Are White Farmers reaping what they have sown?
HARARE–David Hasluck asks a question that has been asked for nearly a century in this southern African country. Only this time, the question comes from the other side of the table. “Where’s the justice in this?” he ponders, speaking to Black reporters from America on the spacious property that houses the Commercial Farmers Union building on the outskirts of...
Venezuelan president stands tall for the Black and Brown
NEW YORK–There will be no civil war in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez Frias declared during a recent press conference at UN headquarters. "What my government confronts now is a subversive movement that uses terrorism to impose its will against the national constitution," he said. Pres. Chavez was at the UN to hand over the chairmanship of the Group of 77...
U.S. casualties mount in Bush’s war without end
ATLANTA (FinalCall.com)–Officially, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are over. But the U.S. death toll continues to rise as soldiers come under fire in both hot spots. At Final Call press time, more than 45 U.S. soldiers had lost their lives in Iraq since the May 1 announcement by President George Bush that the combat phase in the war against...
Cuba challenges America and Europe
(FinalCall.com) - Cuban President Fidel Castro has challenged the American and European governments to duplicate its ability to educate and provide health professionals to serve the needs of impoverished people around the world. The small island nation, only 90 miles from Florida, is capable of maintaining more than 16,000 health professionals working in Third World nations. In a speech March...
Progression towards United States of Africa continues
The African Union (Official Site)Birth of the African Union (FCN, 07-14-2002) TRIPOLI (FinalCall.com) - “Africa should not be in the position of beggars,” insisted Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, the head of Libya, in his opening remarks to the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union held July 4-5. Serving as host for the summit, his remarks echoed...
U.S. conduct in terror war destroyed image abroad
WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - It was in 1776 that a group of British colonists living along the Atlantic seaboard of North America felt compelled to offer a public justification for their “Declaration of Independence” from their mother country out of “a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind.” That justification, a bill of particulars against King George II for a host...
Arab summit rekindles talk of unity
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz's address to Summit .(FinalCall.com) - There was much anticipation surrounding the 19th Arab League Summit which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mar. 28-29, well attended by kings and heads of state from throughout the world. The evidence of the interest in the meeting was noted by a writer for the Washington Institute for...
International Community: End U.S. embargo on Cuba
UN General Assembly votes 184-4 in favor of lifting U.S. embargo on Cuba Cuba: President Bush has no moral authority (FCN, 10-22-2007)Why does the U.S. government hate Cuba? (FCN, 04-10-2006) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - For the 16th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) met on Oct. 30 to debate a draft resolution on the necessity of ending the...
African Union, Arab League oppose Bashir indictment
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Unable to have an amendment adopted by the Security Council to quash an arrest warrant issued by an International Criminal Court prosecutor against the president of Sudan, the African Union and the Arab League successfully inserted language about their concerns into a resolution that reauthorized UN peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region. The August 31 vote resulted...
U.S. slams door on greater UN role in economic crisis
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The United Nations General Assembly convened a major conference on the global financial crisis in late June meetings at its New York City headquarters. Hopes that the UN could play a greater role in alleviating the crisis were dashed as the U.S. and Western nations rebuffed the world body's attempt to have a hand in reforming...