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ECOWAS EPA AND WTO-COMPATIBILITY

ECOWAS EPA AND WTO-COMPATIBILITY

By | May 9, 2014 at 2:21 pm | One comment

Economic Justice Network - Ghana POLICY BRIEF ECOWAS EPA AND WTO-COMPATIBILITY Introduction People-including government officials, European Union (EU) representatives and some think tanks say that Ghana has no choice other than sign the regional Economic Partnership...

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History of Boko Haram by Garba Sani

History of Boko Haram by Garba Sani

By | February 21, 2012 at 4:16 am | 6 comments

Chatham House hosted a discussion in January, Nigeria in 2012: Crises and Reforms. In it Garba Sani gave a brief history of Boko Harum that is one of the best I have seen. [caption id="attachment_1568" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="View of Zuma rock from Madalla...

Posted in: Africa, General, International Solidarity, Networking, News, Nigeria

Escalating Proxy War In Africa

Escalating Proxy War In Africa

By | February 9, 2012 at 1:46 am | 3 comments

[T]he United States must employ its soft power to persuade African nations to work with it. The time to do so is now, before China’s inroads in African states become insurmountable. If the United States is to secure its resource needs from Africa in the future, it must be...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Kenya, News, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan

Blood of Nigeria

Blood of Nigeria

By | January 28, 2012 at 3:28 am | No comments

RT is featuring a documentary about oil in Nigeria called Blood of Nigeria, directed by Philippe Lespinasse. It is well done and worth a look. RT is showing it in two parts. They will be consecutive on the schedule, but there may be other programs in between, and the RT...

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Time to Reclaim Nigeria : An introduction

Time to Reclaim Nigeria : An introduction

By | December 7, 2011 at 9:14 am | No comments

Time to Reclaim Nigeria : An introduction By Kwesi Pratt Jnr * I picked the call without hesitation and found out that my good friend and comrade, Chido Onumah, was at the other end. We had not spoken for a very long time and figured he had arrived in Accra...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, News, Nigeria

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS…

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS…

By | 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...

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Is Africa Rushing To Recognize The Libyan Rebels?

Is Africa Rushing To Recognize The Libyan Rebels?

By | August 27, 2011 at 8:24 pm | No comments

AU and the Politics of Recognition of the Libyan Rebels, A Roll Call A Pan-Africanist Brief - Situational Awareness Wikipedia is doing a very good job in helping to see clearly what is going on in Africa, so far as the politics of the recognition of the Libyan rebels is...

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On Libya: The Ghana Government is Right!

On Libya: The Ghana Government is Right!

By | August 26, 2011 at 12:43 am | No comments

Thursday, August 25, 2011 Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security analyst at the Kofi Annan International Peace-Keeping Training Centre, may be concerned about the proliferation of all manner of weapons on the continent as a result of the mayhem in Libya. He may also be...

Posted in: Africa, Ghana, International Solidarity, Libya, News, Nigeria, Senegal, Situational Awareness, South Africa, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives