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Hiding Africa’s looted funds: Silence of Western media
by Lord Aikins Adusei Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to radio and watch television in the West you learn how poor Africans are and how corrupt African leaders are. But you will never...
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Rwanda admits force used in anti-thatch campaign
by Survival International The official in charge of Rwanda’s controversial policy to eradicate all thatched roofs in the country by the end of this month has admitted that “sometimes we apply some...
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Strauss-Kahn, Casey Anthony and the whitewashing of American justice
by Behrouz Saba Wealth and power win every time over poverty and vulnerability. Just look no further than the “sudden turn of events” in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The world is shocked – shocked...
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Victoire still in prison, Congo still a human catastrophe
by Ann Garrison In July 2010, Victoire Ingabire told Womens’ International News Gathering Service that the warring that followed refugees from Rwanda into eastern Congo must be brought to an end with...
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Child refugees: When children are ‘the enemy’
by Mumia Abu-Jamal I’ve been watching for days now as media reports display the growing hatred at the arrival of Central American children across the Mexican-U.S. border. A little girl cries as her...
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Dream Defenders, Black Lives Matter and Ferguson reps take historic trip to...
Leaders from American racial justice movements connect with Palestinians living under occupation by Kristian Davis Bailey Representatives at the forefront of the movements for Black lives and racial...
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Increasing instability and political repression in African Great Lakes Region
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News broadcast April 26, 2015 Instability and political repression are increasing in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, as the presidents of Burundi, the Democratic Republic...
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The man beaten and choked at a Donald Trump rally tells his story
by Alice Ollstein When activist Mercutio Southall Jr. was curled up on the ground getting kicked, punched and choked by Donald Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, he thought:...
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Alfred Olango, killed by California cop, dreamt of opening family restaurant
by Eric M. Johnson, Alex Dobuzinskis An unarmed Black man fatally shot by police in a suburb of San Diego overcame a childhood of hunger in war-torn parts of Africa and came to America with the dream...
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Sens. Cory Booker, Al Franken and Elizabeth Warren propose that the U.S....
by Ann Garrison Sens. Franken, Booker and Warren, reputed to be among the most progressive in Congress, support the warmongering S.1158, inviting the U.S. to launch “pre-emptive” wars to “prevent...
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Congo in the abyss
by Ann Garrison Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko This week I spoke to Swiss Congolese historian and activist Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko about recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ann...
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