Fall of Fallujah refocuses U.S. on Iraq
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON - Two years after the last U.S. combat soldiers left Iraq, the recent takeover of the Western city of Fallujah by the...
Motherland reality: As simple as drawing lines on a map
(FinalCall.com) - To show students how Africa was divvied up in 1885 by Europeans, I stood in front of my son Equiano's sixth...
UN sued for cholera, refuses to talk about it
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Haitian activist organizations remained true to their word by filing an early October class action complaint on behalf of five...
South African land redistribution is a ticking time bomb
(FinalCall.com) - With the “stroke” of a pen, passage of the June 19, 1913 Native Land Act legalized atrocities committed against South Africa's...
Israel and the Gulf increasingly nervous over Iran-U.S. detente
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON - As hopeful, albeit vague, statements about talks in Geneva between Iran and the great powers continued to issue from the Swiss...
Zimbabwe land redistribution a sign for South Africa?
(FinalCall.com) - During a recent speech at the University of South Africa, former President Thabo Mbeki took Western nations to task for mounting...
Netanyahu’s relentless pursuit of Iran
JIM.LOBE Like the proverbial skunk at the garden party, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his turn at the podium at the U.N. General...
U.S. Gov’t Destabilizing Africa through AFRICOM
(FinalCall.com) - Thanks to the U.S. and its proxy-led interventions, instability in North Africa and the Middle East has spread to the African...
Haitian American to design the UN slave trade memorial
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- ‘Ark of Return': Telling the stories of 15 million slaves in a United Nations permanent memorial UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Rodney Leon,...
Developing nations challenge UN on poverty
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Many leaders addressing the UN General Assembly during its 68th annual general debate warned if there is...