Interviews
Africa a Challenge for Obama in 2010
January 28, 2010
"over the past year, the Obama administration has failed to increase funding for HIV/AIDS programs, bolstered the much maligned International Monetary Fund (IMF), and tripled the budget for the U.S. Military Command in Africa (AFRICOM) -- all actions that will further entrench poverty on the continent rather than improving the lives of African people, states the report..."
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Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Report Highlights Challenges Facing Obama In Africa
January 25, 2010
"A new report highlights challenges facing the Obama administration in Africa. Click here to read more..."
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New Report Identifies Challenges in Africa for Obama
January 22, 2010 - VOA
"A new report says the Obama administration faces key challenges in Africa this year, including poverty, climate change and HIV/AIDS...."
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ONE YEAR ON - Has he been good to Africa?
January 20, 2010 - The Nation
"US President Barack Obama's record on Africa during his first year in the White House is drawing mixed reviews from analysts in Washington and Nairobi. Click here to read more..."
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Dennis Brutus: ‘An ironclad sense of solidarity’
January 8, 2010
"Patrick Bond collates excerpts of testimonials about the late Dennis Brutus, ‘a poet whose work will be celebrated forever, and whose wisdom in so many campaigns for social justice will be sorely missed’, from institutions, individuals and the media..."
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South African Broadcasting Corporation:US anti-apartheid activist, Bill Sutherland dies
January 8, 2010
"...United States anti-apartheid activist Bill Sutherland has died at the age of 91, Africa Action said today. "Bill was a remarkable person and a true pioneer committed to the liberation struggle in Africa and achieving an end to colonialism and global apartheid," the organisation's executive director Gerald LeMelle said in a statement..."
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US Anti-Apartheid Activist Dies
January 6, 2010
"Click here to find an article on a great African American pacifist, Pan African activist elder, and a founder of Africa Action’s first predecessor organization, the American Committee on Africa, Bill Sutherland, who died January 2, 2010. He was 91..."
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U.S. Considering Debt Relief for Poor Countries
January 5, 2010
"Yahoo News: The article, written by journalist Brittany Schell, describes how the Jubilee Act, recently introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, would expand debt relief for impoverished countries. Click here to find the article online..."
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Vulture funds are Legal but Not Ethical....
December 14, 2009
"In the last few years, many more people in the legal profession and wider society have become aware of vulture funds. The funds are set up specifically to buy old debt at huge discounts – not only corporate debt, but also sovereign debt. They are often hedge funds, set up solely to pursue a developing country debt. The debts can date back decades and are sometimes incurred by corrupt leaders..."
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Africa Action Talks About World AIDS Day on BlogTalkRadio
December 2, 2009
"Click here to listen to Michael Stulman reflect on the rally and march on World AIDS Day in Washington, DC. According to Africa Action, AIDS is not in recession but due to a recent budget proposal from President Obama, clinics have been forced to turn away new patients..."
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