Scarce water the root cause of Darfur conflict?
by Jehron MuhammadIf one looks to the Council on Foreign Relations to define the tragedy that has been Darfur you initially get: “Farmers and Arabic nomads have long competed for limited resources... »
The story of Haiti’s struggle to survive and thrive amid devastation
by Richard B. Muhammad -Editor-in-Chief | Feb 17, 2010 - 11:42:57 AMPORT-Au-PRINCE, Haiti (FinalCall.com) - The first Black republic in the western hemisphere is more than a basket case of disease, death and depression. "From day one the first people that responded to the cry of help was Haitians themselves, getting people out of the rubble. People have this will to survive and get the country back on track," said Alex Georges, a Haitian businessman and tour operator. »
UN paying Haitians $5 a day to work
by Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- | Feb 17, 2010 - 11:41:00 AMUNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Development Program rolled out its “cash-for-work” initiative aimed at providing temporary work and “offering Haitians a chance to play a vital role in rebuilding their earthquake-devastated” capital city during an early February press briefing in New York by a senior agency official. »
A rising demand for freezing adoptions of Haitian children
by Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent- | Feb 5, 2010 - 8:21:17 AMSome child advocates and human rights groups are calling for an immediate end to adoptions of Haitian children in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that toppled its capital Port au Prince. The instinct to help by taking children out of the country could have horrible results, they said. »
Haiti: New problems for already suffering nation
by Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent- | Feb 5, 2010 - 8:20:43 AMLOS ANGELES - Fresh off a fact-finding mission from the earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted some recent developments in the Black Republic and called for more tents, more medicine, consistent U.S. military relief flights, and an end to all unvetted child adoptions. »
Expulsions from EU rise sharply
by David Cronin | Feb 5, 2010 - 8:16:45 AMBRUSSELS (IPS/GIN) - The number of asylum-seekers and other migrants expelled from the European Union in joint operations between its governments has grown three times in as many years, IPS has learned. »
Dagestan-An Overview
by Brian E. Muhammad -Contributing Writer- | Feb 4, 2010 - 1:05:19 PMIn November of 1997, The Honorable Louis Farrakhan embarked on a World Friendship tour that took him and a delegation of 23 people to 36 countries and six of the seven continents. One of the locations visited was a little known province in the Caucasus Mountains called Dagestan. »
Haiti - Support for National Mobilization grows
by Richard B. Muhammad -Editor-in-Chief | Jan 26, 2010 - 1:41:02 PMCHICAGO - With Haiti struggling, trying to stand but still suffering badly after a major earthquake, a call for a National Mobilization on behalf of the first Black Republic in the western hemisphere found fertile ground in the hearts of professionals, organizational leaders and activists during a recent meeting. »
Haiti - Profiting from misery?
by Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- | Jan 26, 2010 - 12:50:44 PMQuestions ran rampant across America just a few days after the 7.0 earthquake that destroyed Haiti's capital, with concern about whether U.S. corporations would profit from the disaster and whether international money lenders—like the World Bank and IMF—would also use the tragedy to make a profit. »
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