Remembering Pan-Africanist and DRC’s independent leader, Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba was born in 2 July 1925. He served as the first prime minister of independent Democratic Republic of Congo from June until September 1960. Ideologically, Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist and Pan-Africanist. He led the Congolese National Movement (MNC) party from 1958 until […]
HOW THE MOST STRATEGIC NATION IN THE WORLD BECAME A ‛FAILED STATE’: THE STORY OF SOMALIA. BY LUGETE M LUGETE
Since Somalia was labeled a failed state by George W. Bush to determine the prism of US foreign policy and the war on terror, the nation has continued to struggle with what some have termed as a ‟self-fulfilling prophecy.” With a continuous cycle of conflict, famine, piracy and terrorist attacks, it appears Somalia has […]
Jebril Domenico selected as Ambassador of Peace.
Jebril Domenico selected as Ambassador of Peace Jebril Domenico has been selected as peace Ambassador by Global Peace chain (GPC) a highly global NGO with an aim to give boost to Social peace building, and cultivate the culture of tolerance. “Becoming a peace Ambassador is a great honour and I am certain you will represent […]
Michelle Alexander: More Black Men in Prison Than Were Enslaved in 1850
Clearly, colorblindness hasn’t gotten us very far. It’s a heartbreaking, but often understated, reality that America’s criminal justice system imprisons black folks at astonishingly high rates. The U.S.Bureau of Justice estimated that as of 2008, there were over 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. But in a […]
Kenya’s 2017 and Malawi’s 2019 nullified presidential elections, revealed the true motives of Europeans’, AU’s Election Observers around the continent
Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country. I never went to a country, saw many parties and assumed that it is democratic. You cannot define democracy purely in terms of multi-partist parties. —Julius Nyerere (June 1991 in Brazil when asked about single and […]
Washington becoming more worried over Beijing and Moscow influence in Africa
The head of US Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend, in a statement to the Senate’s Armed Services committee warned that Moscow and Beijing dalliance with Africa has given the emerging powers leeway to “seize opportunities to expand their influence across the continent. ” “Their coercive and exploitative activities undermine and threaten many African countries stability,”General […]
79 ACP States call for human rights situation in West Papua to be addressed
The 79 Member States of the Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) group have passed a resolution at this week’s 9th ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government calling for urgent attention to be paid to the ongoing human rights crisis in West Papua. The ACP resolution supports and adds substantial additional diplomatic weight […]
Human Rights Day in West Papua: West Papua and the Struggle for Independence is Real
West Papua West Papua and the Struggle for Independence is Real: Even the Blind Ostrich with head in the sand can see it: Human Rights Day In West Papua: West Papuans defiantly raise their fists in a freedom salute as they are arrested & taken away by Indonesian police.Indonesia has been arbitrarily arresting and detaining […]
While France ways of looting Africa is well known to most, UK ways of looting Africa is more subtle
United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world. It’s a miracle for a small island with little or no natural resources to command that position in global economic power. Former French President Jacques Chirac once said if it weren’t for Africa, France would slide to third world countries. Matteo Salvini […]
You will love it, President Kagame’s speech on Investing in Africa alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Nana Akufo Addo and Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário of Mozambique at the African Investment Forum.
“I have always thought it is Africa’s time, we Africans, we have let ourselves down. We are now realizing it is Africa’s time and we need to seize every opportunity to be where we should be. The main difference will come when in one place or another they are actually doing what they know they […]