US President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, White House sources say. Officials say personnel from the American military will be deployed to offer support with several aspects of tackling the pandemic including overseeing the building of new treatment centers and helping train […]
Culled from Zambesi Press For all that has been reported in the media about Julius Malema, any observant reader is left with several questions about the man who was famously expelled from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party in South Africa. Malema has since resuscitated his political wares by establishing the Economic Freedom
By Femi Akomolafe “Colonialism and imperialism have not paid their score when they withdraw their flags and their police forces from our territories. For centuries the capitalists have behaved in the underdeveloped world like nothing more than war criminals. Deportations, massacres, forced labor and slavery have been the main methods used by capitalism to increase
08/22/2013 President Robert Gabriel Mugabe has been sworn in for a seventh term in office. This follows a massive win over rival Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC after which a petition was filed by the MDC praying Zimbabwe’s Supreme court to annul the polls. However, the MDC subsequently withdrew the petition citing lack of faith
By Kwesi Baako Africa is touted by many as the ‘rising star’; the continent with new opportunities and the place with abounding possibilities for investment. It has also -perhaps in equal measure- gained a certain notoriety for underdevelopment, political instability and social stagnation. Many forums have been sponsored and held by ‘development partners’ but little
