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01/26/2006:

"Haiti: A coup regime, human rights abuses and the hidden hand of Washington"

Haiti: A coup regime, human rights abuses and the hidden hand of Washington
In a June 2005 Jamaica Observer column about the significance of the Haitian revolution, John Maxwell wrote, “the slaves of Saint Dominique, the world’s richest colony, rose up, abolished slavery and chased the slavemasters away.” Maxwell, one of the more astute journalists covering US foreign policy, added, “Unfortunately for them, they did not chase all of the slavemasters away, and out of the spawn of those arose in Haiti a small group of rich, light-skinned people – the elites, whose interests have fitted perfectly into the interests of the racists in the United States. Between them, last year, on the second centenary of the abolition of slavery and the Independence of Haiti, those interests engineered the re-inslavement of Haiti, kidnapping and expelling the president and installing in his place a gang of murderous thugs, killers, rapists and con-men.

Kenyan Police are on a manhunt for the owner of the collapsed Nairobi building
In Nairobi, Kenyan Police are looking for the owner of a new five storey building which collapsed on Monday taking 280 workers with it and so far bringing a death toll of 17 people.

Liberia: Can 'Mama' Ellen fix it?
IN defining an agenda for Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, it is important to first break from the mould of Eurocentric historiography which has painted Liberia as a country founded in 1822 by freed American slaves who were resettled in Christopolis (now Monrovia) as part of the effort of the American Colonisation Society (ACS). This flows from the perverted racist thesis that Africans have no history and that their history revolves around colonial conquests. It is distasteful that in spite of the works of distinguished scholars like Ade Ajayi, Kenneth Dike and Cheik Anta Diop, this pervading Eurocentric view of the history of Liberia still persists.

Museveni: Uganda ready to attack rebels in Congo
The Ugandan military is ready to "deal with" rebels in neighbouring Congo who killed eight U.N. soldiers this week, President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday.

THE SELF-SERVING PATERNALISM OF THOSE WHO GIVE
Donor countries and agencies do not always mean well when they give aid to poor countries, often under the misconception that development assistance means "giving to beggars".

Belgium ask Senegal to extradite Habre
Belgium said on Wednesday it would consider going to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Senegal refused its request to extradite Chad's former leader to stand trial for torture and mass murder.

Africa's Twin Curses
2005 was dubbed the "year of Africa" by the G8 and it brought some welcome progress in conflict resolution on a continent which has had more than its share of political instability: a peace deal in Sudan was finalized, U.N. peacekeepers left Sierra Leone, elections were held in Liberia and Burundi, even the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to be moving forward.

Fitzgerald Probes Niger Forgeries
Over the past few months, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has been questioning witnesses in the CIA leak case about the origins of the disputed Niger documents referenced in President Bush's January 2003 State of the Union address, according to several current and former State Department officials who have testified in the case.

Hamas celebrates amid sea of green

President Bush says he will only deal with Hamas if it stops its campaign to destroy Israel

Listening to the Voices of Palestine

The Core of Zionism

NSA Accused of Psychologically Abusing Whistleblowers

Real international terrorism: How and why the West supports terrorism

Taking no legal prisoners
The president of the United States says detainees at Guantanamo Bay and other detention centers are not entitled to the status "prisoners of war" because they are terrorists and illegal combatants.

Larijani warns West against radical behavior

United against the States!

US Orders Syria To Do the Impossible

Neanderthal man floated into Europe, say Spanish researchers