A President’s Last Act: Dual Citizenship For Africans In The Diaspora
On January 6, a day before the West African Nation of Ghana changed leadership (President John Dramani Mahama lost the election to Nana Akufo-Addo) I was blessed to receive my Ghana citizenship along with Bro. Earl 3X Reddix from Las Vegas. I received a call that if I was going to receive my citizenship I had to...
Zimbabwe government seizes farm of colonial ruler
Journalists see Zimbabwe's land crisis up close HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA)–The Zimbabwe government has seized a farm belonging to the country’s last White colonial ruler under its controversial land reform program, officials and the former leader said, recently. Ian Smith declined to give details, saying only that he would try to get back his 4,000-acre Gwenoro farm in the central district...
‘Let Us Eat’: Kabul protesters demand release of frozen Afghan assets
As the people of Afghanistan face increasing impoverishment and hardship exacerbated by a U.S.-led block on billions of dollars in Afghan assets, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Kabul in late December to demand that foreign governments and financial institutions release the frozen funds. Carrying banners reading, “Let us eat” and “Give us our money,” protesters...
Vatican rejects doctrine that fueled centuries of colonialism
VATICAN CITY—The Vatican on March 30 responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today. A Vatican statement said the papal bulls, or decrees, “did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of...
Palestinian PM, Arab League slam Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes as ‘ethnic cleansing’
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and the Arab League have condemned the Israeli practice of demolition Palestinian-owned homes and structures as “ethnic cleansing.” On Jan. 19, an Israeli mechanical digger, under the tight protection of Israeli soldiers, tore down the property of Palestinian Mahmoud Salhiyeh in the occupied East al-Quds neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, displacing his entire family of over...
Reaction to Malaysian Prime Ministers remarks highlights split in world views
Malaysian Prime Minister's address to OIC (FCN) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the 77-year-old Malaysian prime minister, said the global reaction, including criticism from international leaders to his remarks at a summit of Islamic nations shows that he was on target. In an interview with the Bangkok Post on October 22, Dr. Mohamad said he would stand by his...
UN-backed court to start trial of Charles Taylor in June
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The war crimes trial against the deposed former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will begin on June 4 with opening arguments, according to a UN News Service, dated May 8. The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone announced the starting date during a recent pre-trial conference in The Hague. “That Charles Taylor will now face...
Covid-19 job losses hit Blacks, non-Whites in UK hardest
Covid-19 has not only disproportionately impacted the health of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) citizens in the United Kingdom, but the pandemic has had a devastating impact on jobs in these communities. An already-high BAME unemployment rate has increased since the start of the pandemic, according to a new report by the Trades Union Congress, which represents unions in...
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...
As violence mounts, Iraq prepares for elections
JIM.LOBE Worst day in Iraq for U.S. forces as 36 US troops die in copter crash, clashes (Albawaba, 01-26-2005)Iraq Elections: Farce of the Century (IslamOnline, 01-26-2005)Guidance to America and the World in a Time of Trouble (FCN, 05-03-2005) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - While the world's attention has been focused on the catastrophic natural events in South Asia, the manmade situation in...