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Essay: ON TRIBALISM AS THE BLACK MAN’S BURDEN
THE bitter war in Biafra is a symbol of the continent’s divided soul, and the most discouraging example so far of a profound impasse that is crippling many of Black Africa’s 30 newly independent states. It is an impasse between tribe and nation, which is also a clash between tradition and change, fact and aspiration
South Africa: The Great White Laager
SOUTH AFRICA Black headlines last week told South Africans of the troubles elsewhere. RACES IN U.S
Why Pakistan Must Widen Its Hunt for Militant Bases
Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive in the Swat Valley, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts. A day after an elite unit of army commandos secured the release of 39 hostages, bringing to an end a 22-hour siege of its military headquarters that left 25 people dead over the weekend, the Taliban struck again
Suicide bomber kills tribal leader, bodyguards
A pro-government tribal leader and three other people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber rammed his car into their vehicle in northwest Pakistan, authorities said.
King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation
The tiny one-room house rests on a hill; no electricity and no running water. A creaky metal cot and a rusting wood-burning stove is all the comfort Herbert Hale says he needs. CHERRY CREEK, South Dakota (CNN) — The tiny one-room house rests on a hill; no electricity and no running water
Al Qaeda’s training adapts to drone attacks
The interrogations of two accused Westerners who say they trained and fought with al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region provide an inside view of the terror group’s organizational structures. (CNN) — The interrogations of two accused Westerners who say they trained and fought with al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region provide an inside view of the terror group’s organizational structures
Al Qaeda changing, training, plotting
When Bryant Neal Vinas spoke at length with Belgian prosecutors last March, he provided a fascinating and sometimes frightening insight into al Qaeda’s training — and its agenda.