Global South

Revolutionary Cuba has always been a miracle and gift to all humankind.

"In overthrowing me you have cut down in Saint Domingue [Haiti"> only the trunk of the tree of liberty; it will spring up again from the roots, for they are many and they are deep." — Toussaint L’Ouverture

I first met - let’s call her Rosie - in 2010.

We walked into the police station in Uganda. My white British friend who wanted to file a complaint had asked me to accompany her.

EDITOR'S NOTE

The UN Security Council extended the MINUSTAH mandate for a year on Tuesday.

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The Russian market has always been attractive for many Western and European countries, which have exported their agricultural products including fruits and vegetables for high profits.

Is age 70 a dignified time for retirement, especially for policies and practices long considered destructive but now back in official favour at the World Bank?

Interestingly, there are few Russian traders in Africa and African exporters are not trading in Russia's market due to multiple reasons including inadequate knowledge of trade procedures, rules and regulations as well as the existing market conditions.

‘My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one, that they are hiring African workers; number two, that the roads don’t just lead from the mine, to the port, to Shanghai.’ These were the words of US President Barack Obama, uttered

By ‘resetting’ some strategies, Russia and Africa have entered a new phase of growth in their economic diplomacy mainly due to rising interaction by high ranking government officials from some African countries with their Russian colleagues during the first half of 2014.