Nigeria brings criminal charges against Pfizer over 1996 drug test
Nigerian government officials last week brought criminal charges against the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company for the drug giant’s role in the deaths of children who were treated with an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic.read more
25th May is Africa Day, commemorating the date when the Organization of African Unity was set up in 1963. In July 2002, this organization was replaced by the African Union. 44 years on, what is the significance of Africa Day? Is it just another day, just another cause for the rich and powerful who use Africa to feather their own nests to make another pretty buck or has something actually been achieved?read more
The official Xinhua news agency says it is the first time that a foreign buyer has purchased both a Chinese satellite and its launching service.read more
The Black Stone, the Black Tribe of Koreysh, the Black Prophet
The Kaaba – the Black Stone
The Kaaba was a pagan shrine of great antiquity which housed the black stone, a meteorite that was probably brought by the Kushitic Black Arabs from Kushitic Ethiopia where such worship was routine. Pagan rites were routinely performed at the Kaaba in Mecca.read more
According to Diodorus Siculus (the Sicilian Greek historian who lived from 90 to 21 BC) Egyptian (Khemitic) women used cannabis “as a medicine to relieve sorrow and bad humour.”read more
Starbucks and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement which could help end a dispute over trademarks.
The two sides agreed in principle to sign a licensing and marketing deal which recognises the importance of Ethiopia’s speciality coffee beans.read more
Further thoughts on what shortys 12-13 need to know
NOTES ON RESCUE
When members of a group whether armed force, tribe, family, company or sport’s team etc. get kidnapped their people usually do everything in their power to rescue them. To set them free….to get them back. To REDEEM them. It’s their responsibility and duty.read more
Rastafarian Views on Life, Politics and Social Issues
