Tanzania
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Tanzania Orders Destruction of Monsanto / Gates’ GM Trials Due to Illegal Use for Pro-GM Propaganda
Tanzanian civil society organisations (CSOs) welcome the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mathew Mtigumwe, to bring an immediate stop to all ongoing GM field trials taking place in the country. These are under the auspices of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project which includes Monsanto,… Continue reading
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Rwandan Warlord Kagame Threatens Neighbors and UN Force
Paul Kagame, the minority Tutsi warlord of Rwanda, is in a dangerous mood. For 17 years, the United States armed Kagame’s military to the teeth as Rwanda and another U.S. ally, Uganda, plundered and destabilized the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing millions in the process. However, in the face of mounting international outcry, the U.S.… Continue reading
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NSA: The Haqqani History: Bin Ladin’s Advocate Inside the Taliban
In the wake of the State Department’s recent designation of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization, declassified documents posted today — on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — by the National Security Archive offer new insight into the Haqqani family’s long history with militancy. The records on Network founder Jalaluddin Haqqani detail… Continue reading
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Libya's forced collapse: What does it portend for Africa? By Amengeo Amengeo
What happens in Libya is a harbinger of what the West has in store for Africa. True independence and African unity will not be tolerated. Africa is too rich in resources that the world needs to be allowed to control its own destiny. This war is not just about Gaddafi. It is an opening salvo… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 3, 2011
3 August 2011 — Stop NATO NATO, U.S. Troops Block Delivery Of Food, Medicine To Kosovo Serbs Lithuania: U.S. Conducts Three-Month-Long Special Forces Drills In Baltic U.S. Airmen Join Canadian Allies In Arctic Exercise U.S. Drone Strike Kills At Least Four In Northwestern Pakistan Talisman Sabre 2011: 60-Year-Old Australian Woman Casualty Of U.S. War Games Continue reading
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Billionaires and Mega-Corporations Behind Immense Land Grab in Africa By John Vidal
Ethiopia is one of the hungriest countries in the world with more than 13-million people needing food aid, but paradoxically the government is offering at least 7.5 million acres of its most fertile land to rich countries and some of the world’s most wealthy individuals to export food for their own populations. Continue reading
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Most Vulnerable Nations Seek Climate Justice
Final Draft of declaration issued November 11 in the Maldives, by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, comprising the 11 countries considered most vulnerable to climate change: Maldives, Kiribati, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Barbados and Bhutan. Continue reading
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