Major developments took place in Detroit during the first week of the city’s rule under emergency manager Kevyn Orr. A series of demonstrations against this state-appointed bank functionary highlighted widespread opposition to the usurpation of local power. On March 25, a busload of Detroit residents set up a picket line in Cleveland outside the Jones [...]
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Detroit struggle ramps up vs. state takeover
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Abayomi Azikiwe April 7, 2013 » Add the first comment.
French troops in Central African Republic during coup
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Abayomi Azikiwe April 4, 2013 » Add the first comment.
A military coup on March 24 in the capital city of Bangui changed the government of the Central African Republic. Michel Djotodia is the leader of the Seleka Coalition, which seized power and established a new government largely composed of political figures who had been in opposition to the former regime. Francois Bozize, who was [...]
Newly-elected Kenyan President forced to stand trial by the ICC
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 31, 2013 » Add the second comment.
Known on the continent as the “African Criminal Court” due to its exclusive indictments, prosecution and persecution of African leaders, the International Criminal Court has refused to drop charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta was elected by over 50 percent of the people during internationally supervised polls in early March. The U.S. State Department’s [...]
Novelist Chinua Achebe bared colonialism’s impact
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 27, 2013 » Add the first comment.
“Things Fall Apart” and “No Longer at Ease” are perhaps the best known novels to emerge from not only Africa but the entire world. Chinua Achebe, the author of these classic works, which embodied a clear anti-colonial theme, died on March 21 in Boston. Achebe had lived in the United States for many years and [...]
Banks behind Detroit ‘emergency manager’ takeover
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Michigan’s multimillionaire Gov. Rick Snyder on March 14 appointed Washington lawyer Kevyn Orr as “emergency manager” over the city of Detroit. This has become the latest majority African-American municipality in Michigan to fall under the dictatorship of the state, which is serving as an agent of the banks. The banks claim the people owe them [...]
Kenyatta wins Kenya elections: Pressure from U.S., Britain and ICC backfires
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 13, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has won the presidential election in the East African nation of Kenya. Kenyatta, son of the first president of the country, Jomo Kenyatta, has come under fire from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the governments of the United States and Britain. Kenyatta, representing the National Alliance Party [...]
Africa-South America Summit calls for cooperation
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 10, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Some 63 governments from two continents took part in the Third Africa-South America Summit, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, under the theme “Strategies and Mechanism to Promote South-South Cooperation.” Participants included 20 heads of state from Africa and five from South America. Earlier ASA summits were held in Nigeria in 2006 and Venezuela in 2009. [...]
From Alabama to Michigan, Black vote is under attack
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 6, 2013 » Add the second comment.
Forty-eight years after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Supreme Court is currently deliberating about the historic legislation’s enforcement provision, known as Section 5. It requires that any changes proposed by “covered jurisdictions” be approved by a federal three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., before being certified by the Justice Department. This provision [...]
Anti-war group discusses growing imperialist intervention in Africa
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Abayomi Azikiwe February 26, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Anti-war activists from across the U.S. and Vancouver, British Columbia, joined the United National Antiwar Coalition for an educational conference call Feb. 24 to discuss the U.S.-backed French military assault in Mali and Washington’s expanded intervention in Africa. Those presenting were Ana Edwards, a leader of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality based [...]
Zimbabwe sets national elections despite sanctions
Citizens of the Southern African state of Zimbabwe are scheduled to vote on March 16 on whether to accept or reject a draft constitution. The draft is the product of four years of collaboration between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the two Movement for Democratic Change parties. Later in July, national presidential and [...]
