Category: International

By Dr. Manning Marable PART I For two weeks in late 2006, I traveled throughout Tanzania, East Africa, on a fact-finding tour. Over thirty years earlier, I had attended the University of Nairobi, in Kenya, as an undergraduate...

Wayne BrownIf you still think that Africa is a continent full of jungles, wild animals just roaming the lands, natives half dressed in tribal wear, or any other un-resourceful substandard land comparable to modern civilization,...

PORT HARCOURT, Mar. 17 (IRIN) – Mounting signs of a third-term bid by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, underscored by an increasingly visible campaign by his supporters, are stirring passions in a country prone to...

MBABANE, Mar 20 (GIN) – Several members of the opposition People’s United Democratic Movement were arrested at a rally called by the group’s youth wing, in a weekend crackdown by police, according to media reports. The...

CONAKRY, Mar 20 (GIN) – Guinean President Lansana Conte made an unscheduled “private trip” to Switzerland this weekend where the chronic diabetic who is in his 60s will  seek some medical attention, said...