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Africa: The Birth of the OAU

column Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was a passionate believer in African unity, and a living link with the historic Pan-African movement which had promoted solidarity among people of African descent everywhere against colonialism and racism. Earlier Pan-Africanists had identified … read more »

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Ethiopia: They shall inherit the wind

By Alemayehu G Mariam All dictators on the African continent have sought immortality by leaving a legacy that will outlive them and endure for the ages. But all have inherited the wind. Kwame Nkrumah led the first sub-Saharan African country … read more »

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Who Rules Egypt?

By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Neither imams nor members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist movements would be able to protect the Egyptian presidency from the wrath of the people when they pay more pounds for one dollar. Every single citizen will … read more »

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Brothers in the hood: Egypt’s soft powers and the Arab world

The question riding on the chaos being played out – from the burning offices of the Freedom and Justice Party to the squares of Egyptian cities to the palace gates of power – is how will all this shape future … read more »

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The Devil We Don’t Know, Part I

The “Arab Spring.” The mainstream media clung to this phrase last year in their giddy haste to promote what they saw as a flowering of freedom-loving, democratic uprisings across the Arab world, for which they were eager to credit President … read more »

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Progressive True Believers and Islamic Jihad

[This review was originally posted on LiveLeak.com.] Jamie Glazov connects the dots between the totalitarian massacres of the 20th century, murder in the name of Islam and the mutual attraction between the radical Left and radical Islamists. Both the radical … read more »

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The army and the economy in Egypt

Mohamed Al-Khalsan Until this very day, the role of the military establishment in the economy remains one of the major taboos in Egyptian politics. Over the past 30 years, the army has insisted on concealing information about its enormous interests … read more »

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Anatomy of a NATO War Crime

(SORMAN, Libya) – It was a warm early Monday morning along the Libyan coast on June 20, 2011. Nato Crimes in Libya At approximately 0200 GMT the next day in NATO Headquarters in Brussels and 30 minutes later in its … read more »

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Ethiopia: Protest and “danger of Military Government”

The announcement of Mubarak’s fall was greeted with the loudest cheer in Egyptian history. People power had come and triumphed in the Arab world’s most important country. There was every reason to celebrate. And with their live images broadcast around … read more »

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Biography of Hosni Mubarak

•Born May 4, 1928, in the Nile Delta village of Kafr el-Moseilha. •Received training in the 1960s in the Soviet Union, which supplied President Gamal Nasser of Egypt with weapons. •Served as Egyptian air force commander from 1972 to 1975, … read more »

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Referendum for Sudan, Requiem for Africa

Sudan’s Best and Worst of Times It is the best of times in the Sudan. It is the worst of times in the Sudan. It is the happiest day in the Sudan. It is the saddest day in the Sudan. … read more »

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Under Pressure Ahead of Elections

Photo: AP Dr. Essam el-Eryan, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood top figure, gestures to clam reporters during a conference at the Brotherhood headquarter in Cairo, Egypt (File Photo) Egyptian authorities this week have arrested some 70 members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The … read more »

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