UN’s hollow ceremony for end to British slave trade confounds many
British, Brutal Masters Of Colonialism (CounterCurrents)Gadhafi calls for reparations for African slave trade (FCN, 09-21-1999) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Dr. Leonard Jeffries, professor of Africana Studies and Black Studies at the City University of New York in Harlem, says that the 192-member United Nations General Assembly’s recent commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Britain’s decision on March 25, 1807 to end...
Annapolis: Foreign policy deception
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Annapolis: Attempt to revive failing system of oppression (FCN, 12-16-2007)South African Archbishop likens Palestinian life to life under apartheid (FCN, 11-16-2007)Black, Palestinian solidarity in the struggle for justice (FCN, 10-25-2007)Foundation for Middle East Peace WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Standing in the White House Rose Garden with the president of the Palestinian Authority and the prime minister of Israel by his...
U.S. Sec. of State makes historic trip to Libya
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greeted Libyan Leader Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli on September 5, a three-decade old chapter of animosity between the two nations was closed. Ms. Rice became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the North African nation since John Foster Dulles in 1953; and the highest-ranking U.S. official visitor...
Ex-lawmaker: We were arrested for trying to give crayons to children
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - At last, former six-term Congress member and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney arrived in the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian aid July 15. Ms. McKinney's delegation is part of the group Viva Palestina, which conducted another aid mission from Europe earlier this year. This time the group entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Ironically,...
Farrakhan speaks to the Arab World through Al Jazeera
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke to the Arab World in two interviews both airing on Al Jazeera. On Sept. 10, he was interviewed by Abderrahim Foukara for the Liqaá al-Yaum (Today's Encounter) program at The National House. Mr. Foukara, originally from Morocco, discussed a wide-range of topics with Min. Farrakhan, including the proposed Park 51 Islamic...
Black Britons express little optimism justice will come
(FinalCall.com) - With an ongoing trial for two White suspects accused of brutally murdering a Black teenager and recent acknowledgement Metropolitan police killed yet another unarmed Black man, the question again arises of whether justice and equality is possible for the 1.5 million sons and daughters of Africa and the Caribbean that call the United Kingdom home. Police brutality,...
Blacks suffer in Colombia, despite 20-year-old law
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - As Afro-Columbian women leaders work to expose violence and human rights violations, grassroots activists are mobilizing for a historic conference to address their issues, gain and protect the rights of Blacks in the country and to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of a law that was supposed to grant freedom. The term “supposed” is used because,...
African leaders focus on unity, peace and prosperity during UN debate
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS - The president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Sam Kahamba Kutesa from Uganda, spoke before the first African leader took the podium. He said the leaders would present positive visions for the next 50 years for a continent that has great problems and great potential. Africa is “emerging from the long...
Sudanese refugees face uncertainty in Israel if bilateral ties are resumed
(GIN)—Sudanese refugees who live in Israel are wondering what their future holds if ties are normalized between the two countries as predicted and the Israeli government launches deportation proceedings against them. There are around 6,500 Sudanese nationals in Israel, representing 20 percent of all the asylum seekers in the country. Of these, 4,500 have submitted requests for political asylum and...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thousands of migrants lose shelter, after camp destroyed in fire
The closure and subsequent fire, on Dec. 23, at a migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina has left thousands of migrants without shelter and protection, amid plummeting winter temperatures, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported. Nearly all infrastructure at the Lipa Emergency Tent Camp, which housed about 1,400 migrants, has been destroyed or badly damaged. This number...