Medical Tourism: FGM
NOVANEWS UK DAILY MAIL Standing barefoot with a viciously sharp blade in her hand this is a cutter woman who performs female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls as part of a misguided belief it […]
Category: Africa
South Africa: Sixty Years Anniversary
NOVANEWS South Africa: Sixty Years Anniversary of the Freedom Charter amid Release of Commission Report on Marikana Massacre By Abayomi Azikiwe Global Research Events that took place on June 25-26, 1955 in Kliptown, South Africa represented […]
The Beginning of the End for Kagame?
NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem, Sr If the U.K. is not safe for a war criminal, then where in the West is? On June 22, 2015, it was reported that the director-general of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), Emmanuel Karenzi […]
Tuareg Rebels Sign Historic Peace Deal With Malian Government
NOVANEWS Tuareg rebels and the Malian government have vowed to honor a peace deal devolving more power to northern communities teleSUR A coalition of Tuareg-led rebels signed a historic peace deal with the Malian government […]
Ethiopia’s election insult to the people and democracy
NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles Every five years the Ethiopian people are invited by the ruling party to take part in a democratic pantomime called “general elections”. Sunday 24 May saw the latest production take to the […]
Africa’s “Second Liberation” against Today’s Neo-Colonialism
NOVANEWS By Garikai Chengu Global Research On Monday March 25, many African Government offices, businesses and banks grind to a halt in order to commemorate Africa Day. In schools up and down the continent, little […]
The Kids Aren't All Right: The Child Soldiers of an American-Made Army in Africa
NOVANEWS by: Nick Turse Malakal airfield, July 2014. (Photo: TomDispatch.com) MALAKAL, South Sudan — I didn’t really think he was going to shoot me. There was no anger in his eyes. His finger may not have […]
Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa’
NOVANEWS Forthcoming book by Nick Turse explores Washington’s escalating war on the continent By Abayomi Azikiwe Global Research Author Nick Turse is continuing his research on the increasing role of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) over […]
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Profile
NOVANEWS Name: Nkrumah Other Names: Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Date of Birth: 1909-09-21 Place: Nkroful, Western Reg Detailed Biography Father: Kofi Ngonloma of the Asona Clan Mother: Elizabeth Nyanibah of the Anona Clan Wife: Helena Ritz Fathia Childhood Mentor: Dr. […]
Sex, Drugs, and Dead Soldiers: What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You To Know
NOVANEWS Six people lay lifeless in the filthy brown water. Three of the dead were American commandos. By Nick Turse Soldiers of the East Africa Response Force (EARF), a Djibouti-based joint team assigned to Combined Joint […]