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RSS FeedCameroon: Cameroon gives franchise to diaspora
2011-07-12, Issue 539
A Bill that gives Cameroonians in the diaspora the vote has been passed into law. The Bill sailed through during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly. Opposition groups and civil society organisations have, however, termed the new law a ...
Haiti: The shelters that Clinton built
2011-07-18, Issue 539
When Demosthene Lubert heard that Bill Clinton's foundation was going to rebuild his collapsed school at the epicenter of Haiti's January 12, 2010, earthquake, in the coastal city of Léogâne, the academic director thought he was 'in paradise'. The pr...
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up, Tuesday 26 July, Los Angeles, CA, Screening and Release to the Public
2011-07-18, Issue 539
'Will the real terrorist please stand up' shows that US-backed violence against Cuba continued for decades. Some Bay of Pigs participants and the most well-known terrorists appear on camera to boast or re-evaluate their activities over the years. Orl...
Cameroon: House debates diaspora vote
2011-07-07, Issue 538
The Cameroon Government has tabled a Bill in the National Assembly that could grant the vote to the diaspora. The Bill is almost sure to be passed as it is supported by both the ruling CPDM party, which has a two-third majority in the Assembly as wel...
Haiti: Violence, anger grow in Haiti's quake camps
2011-06-30, Issue 537
Haitian President Michel Martelly, who came to power in mid-May, must urgently rehouse homeless quake survivors still living in camps nearly a year and a half after the disaster, and meet the basic needs of those who remain in urban slums, says a new...
Haiti: Peasants march for a 'real agricultural policy'
2011-07-04, Issue 537
Thousands of Haitian peasants marched in the city of Hinche in the Central Plateau region on 21 June to demand that the government promote food sovereignty, the restoration of the environment and the development of an agriculture 'adapted to the real...
Haiti: Wikileaks exposes US profiteering after Haiti earthquake
2011-06-26, Issue 536
On 15 June, the whistleblower web site WikiLeaks began releasing US diplomatic cables from the period immediately following the devastating Haitian earthquake of January 2010. The cables, from among the 251,287 in WikiLeaks’ possession, provide impor...
Global: Free the Cuban Five
2011-06-20, Issue 535
The Cuban Five, five men serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively in a US prison, are the subject of an international campaign for their release because of the belief that that have been falsely convicted of committing espionage against ...
Haiti: Venezuela will 'repay it’s debt' to Haiti
2011-05-23, Issue 530
Hector Rodriguez, vice-president of the 'Social Area Council of Venezuela', confirmed the Venezuelan government’s commitment to maintaining its reconstruction efforts in Haiti and sent a message of solidarity to the Haitian people on behalf of Venezu...
Global: Cornel West and the fight against injustice
2011-05-09, Issue 527
In this Al Jazeera video interview with Cornel West, the intellectual and author provides his analysis of Barack Obama's presidency and discusses recent global developments. The bestselling author argues that we are living in 'catastophic, catatonic,...
Libya: Farrakhan warns Obama over CIA in Libya
2011-05-09, Issue 527
Minister Louis Farrakhan, in this video interview, discusses the role of the CIA in the conflict. He points to the contradiction of Western concern over the people of Libya, while the people of Palestine and Rwanda, for example, were ignored....
Haiti: Supporters in Haiti make ready for Aristide
2011-02-16, Issue 517
Supporters beat drums in the slums while workers spruced up his private villa as Haitians prepared on Tuesday for the possible return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide with feverish anticipation. 'Some people are cleaning the streets, others are getting the ...
Haiti: Government says Aristide can come home
2011-02-01, Issue 515
Haiti's government has said it was ready to issue a new passport to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which would allow him to return after almost seven years in exile in South Africa. 'The government will give assurances that as soon as it re...
Cuba: Cuban organisation fights for release of US prisoners
2011-02-07, Issue 515
Enrique Roman, first vice-president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), has underlined that the movement in solidarity with Cuba prioritises in 2011 the struggle for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist heroes incarc...
Haiti: Returned ex-dictator Duvalier charged
2011-01-19, Issue 513
Haiti on Tuesday briefly detained former dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, back from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year rule. While a noisy crowd of his supporter...
