Japan seeks to remake Asia-Africa relationship
by Suvendrini KakuchiYOKOHAMA, Japan - Acutely aware of China’s strong presence in resource-rich Africa, Japan, the world’s third largest economy, is beefing up its relations with the continent.... »
U.S., Malaysia lead worldwide ‘land grabs’
by Stephen Leahy | Jun 19, 2013 - 6:35:15 PMUXBRIDGE, Canada (IPS) - Africa is the main target for “land grabs” by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released June 10. »
U.S. lawmakers unhappy with UN response to Haiti cholera epidemic
by Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- | Jun 18, 2013 - 7:28:57 AMUNITED NATIONS - This world body continues to deny any liability for illness and deaths caused by the 2011 spread of cholera experts say UN peacekeepers brought to Haiti and has yet to respond to a letter from 19 members of the U.S. Congress demanding an acknowledgement of its responsibility. »
Congo atrocities just the cost of doing business?
by Jehron Muhammad | Jun 18, 2013 - 7:19:06 AMPresident Obama’s upcoming trip to Tanzania may have more to do with Rwanda than meets the eye. »
Looking to Cameroon’s women senators
by IPS | Jun 17, 2013 - 10:58:34 AMYAOUNDE (IPS) - Marlyse Aboui, a 40-year-old nurse, has still not gotten over the astonishment she felt when she heard that Cameroon’s President Paul Biya had nominated her to the senate. »
Communication surveillance undermines privacy, freedom of expression
by RT.com | Jun 17, 2013 - 10:55:04 AMThe widespread use of surveillance technologies to monitor peoples’ communications violates the human rights to privacy and freedom of expression, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion stated in his report. »
Despite peace talks, forced displacement still climbing in Colombia
by Helda Martínez | Jun 17, 2013 - 10:54:40 AMBOGOTA (IPS) - Drugs and arms traffickers are muscling in on Colombia’s Pacific coastal region, forcibly displacing local people, according to a new report by the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES). »
Kerry's mystery speech and other news from the OAU/AU Summit
by Jehron Muhammad | Jun 8, 2013 - 12:54:11 PMIf you go to the State Departments website and view the transcript of Secretary of State John Kerry’s OAU/AU Summit remarks in Addis Ababa you’d think the speech went off without a hitch. Nothing could be further from the truth. »
Politics and the U.S. food aid program
by Jehron Muhammad | Jun 8, 2013 - 12:50:21 PMPresident Dwight Eisenhower created the Food for Peace program in 1954 to send massive amounts of surplus food, produced in the U.S., to the developing world and to countries still recovering from World War II. »
Exposed: New website reveals extent of secret CIA flight network
by RT.com | Jun 7, 2013 - 10:34:28 AMA team of academics have launched the world’s largest interactive database detailing suspected CIA rendition flights, many of which may have transported detainees to Guantanamo Bay. »
AU: ICC prosecutions have degenerated into 'race hunt' of Africans
by Kirubel Tadesse | Jun 7, 2013 - 9:56:47 AMADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - African leaders have asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal system. »
Child malnutrition costs global economy billions yearly: report
by Jim Lobe | Jun 7, 2013 - 9:37:09 AMWASHINGTON (IPS) - In addition to the serious health problems it causes, child malnutrition is costing the global economy tens of billions of dollars a year by depriving its victims of the ability to learn basic skills, according to a new report released by Save the Children. »
Kill shot? Man linked to Tsarnaev took FBI bullet to top of head
by RT.com | Jun 6, 2013 - 12:27:16 PMIbragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI during a questioning, was shot six times, once in the crown of his head, photos shown at a press conference in Moscow reveal. His father suspects it could have been a kill shot. »
Zimbabwe on path to regain international acceptance
by George E. Curry -NNPA Editor-in-Chief- | May 30, 2013 - 3:50:38 PMHARARE, Zimbabwe (NNPA) - With several low-key, but unmistakable gestures, the United States has signaled that it is moving toward normalizing relations with Zimbabwe, the former White minority-rule nation once known as Rhodesia. »
Why is Obama going to Africa but not the OAU/AU Summit?
by Jehron Muhammad | May 30, 2013 - 9:13:22 AMThis 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 and the empowerment of women. »
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