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MI6 ‘Arranged Cold War Killing’ of Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
(Ben Quinn , Guardian. 2 April 2013) – Claims over Patrice Lumumba’s 1961 assassination made by Labour peer in letter to London Review of Books Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister was abducted and killed in a cold war operation run by British intelligence, according to remarks said to have been […]
Zambia : Former Zambian president arrested
Zambia Arrests Former President Over Nigeria Oil Deal (MICHAEL EBOH, Vanguard 25/3/13) – Former Zambian president, Mr. Rupiah Banda, was Monday arrested by the country’s law enforcement agents over allegations of corruption and abuse of office, following a crude oil import deal with Nigeria. Banda was also alleged to have […]
RWANDA: Police attacks Ingabire supporters heading to the supreme court to hear the case of the political prisoner
Since this morning, the police and other security forces are screening all paths to the supreme court in order to deter opposition members going to pledge support to the political prisoner Madame Victoire Ingabire as her hearing opens today. Mr. Sylvain Sibomana, FDU-Inkingi interim secretary general and other members have […]
Central African Republic : President Francois Bozize fled Bangui
Rebels in the Central African Republic have taken the capital, Bangui, after President Francois Bozize fled. (BBC, 2013/03/24) – Witnesses reported gunfire as the Seleka rebel coalition took the presidential palace, followed by chaos and looting in the city centre. Mr Bozize arrived with his family in the Democratic Republic […]
International : The Political Background to the Cyprus Crisis
(This Doc can be downloaded PDF format) – While there is a lot of discussion about the effort by the European Union to steal the money of the Cypriots in exchange for a bailout there is very little being written about the origins of the current standoff. The politics of […]