Southern Sudan: Sowing the seeds of agricultural research
2010-12-14, Issue 510
After the sound of gunfire fell silent in Southern Sudan, marking the end of one of Africa's longest running civil wars, Pio Kowr Ding decided he would return home to the autonomous region to take up an agricultural research job with the government. ...
Ethiopia: Ethiopians to remember martyrs of the 2005 election massacre
2010-10-27, Issue 502
Ethiopians from various cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia held a conference on Saturday to discuss and coordinate plans for the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Ethiopian election massacre. The participants discussed and updated each othe...
Break the Silence Congo week
2010-10-21, Issue 501
The purpose of the Break the Silence Congo Week is to raise consciousness about the devastating situation in the Congo and mobilize support on behalf of the people of the Congo. Break the Silence Congo Week will take place from Sunday 17 October to S...
March on Washington scheduled for November
Press release
2010-10-11, Issue 500
The Black is Back Coalition has announced a march and rally on the White House to take place November 13, 2010 beginning in Washington, DC’s historic Malcolm X Park. This will mark the second year in a row that this black coalition will be protestin...
USA: Black community activist faces possible 10 years in prison
2010-10-12, Issue 500
Diop Olugbala (aka Wali Rahman) will be sentenced on Wednesday, 13 October to a possible 10 years in prison for speaking out on behalf of the rights of the black community. A press conference and demonstration will be held prior to Olugbala’s sentenc...
Morocco: Expats returning home in greater numbers
2010-10-14, Issue 500
Faced with the woes of the global economic crisis, an increasing number of Moroccan expatriates are coming back home. Meanwhile, the government is intensifying effort to aid the community abroad as well as help them maintain ties with their home coun...
Africa: Angola hosts 3rd African meeting on Cuba solidarity
2010-09-17, Issue 496
The third African meeting on Solidarity with Cuba was held in Luanda, Angola, 11-12 September, to consolidate the friendship between the African and Cuban people and contribute to strengthening African solidarity towards the Caribbean island nation. ...
Global: Afro-Colombian women fight prejudice by embracing technology
2010-08-13, Issue 494
On an improvised stage “Bombón de chocolate” (Chocolate Candy) is being performed. The play, which narrates the story of an African-Colombian girl who feels rejected because of the colour of her skin, is one of the events at a special day on drug add...
Black Congress to convene in D.C. to set black agenda
2010-06-25, Issue 487
As criticisms of President Obama’s war and economic policies mount, the group that first questioned his intentions regarding the concerns of the black community is holding a national Congress to define a black agenda to serve the interests of black p...
Global: May for the Cuban 5
2010-05-14, Issue 481
The month of May started with a great number of activities in support of the Cuban 5. On May 1st hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched on International Workers Day in Havana and other cities. They were joined by hundreds of internationalists in de...
Haiti: Women demand role in reconstruction
2010-04-16, Issue 477
Women's civil society groups were noticeable by their absence from the landmark Haiti donor conference on 31 March, which secured pledges of US$5.3 billion over the next two years to support the country’s post-quake recovery. Their lack of a presenc...
African diplomats reject anti-Cuba resolution passed by European Parliament
2010-04-16, Issue 477
The ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Cuba, Pascal Onguemby, rejected the lies included in an anti-Cuba resolution recently approved by the European Parliament. Addressing participants in the inauguration of the Eleventh International Conference...
Haiti: Where solidarity means survival
2010-03-26, Issue 475
Perhaps more than anything today, Haiti needs a new macro-economy, one based above all on meeting the needs of its citizens. Post-earthquake economic restructuring could include equitable distribution of resources, high levels of employment with fair...
Global: US city opens doors to Cuban 5
2010-03-18, Issue 474
On Saturday March 13, in the auditorium of the Lavonya DeJean Middle School, in the City of Richmond California, a large number of people gathered to commemorate International Women's Day for the third consecutive year. Under the title "Women in Soli...
45 years after the assassination of Malcolm X
http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/feb/19/45-years-after-assassination-malcolm-x/
2010-02-26, Issue 471
Malcolm X was assassinated 45 years ago this weekend. Earlier this year, WNYC Radio unearthed a 1960s interview between the civil rights leader and a reporter named Eleanor Fischer. On this somber anniversary, we consider Malcolm X’s legacy through t...
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