Politics and the U.S. food aid program
President Dwight Eisenhower created the Food for Peace program in 1954 to send massive amounts of surplus food, produced in the U.S., to...
Child malnutrition costs global economy billions yearly: report
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - In addition to the serious health problems it causes, child malnutrition is costing the global economy tens of billions of...
Why is Obama going to Africa but not the OAU/AU Summit?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Organization of Africa Unity-African Union (OAU/AU). Three issues–Pan Africanism, which includes continental integration, sustainable development...
‘Well-behaved’ African leaders rewarded by President Obama
(FinalCall.com) - Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president after independence and the person most identified with the creation of the Organization of African...
Libya Intervention: More questionable in rear view mirror
JIM.LOBE Witnessing the Transition to Fear in Tripoli, Libya (FCN, 09-16-2011) Minister Farrakhan's Press Conference on U.S., NATO War Against Libya...
Why does ICC only prosecute African leaders?
(FinalCall.com) - Over 60,000 people attended Kenya's presidential inauguration. African leaders in attendance included Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan, South Africa's Jacob Zuma and President...
Secret document reveals US Gov’t strategy to destabilize Venezuela
By RT.com In a secret US cable published online by WikiLeaks, former ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to infiltrate and destabilize...
UN marks Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade but no mention of crimes against humanity, or the need for reparations
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon opened the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the...
Collapse of Caribbean regional group not a good sign
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The 15-member Community of Caribbean States and Common Market (CARICOM) released a report in the first week of March stating...
UN rejects lawsuit, claims immunity in Haiti
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General recently told reporters at UN headquarters in New York that the...