By Crossed Crocodiles | January 2, 2012 at 8:33 pm | No comments
The National Post’s Richard Johnson takes a look at the scale of America’s military bases across the globe. This is a huge graphic, you may have to click it more than once to get it big enough to read, or you may need to go to the National Post link above. There is a lot...
Posted in: Africa, General, International Solidarity, Networking, News
By Nana Akyea Mensah | December 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm | No comments
A collective bringing together some 30 Ivorian and African organizations in Europe celebrates Christmas with President Gbagbo before the detention Centre of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Scheveningen, a suburb of the Hague, Saturday, December 24, 2011, from 13 h to...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Ivory Coast, Networking, News, Self-Mobilisation, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Nana Akyea Mensah | December 18, 2011 at 2:36 pm | No comments
Message from Mumia Abu-Jamal to OWS dictated while in Administrative Custody at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville, PA.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
My Friends of OWS,
My message will have to be brief. But let not this brevity take from it, its strength.
You are the central...
Posted in: Africa, Europe, International Solidarity, Networking, News, North America, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Nana Akyea Mensah | December 9, 2011 at 1:46 am | No comments
Free Mumia Abu Jamal Now! Is It Too Much To Ask?
By Nana Akyea Mensah
The Associated Press reported recently: "Abu-Jamal was convicted of fatally shooting Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981. He was sentenced to death after his trial the following year." [1] That makes today, 9th...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Emmanuel.K. Bensah Jr. | December 7, 2011 at 11:55 am | No comments
“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”:
Will the African Integration Revolution be Televised (2), (or a Tale of Africa’s Zeitgeist!)
By E.K.Bensah Jr
After the indefatigable efforts of West African civil society organizations, including the Economic Justice...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, Self-Mobilisation, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Crossed Crocodiles | December 6, 2011 at 2:08 am | No comments
The petition below has my heartfelt support. EPAs have nearly destroyed Ghana's poultry industry (and a great many more economic sectors) and severely damaged our family farming efforts. The EU dumps frozen chicken parts on Ghana and West Africa that are subsidized to sell...
Posted in: Africa, Ghana, Networking, News, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Emmanuel.K. Bensah Jr. | November 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm | No comments
“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”:
Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS...
By E.K.Bensah Jr
Last week, the Business and Financial Times paper covered an all-important story entitled “Wanted:Aid-Exit Plan”. In my view, it brought into sharp relief the absolute...
Posted in: Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, International Solidarity, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Networking, News, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
By admin | November 15, 2011 at 2:45 pm | No comments
Toward a continental AU government?
By E.K.Bensah Jr.
When the 12th Ordinary Session of the Africa Union Assembly of the Heads of State and Government ended on 3rd February 2009 with a call by the heads of State for continental government, the election of the late...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Crossed Crocodiles | October 31, 2011 at 2:57 pm | No comments
"Somalia is a counterterrorism planner`s dream.
…
“We’ve moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles … to a true hunter-killer role with the Reaper.”
…
… there is no longer any doubt that targeted killing has become...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, Situational Awareness
By Nana Akyea Mensah | October 21, 2011 at 11:58 pm | 2 comments
Gaddafi's death: African Union lifts Libya's suspension
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The African Union (AU) has lifted Libya's suspension and allowed the National Transitional Council (NTC) to occupy the country's seat at the continental body, following Thursday's death of...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Libya, Networking, News, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives