Serious questions about politics in Sudan and North Africa
by Jehron MuhammadPresident Obama's recently released Sudan strategy that tries to be all things to all people gives America and her interest groups needed instant gratification, but fails in addressing instability that... »
Study faults unregulated trade in human organs
by Thalif Deen | Nov 4, 2009 - 10:53:30 AMUNITED NATIONS (IPS/GIN) - A growing new market for human organs has prompted the United Nations and the Council of Europe to call for an international convention to regulate the sale of body parts, mostly kidneys and livers, in transplant surgery worldwide. »
Scandals, fear and 2010 U.K. elections
by Charlene Muhammad -Staff Writer- | Nov 4, 2009 - 10:47:20 AMThe major political parties made many promises during their recent annual conferences, including vows to curb crime and eradicate political corruption—but improving the state of Britain's economy is the number one concern for many Britons going into the national election in mid-2010. »
Africom: President Obama's Bush inheritance, challenge
by Jehron Muhammad | Oct 26, 2009 - 5:32:56 PMAmong the many things the Obama administration has inherited from Bush II is an unwieldy colonialist-lite intervention mechanism, masquerading protectionist-like and called Africom. The fact that the Noble Peace Prize winner rarely, if ever, mentioned this behemoth is telling. »
Gambia president: Africa must have respect, power in the world
by Brian E. Muhammad -Contributing Writer- | Oct 26, 2009 - 3:27:26 PMUNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Strong words came over the podium during the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations from Gambian President El-Hajj Yahya Jammeh, who called for equity, respect and a greater role for Africa within the world body. »
Leaked Iran paper based on disputed intel
by Gareth Porter | Oct 26, 2009 - 3:11:21 PMWASHINGTON - Excerpts of the internal draft report by the staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published online show that the report's claims about Iranian work on a nuclear weapon is based almost entirely on intelligence documents which have provoked a serious conflict within the agency. »
Will new rules shut out Black firms in South Africa?
by Marina Penderis | Oct 26, 2009 - 3:03:48 PMJOHANNESBURG - The first decade of South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies saw the creation of a predictable list of politically connected beneficiaries, featuring names such as Patrice Motsepe, Cyril Ramaphosa and Tokyo Sexwale. Now new regulations may see other companies—including White-owned business—enter the BEE pantheon. »
Turmoil over broken election promises
by Brian E. Muhammad -Contributing Writer- | Oct 26, 2009 - 2:53:27 PMTensions were elevated in Conakry, Guinea following civil unrest over the possible presidential candidacy of Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, leader of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) who took power over the nation by a military coup d'état in December, 2008. »
Abbas helps Israel bury its crimes in Gaza
by Ali Abunimah | Oct 26, 2009 - 2:48:02 PMJust when it seemed that the Ramallah Palestinian Authority (PA) and its leader Mahmoud Abbas could not sink any lower in their complicity with Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the murderous blockade of Gaza, Ramallah has dealt a further stunning blow to the Palestinian people. »
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