Six months after the last presidential election in Ghana, the country’s former leader, Jerry Rawlings, has credited the success of the poll to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s persistent pressure on former president John Kuffuor of Ghana to allow the electoral commission declare the authentic winner.read more
Six months since taking the reins, the Barack Obama administration has met its primary objective. It has swiftly ramped up the murderous imperial agenda inherited from Bush-Cheney while the masses, pacified and deceived by the appeal of the Obama image, pay no attention to realities. read more
John Edmonstone: The Moorish Genius who Schooled Charles Darwin – by Jide Uwechia
Darwin wrote home that “I am going to learn to stuff birds, from a blackamoor … he only charges one guinea, for an hour every day for two months”. These lessons in nature and taxidermy were provided to him by a black man named John Edmonstone. Here is his story:read more
Prince Bandar, The Black Prince of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the kingdom’s former ambassador to the United States, is reportedly under house arrest over a conspiracy against the monarch. read more
According to the Russian Institute for Social Research at least five million Russian women would have to prostitute themselves before this year runs out, to make up for the consequences of their poverty due mainly to the current economic crisis and the growth of the unemployment rate. read more
Who Is Paying Orly Taitz: The Birther Madness Movement, A Strange Coalition of rightwing Jews and so-called “white” supremacists – Abdulkhadir Xread more
Greece will vaccinate its entire population of 12 million against the H1N1 swine flu pandemic which has swept around the world in weeks, killing hundreds of people, the country’s health minister said on Friday.read more
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is embarking on her biggest international trip yet: Africa. Seven countries in 11 days. Issues as diverse as economic entrepreneurship and gender-based violence.read more
Rastafarian Views on Life, Politics and Social Issues
