Bridging The Divide to Rebuild Zimbabwe
By Dambudzo Mapuranga April 22, 2010 Zimbabweans are the masters of their destiny. SADC and AU despite pressure from the West to intervene militarily or other wise have over the past decade affirmed this with their repeated assertion that only Zimbabweans can find a solution to their problems. (more…)
April 22nd, 2010 by Africa Speaks
On the Tiger Woods “Affair” and the Myth of Exclusive Monogamous Morality (Part I)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Illustration by TrinidadAndTobagoNews.com and not the author. By Corey Gilkes April 15, 2010 – trinicenter.com Over the last few months one of the main stories in the news was an incident involving golfing legend Tiger Woods, his wife and another woman with whom Woods had a secret relationship (well, secret until the mark buss, as we say in Trinidadian parlance). As more and more...
April 15th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Zimbabwe: U.S. Must Come Clean – SA Envoy
The Herald April 14, 2010 South Africa is maintaining pressure on the United States and Europe to lift their illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe with the latest call directed on Washington to engage Harare in dialogue rather being “divisive” and polarising the country. South African President Jacob Zuma has been calling on the West to remove the sanctions regime saying the embargo puts...
April 14th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Zimbabwe: PM Morgan Tsvangirai tells West to face reality
New Ziana-Herald Reporter The Herald – April 10, 2010 PRIME MINISTER Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday President Mugabe is part of the solution to the political equation in the country and the West should recognise this. Addressing delegates to the Zimbabwe-Africa Business Opportunities Day commemorations, PM Tsvangirai advised cynics to accept the reality of the country’s political situation. “If...
April 11th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Malema hails Zimbabwe’s empowerment drive
By Zvamaida Murwira April 05, 2010 The Herald, Zimbabwe Firebrand African National Congress youth president Cde Julius Malema yesterday saluted Zimbabwe’s indigenisation and empowerment programme saying that was the basis for waging the liberation struggle. The tough-talking ANC youth leader said it was imperative that indigenous people take a keen interest in empowering themselves, as imperialists...
April 5th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Behind Washington’s Iran policy: Myths and reality
By Stephen Gowans February 26, 2010 – gowans.wordpress.com While Washington’s Iran policy is often described as oriented toward containment of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the aims are much broader, and the assumption that Iran has nuclear weapons ambitions is without foundation. US policy is directed at eclipsing the rise of Iran as an independent economic, military and political power, and seeks...
March 6th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Zimbabwe: Haiti As Seen Through Pan African Eyes
By Tichaona Zindoga February 23, 2010 – The Herald FOLLOWING the devastating earthquake that left over 200 000 people dead and destroyed almost everything in Haiti last month, the world was treated to eccentric Western hype about self-inflicted poverty, hopelessness and the heroism of foreign rescue efforts. The West, through its media, even justified the occupation of this second largest Caribbean...
February 23rd, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Zimbabwe: Zuma Blasts Sanctions’ Extension
The Herald February 23, 2010 THE continuation of the illegal economic sanctions against Zimbabwe undermines the Global Political Agreement signed by the country’s three main political parties, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has said. In a recent interview with the Sunday Times, President Zuma blasted the European Union and critics of South Africa’s stance on Zimbabwe. The EU...
February 23rd, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Haitians will defend their sovereignty
Haitians will defend their sovereignty By The Real News Ronald Charles: This way of providing aid is a way to humiliate us and many Haitians will not accept it. (more…)
February 2nd, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Q & A with the State Department on Haiti
Sending in the Marines By Judith Scherr January 29, 2010 – counterpunch.org THE FRENCH COOPERATION Minister Alain Joyandet accused the U.S. of “occupying” Haiti rather than helping in the wake of the devastating January 12, 7.0 earthquake. Doctors Without Borders and officials from the Caribbean community expressed similar frustrations, as US military personnel controlling the airport turned...
January 29th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
Freedom Rider: Useless Aid, No Donation Without Agitation
By Margaret Kimberley January 27, 2010 – blackagendareport.com “DOLLARS must come with demands of non-interference in Haiti’s affairs and demands of accountability to charitable organizations.” A telethon hosted by celebrities succeeded in raising more than $57 million in funds for the relief of Haiti earthquake victims. Yet that sum and the many millions more donated by individuals around the...
January 29th, 2010 by Africa Speaks
The Kidnapping of Haiti
By John Pilger January 27, 2010 THE THEFT OF HAITI has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules in an American naval blockade and the arrival of 13,000 marines, special forces, spooks and mercenaries,...
January 28th, 2010 by Africa Speaks