The first president of independent Algeria (1963-1965) Ahmed Ben Bella passed away on April 11th, 2012 at the age of 96 years. At the time of his death we are reprinting the interview he granted us in Geneva on April 16, 2006. – Silvia Cattori Ahmed Ben Bella is one of the great figures of…
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Qatar Purchases 49% Of Libya’s Once Sovereign State Bank
Libya’s Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) has agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in itself to the Qatar National Bank (QNB) for an undisclosed amount. The decision was made by BCD shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held in Benghazi yesterday. BCD chairman Jamal Abdelmalek said the agreement would result in an increase…
Ahmed Ben Bella Inspired Millions Around The World
Algerian leader made monumental contributions to the African Revolution Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° Ahmed Ben Bella, 95, passed away on April 11 leaving a legacy of struggle for national independence, state building and democratic processes in the 20th and 21stcenturies. His name became legendary during the 1950s when he and other Algerians initiated the movement…
Kim Il Sung On The Need To Develop The Non-Aligned Movement
Editor’s Note: NAM Website About NAM Member States Libya 360° On the occasion of Kim Il Sung’s 100th birthday, I am blogging this very important speech where he strongly promotes the unity of all anti-imperialist Global South forces. Definitely worth a read, if for no other reason than to challenge your prejudices about the People’s…
PAIGC Statement on the Military Coup in Guinea-Bissau
African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape – Verde National Secretariat of the Central Committee Permanent Committee of the Political Bureau PRESS RELEASE Gathered today, April 14, 2012, in Bissau, at the National Headquarters of the Party, under the chairmanship of Comrade Commandant, Manuel Saturnino Domingos Costa, First Vice-President of the Party, the Permanent…
Algeria Lays First President Ahmed Ben Bella To Rest
Pan-African News Wire Algeria buried its first post-independence president Ahmed Ben Bella, hailed as an anti-colonial hero and the father of the nation, in a sombre and rain-drenched ceremony yesterday. Ben Bella, who died on Wednesday at age 95 following a recent hospital stay for respiratory problems, was laid to rest in the Martyrs’ plot…
Nord-Sud XXI Tribute To President Ahmed Ben Bella
President Ahmed Ben Bella: A Rare Hero and an Unique Inspiration On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, President Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria’s first president and the hero of its independence passed away at age 95. This iconic figure passed away in Algiers, the capital of the country he immensely loved and whose freedom he cherished at…
Interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal
RussiaToday Full interview. RT has become the first TV channel in the world to speak to former journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal since he was removed from death row in January. Abu-Jamal will spend his life behind bars. Considered by many to be a flagrant miscarriage of justice, the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has…
The Sun Is Setting On Imperialism, Never To Rise Again
Pan-African News Wire 100 Years Since the Birth of Kim Il Sung (1912-1994): Founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea One hundred years since the birth of Korea’s legendary anti-imperialist fighter and communist leader, Comrade Kim’s example and writings are as relevant as ever. The fifteenth of April this year marks the 100th anniversary…
Kwame Nkrumah : Neo-colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism
Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Introduction The neo-colonialism of today represents imperialism in its final and perhaps its most dangerous stage. In the past it was possible to convert a country upon which a neo-colonial regime had been imposed — Egypt in the nineteenth century is an example — into a colonial territory. Today this process is…
The 800 Page Lockerbie Report That Exonerates Libya
The explosive report on the man convicted of the Lockerbie atrocity and why we are publishing it after five years of secrecy Lucy Adams and John Ashton The Sunday Herald publishes the full 800-page report detailing why the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have walked free. SCOTTISH CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION STATEMENT OF…
Communiqué 3 From The Libyan Popular National Movement
البيان رقم 3 أيها الشعب الليبي العظيم، داخل الوطن وفي الشتات.. ونحن نعلن بياننا هذا في هذه اللحظات الفارقة من تاريخ ليبيا الحبيبة، نترحم على أرواح الشهداء الذين رووا بدمائهم ثرى وطننا، عبر العصور، وفي مختلف معارك الشرف والفداء. وإذ نؤكد من جديد تمسكنا بالبيان الأول الصادر عن الحركة الوطنية الشعبية الليبية، والذي نستلهم منه…
