Posted on 13 January 2010. Tags: Abdoulaye Wade, African Renaissance, Corruption, Ousmane Sow, Politics, Sculpture, Senegal Statue, Sengal Sculpture, Statue, senegal

Senegal, long held up as a great example of African democracy has it seems slipped into the mire of unreasonable corruption and despotism. What else could possibly explain the actions of President Abdoulaye Wade? Wade commissioned the building of the "African Renaissance", it was billed as Africa's Statue of Liberty, an artistic ...
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Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: ANC, Africa, Africa, Africans, Congress, Corruption, Democrats, Economics, Economy, Nationalism, News, Parties, Politics, South Africa, Zimbabwe, equality, kids, poverty, president, violence

There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then ...
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Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: Brown, California, Community, Corruption, Events, Illegal, News, Nightclubs, Nightlife, Oakland, Parties, Police, Racism, Racist, allegations, drugs, inner circle, mayor jerry brown, oakland city hall, parking garage, police officers, revellers

Last week, Geoffrey Pete--long a well-respected figure in Oakland's African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey's Inner Circle nightclub--held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he's considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment.
Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on Oakland's ...
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