http://www.africafiles.org/ AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa. en-ca Copyright 2013 AfricaFiles. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:05 EST 20 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26662 "From the Conference of Berlin to today’s G8, ’helping’ Africans looks suspiciously like grabbing their resources...One of the stated purposes of the G8 conference, hosted by David Cameron next week, is to save the people of Africa from starvation. To discharge this grave responsibility, the global powers have discovered, to their undoubted distress, that their corporations must extend their control and ownership of large parts of Africa. As a result, they will find themselves in astonished possession of Africa’s land, seed and markets." JK Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26662 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26651 At end of 12 years the World Social Forum is alive and well. It was founded as a space of resistance. It remains the only place where all sides to these debates come together to continue the discussion.And there also seem always to be new persons and groups arriving who seek to participate and contribute to the construction of an efficacious world left. Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26651 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26648 The United Nations began new meetings this week to finalize negotiations on an international treaty governing trade in conventional arms. But enacting a strong treaty without major loopholes faces many obstacles, not least the fact that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are among the largest exporters of conventional arms. And, in the United States, the powerful National Rifle Association is campaigning against the treaty. for full bulletin see http://www.africafocus.org/docs13/arms1303.php, JK Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26648 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26649 Foreign companies from a range of countries compete in Africa’s mining sector. But according to a number of measures, those from one country dominate: Canada. Canada – with a population less than one-tenth that of China’s and geographically about as far from Africa as one can get – has quietly grown to become one of the largest stakeholders in Africa’s mining sector. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26649 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26644 This special issue celebrates not only 50 years of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), but also the life of the late Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, a staunch Pan-Africanist. Some of the themes of this issue are set out, as well as future challenges facing the AU and Pan-Africanists. Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26644 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26643 Today conflict in Africa is increasingly fragmented, tending to be fought on a smaller scale and on the peripheries of states. More non-state actors are involved and, generally, insurgents are militarily weak and often divided. There are encouraging trends; inter-state conflict is virtually non-existent. JK Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26643 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26638 "How can African countries accelerate growth and win the war against poverty, diseases, and hunger? The success in this fight hinges on the continent’s ability to keep its resources onshore. It is clear that achieving prosperity in Africa will require scaling up financing for development...In fact, on net basis, African countries often have paid annually to the rest of the world more than they have received from external borrowing...Africa’s development partners ought to consider controlling (illegal) offshore finance as part of the overall strategy to scale up development assistance for the continent." JK Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26638 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26633 An increasing number of developing countries are introducing universal healthcare coverage, according to research published in The Lancet. In the early 20th century, two models of universal healthcare coverage emerged in the United Kingdom and Germany, but countries from the global South are creating their own models. The survey of nine developing countries in Africa and Asia found that the new models vary considerably but have several common characteristics, including increased revenue and health budgets, larger risk pools and use of the private sector. AA Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26633 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26616 Tutu points out that only Africans have been tried yet in the ICC, and proposes that Blair and Bush should be tried there because of lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction, acting like immoral playground bullies, and killing so many Iraqi’s. Blair replied listing all the ills that Saddam Husein had done. JK Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26616 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26580 Africa has the resources, its about time it finds ways to fund its development. The West will always first gets its house in order before extending a helping hand. M. Makoni Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26580