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Articles by Pambazuka News :

Charles Taylor A CIA Informant? – OpEd

By Robtel Neajai Pailey Two very significant and interconnected events happened this week in Liberia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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South Africa: The Reign Of Thugs – OpEd

By Pedro Alexis Tabensky There are at least two ways of dealing with the abject problem of poverty: one promising

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China And Japan Currency Swap: Nail In US Dollar’s Coffin – OpEd

By Horace Campbell On 25 December 2011, the government of Peoples Republic of China and Japan unveiled plans to promote

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Nigeria: Was It A 14-Day Dream? – OpEd

By Sokari Ekine Is the Nigerian ‘revolution’ over? Was it just a brief moment in our history when everyone came

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Nigeria: A Smouldering Rage – OpEd

By Nnimmo Bassey The nation-wide strike in Nigeria against a petrol price hike ended under rather curious circumstances. The strike

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Opinion 

Libya And The NTC: 12,000 US Troops To Libya – OpEd

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By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources

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Corruption In The independent African State – OpEd

By Cameron Duodu For those of us who were fortunate enough to be born in the colonial times, to be

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Western Sahara: Denial Of Self-Determination And Human Rights Abuses – OpEd

By Malainin Lakhal In May 2006, and for the first time since the UN adopted the famous General Assembly’s resolution

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Nigeria: A Giant On A Keg Of Gunpowder

By Uche Igwe Unless something urgent happens, the Nigerian state may be headed to complete failure. The worrying signals became

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