Archive for November 27th, 2011

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27/11/2011

U.S. Africa Command, a Tool to Re-colonise Continent

Human Wrongs Watch

By Dr. Motsoko Pheko* – Pambazuka News 

The USA Africa Command, which America calls ‘Africom’, is a military structure of the Defence Department of America. Africom was formed in 2007 during President George W Bush’s second term of office.

West Point Cadets in Uganda - Photo credit**

That was two months after America had bombed a small African country, Somalia, destabilising it to the ashes it is today and to the danger it now poses to Africa and international trade.

The coast of Somalia is infested with sea piracy and kidnappings. This is as a result of the earlier American invasion of Somalia, in pursuit of its illegitimate economic interests in Africa.

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27/11/2011

Nigeria: Mass Lead Poisoning from Mining Activities

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva – At least 43 villages in Nigeria continue to present cases of lead poisoning, 18 months ago after cases were first discovered in the region, the United Nations reported, calling for an increase in preventive measures in the African country.

Mining gold | Credit: UN

Lead poisoning damages the nervous system and causes brain and blood disorders. 

Its treatment is time-consuming and expensive as it involves undergoing long-term therapy with chelating agents, which remove heavy metals from the body.

The World Health Organization (WHO) called for Nigerian authorities to increase their commitment to combat lead poisoning by strengthening its capacity to diagnose, treat and manage it, as well as ensuring that all areas have been de-contaminated.

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27/11/2011

Syria: The Story of Water Bottles & Roses

Human Wrongs Watch

By Mohja Kahf* – Pressenza

Damascus – A town of about 200,000 Daraya is notable mainly for its grapes — and, truth be told, for its lack of social diversity. If Damascus is too full of people of different faiths, military sorts, and Baathist Party members, you beat a retreat to Daraya, where a calm coexistence has traditionally existed among only Christian Arabs, and the town’s majority: Sunni Arab Muslims.

Image by: Mohja Kahf Water bottles tied to roses & notes, distributed by Daraya protesters

Since March 2011, however, Daraya has been on the map of the Syrian uprising because of its nonviolence activists. Concerted study of nonviolence began over a decade ago in this suburb of Damascus.

Today, the nonviolent youth of Daraya has taken a lead role in organizing the town’s protests. How has this quiet suburb become an epicenter for nonviolent values in this uprising?

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