celebrated March 6 the anniversary of its 1957 independence, or as it’s called “Ghana National Day.” The man who championed the struggle that led to independence from colonial rule was Asagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. But the date/event that is least remembered, and one that put Ghana and its leader on record as Africa’s champion for...
New film portrays famed Somali runner forced into servitude in the UK
(GIN)—Somalia-born runner Mohamed Abdi Jama Farah—known as Mo Farah—won 10 gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) for being the second man in history to win long-distance doubles at successive Olympics and World Championships. But he won much more than that. He won a platform to tell his story of forced servitude and how he was trafficked to Britain as...
Africa and China’s growing alliance and the de-Westernization of the continent
China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang made his first trip abroad January 9-16 to the continent of Africa. His trip comes amid changes in how the continent views the West. It is the decoupling of Western hegemony is how Dr. Tony Monterio describes Africa’s growing dissatisfaction with the U.S.-led Western powers. He told Africa Watch that it was Gang’s first...
America’s conflicting news coverage of Africa, Israel, and Ukraine
“Too often, coverage of the African continent is done by people who are not on the African continent. Coverage is collected and assembled in Paris and in London and the United States but there are few people who are actually on the ground in their coverage of Africa,” said Linn Washington, Temple University journalism professor and former editor-in-chief of...
African nations growing more sympathetic to crisis in Gaza
African countries began walking a diplomatic line after the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel that included strongly held principles, diplomatic expediency, and empathy in the wake of unfolding carnage in the region. Ghana’s foreign affairs minister stated that it “unequivocally condemns” attacks by Hamas and called for the group to withdraw its fighters from Israel. Rwanda issued a similar...
Deadly politics: Cuba’s Covid-19 treatment and U.S. refusal to save lives
During a phone interview with Africa Watch, Dr. Melissa Barber, the program coordinator of Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine program and IFCO Passage for Peace, said of the island nation’s 11 million inhabitants it has registered only 88 Covid-19 deaths and 3,482 confirmed cases since the March outbreak of the pandemic. Compare this with the United States. With a...
Iran: U.S. attempts to impose unilateral sanctions doomed to failure
The Iranian Foreign Ministry says any attempts by the “sanctions-addicted” U.S. to impose unilateral restrictions on Iran will fail as the move is in violation of international law. “The sanctions-addicted United States is not far to once again compensate for some of its blatant failures in the Security Council and its inability to reimpose previous sanctions that ended following...
Bush, Saddam Agree: War on Iraq is Inevitable!
Analysts: Latest Iraq weapons inspections a pretext for war Iraq beats deadline, U.S. continues to beat war drumsUNITED NATIONS(FinalCall.com)–Even as Iraq beat its deadline to turn over documents detailing their weapons programs, the country appeared to be on a collision course with the Bush administration, and, therefore, war. Despite increased action by peace activists and a letter signed Dec. 9 by...
Former weapons inspector says U.S. ‘lied’ about Iraqi weapons
Iraq arms hunt comes up empty -Orlando Sentinel/Wash. PostUN weapons inspector Hans Blix: 'U.S. planned Iraq war in advance' Where are the Weapons of Mass Destruction -Wanniski.comStaged "Liberation" media event? -IndyMedia WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–The victory celebrations by the general public in this country overthe toppling of the bronze statue of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein inBaghdad April 9 will amount to...
Israel said to train U.S. assassins in Iraq
/GIN LONDON (IPS/GIN)–The U.S. army in Iraq is enlisting Israeli experts to train its forces on assassinating resistance leaders, a move which a former U.S. intelligence official warned would further entrench the perception of America as another "Sharon" in Iraq, a British daily recently disclosed. Citing military and intelligence sources, The Guardian said U.S. forces are now being trained...