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Nigeria: A nation in turmoil due to internal conflict and external interference

In light of constant chaos and crisis within Nigeria, some observers and experts question if it should be considered a failed state? They point to a myriad of destabilizing security issues, endemic corruption, and a deteriorated public trust within the country. Some western analysts have already signed Nigeria’s death certificate. They argue the country has fallen and needs further assistance...

Sudan protesters: ‘We will not negotiate any more with the military’

Thousands took to the streets of Khartoum recently in response to Sudan’s latest military coup. “We reject the statement (made by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan) and we will not negotiate any more with the military,” said an unnamed protester from the streets, reported dw.com. “They detained the (cabinet) ministers, they detained members of the Sovereign Council. This is a full fledged...

Superhighway paves over a Nairobi slum, leaving thousands homeless

(GIN)—An ambitious road construction project in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has demolished some 13,000 homes in the informal housing of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, technically a slum, ignoring human rights and leaving some 40,000 people homeless, says Diana Gichengo of Amnesty International Kenya.  Schools, businesses and homes across nearly 100 acres have been demolished since October as the government constructs the so-called...

The Motherland’s challenge: Enriching elites or agricultural self-sufficiency

 I’ve been examining news of Africa’s growing food shortage, particularly brought on by the war between Russia and Ukraine. I reflect that what is happening has more to do with dependency on European and American systems of agricultural imperialism or “exporting commodities,” instead of the Motherland growing food stuffs as the staple for internal consumption. Carlos Lopes, a development economist...

African groups discuss goals ahead of U.S.-Africa summit

A collective of organizations met days ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to discuss several pressing crises on the African continent that they said the Biden Administration should focus on during and after the gathering. At Final Call presstime 49 African heads of state, civil society, diaspora communities across the United States, and the private sector were gathering for...

While the U.S. celebrated its independence, Rwanda recognized the end of 1994 massacre

America recently celebrated its independence on July 4. Very few are aware that the 4th of July also has special significance for the people of Rwanda. For that African nation, July 4 is “Liberation Day,” the day when Rwanda annually recognizes the end of the horrific Rwandan genocide that in a three-month span claimed over 800,000 lives. Between April...

Mandela’s legacy is much more than the ‘non-racial’ society attributed to him

What are South Africa’s first Black president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela’s achievements? December 5 marked 10 years since the freedom fighter died at age 95. A decade after his death, what is the legacy left by the icon who ushered in an era of hope and inspiration to an apartheid-divided country? In this current geopolitical world of growing global...

Kushner tours Arab states to push for more normalization deals with Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, has begun a tour of Persian Gulf Arab countries to push them to follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in normalizing ties with Israel. Kushner visited the UAE capital on Aug. 31 accompanying a joint Israeli-U.S. delegation on the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu...

Farrakhan welcomed in Holy City Mecca

That experience for Muslims from America-people whose lives have been reclaimed from among the "living dead" by the teaching of Islam-going from 47th Street and Nowhere Drive, to touching the Kabah itself, is profound. In times of great joy, or even when there is tribulation, the exclamation heard among Muslims is sublime: "Allah-u-akbar (God is great)" "Alham-du lillah (All...

UN protests Israeli killings of humanitarian workers

UNITED NATIONS (IPS)–The United Nations has protested the killings of five UN humanitarian workers by Israeli military forces this year. A UN spokesman said this would be the second-largest number of UN staff members killed in a single year in the Middle East. "This loss of civilian lives, of people working for a humanitarian UN agency is completely unacceptable,"...