the worst is yet to come if we don't think globally while acting locally to address climate issues.

Quoted: "It is too late to avoid all climate change impact", warned Parry. "Our choice now is between a damaged world and a severely damaged world...and ...

Quoted: Richard Hamilton reports on elections in Morocco which is keen to show it is embracing democracy.

Quoted: Health workers may soon succeed in finally ridding Nigeria of the menace of polio.

The number of polio cases has been reduced from an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to just under 700 reported cases per year in 2003 - a greater than 99% reduction.

I have always believed that he was one of the all time greatest leaders of Africa...in canvassing Pan-Africanism across the continent.

...On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa Conference taught, to those who will learn, this further lesson: That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.

the lyrics for Bob Marley's song "War" is directly taken out of this speech
Quoted: Haile Selassie address to the Unted Nations Oct 6, 1963

Quoted: The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal has been marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries.

what defines Pan-Africanism? Will there be a United Nations of Africans when more than ever now Afrcian countries are divided into segments with civil wars. How did we got here...from we Africans (with the inception of OAU) to "me, me, me", my only people?
...Why does this centralized and ‘top-down approach’ continue to thrive in spite of the claims of many African States to have become ‘bottom-up democracy’ (i.e. rule of/by/for/with African peoples)?...
...Let history give real African leaders and peoples intelligible memories and references before they opt for the impossible and repeat the failures. Let it be remembered that Pan-Africanism, OAU and AU were ‘elites-oriented’ and never people’s initiative.

Quoted: Examining the duality factor, the Arab countries have been pretending to be members of AU while at the same time members of the Arab League. They do not really care about the plight of black African peoples! They are only after power and resources gains from the green lands of Africa. They cover their skin and hair with black masks to attend AU summits and fill their jars with white milk from a black cow (e.g. Nile Water).

would be an interesting read!

Quoted: The economist Paul Collier has some ideas about how to improve the lot of the world’s poorest countries.