TO OUG LA-Bill Cinton' at­
on th installatio of Ge ral Aidid in
Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks have
been branded "racist" by p officeas of the
Provisional Government of the Republic of
New Afrika (pG-RNA).
Th office have demanded that the
Clinton administration give a public account­
ing of the civilian and military personnel
killed in U.s. air attacks and ground weeps
and account for all homes destroyed.
President Kwame Moh of the �A and
Dr. Imari A. Ob ele, C • of the A'
national} gislature, ro to U.S. P ident
Bill Cinton in June 1993, al 0 demanding an
immediate end to the violatio of Somalians '
rights to life and liberty and payment of repa­
ratio to the new Somali govemment, once
it is ins talled.
The U.s. attacks, under the United ations
flag, were carried out, according to the Clin­
ton administration, in retaliation for what that
administration caned an "ambush" of U.N.
peace- eeping troops from Pakistan. Paki-
t endeared tberrs Iv to
THE CHEESE TWINS. Herman and Homer were among many
performers during Highland Park's annual Gospel Fest held Sunday.
WANDA F. ROQUEMOREMichlg n Citizen
July 18 at the Reggie McKenzie Field. Approximately 30e people
attended the all-day affair.
•
umrm
which
number of civiliars, a "repri "and re­
minded the <::lin n Administration that uch
reprisals are forbidden by intemationallaw-
pccifically a major U�ted ations resolu­
tion.
For 25 turbulent years the Provisional
Government of the Republic of New Afri
,
,
,
on RNA headquarters.
That w August 18, 1971.
W 0 RNA ualti but
his life in that atate
and another police of r and an FBI agent
were eriously wounded.
Eleven rna citizens, including Imari
Obadel ,who w then p ident, were em
to jail,accused of aulting the "law" officers
who had attacked them.
ENTO lIARD - If you hunt
with th hounds, you can't run with
the rabbi . Or 0 J e Jackson'
1 88 Michigan campaign chairperson
and D m ratic stalwart Joel Fer­
guson i finding out,
Ferguson, a Lan ing d veloper
who trengthened hi ti to the
Democratic party and hi personal
fortune while neighbor Jim Blanchard
w Governor, latched onto the
million Department of Social Servi
(DSS) building planned for Benton
Harbor under th Blanchard admini­
stration.
But politi in Republican Berrien
County are a hunt of anoth r color.
Ferguson' company -B-H Prop-
lac
He said h came toexprcs olidar­
itywithm nand women who uffered
atrocili at the hands of European
gangs who tarted landing their a
om 500 years ago.
He recounted the trugglcs of th
American Indian Movement (AIM)
.which he and oth r founded in 1
and d cribed th challeng hi peo­
ple faced at Wounded Knee, und r
siege by what he calJcd federal gangs.
Bellecourt ugg ted a treaty b -
tween Ani hinabe and Africans, et­
ting forth a formal friend hip nd
cooperation that would las t .. long
the gras grow green and long
the rive hall tlow,"-a1way .
called the only welcom that was nec­
essary.
o
The qu tion of vercignt ur­
faced as more than just an idea Fun­
de wh were expected to und rwrit
all r part of th corner nee co , did
not pay for the confen:nce.
I A minute crarnbl to
ave the conference Spike Mo
Sharif' Willi and other United for
Pe mem w nt to the African­
Am rican community for m ney.
. . The organizers retired 0 rught
With no money to do th confercn ,
onJy to wake up th n xt day to find
See SUMMIT, A4
CHRIS BURST-No. If you
c n't give a life, you should not
ta e one. If the police officers
wtcded out the ntt-ratf, we
wouldn't have trus problem
They could work it out
r
on
o
B LL OURT, WHO AID
his Ani hinabe name meant in Eng­
lish, The Thunder before the Lighten­
ing, in a statesmanlike fa hion
delivered an elegant and pas ionate
oratory welcoming Summit partici­
pants on behalf of the Ani hinabe.
LESLIE ETHRIDGE-Yes.
The criminal elements are
career criminals. They will not
stop just because a police
officer says freeze. You stop a
threat at any cost.
By Al MCFARLANE
In.1 ht New. Service
Nationhood am sovereignty for
Africans in lh western hemisphere
emerged as central th mes in the
Peace Summit held in SL Paul last
week.
The question of nationhood was
addres eel in the name of the confer­
en .. All Nations, Under God", UD­
deriyin a all for Africans to define
our elves, while maintaining full
rights and ponsibiliti of citizen-
hip in the United States.
The qu tion of over ignty was
addres ed in th call for elf-reliance
Ctttz
Do you
think Police
Officer
should be
trained' to
kill?
r
and elf-determination and the re­
peated refusal to expect anyone but
ourselves to solve problems that affect
us.
Conference participants d rided
SL Paul Mayor Jim Scheibel and City
Council President Bill Wilson and
Police Chief William FInney for th ir
aggres ive efforts to discourag or
discredit the Summi 1.
But a different and reverential
tone was et when Clyde B lJecourt,
accompanied by young Indian drum­
mers, singers and a medicine man who
anctified th church by burning and
fanning richly .arornatic sage tobacco
around each pe on, extended what h
KAI ANDERSON-Yes, the
have to protect themselves.
But, they should also learn
other methods for controlling
the situation. You don't atways
have to shoot-to-ki .
o
r
erti Limited Partn rslnp - faces
foredo we ale August 5 at the Ber­
rien County Courthouse as the general
S Ferguson, Page A-8
Clinton stays
with surqeon
General hoice
By OFIELD DUKES
WA HIN TON •. �Af rthe hoc
and trauma of the derailed Lani
Guinier n mination, lh Clinton ad­
ministration h fully mobilized in
upport of Dr. Joycelyn Elders
Ameri a' first African Am rican Sur-
on General.
Battle lin have b n drawn be­
tween a broad cro - ection of up­
porters of Dr. Elders and a coalition of
ultra- nscrvauve Chri tian funda­
mental: t and anti- . onion group . A
highly lauded pediatrician and nation- .
ally resp ted public health adv cate,
Dr. Id h becorn a main targ t
of th nght-wing conservative move-
ment useofh rpmgr ive view
on h a1th are.
S CHOICE,A8
DUNCAN ABLE- No they
should not be trained to kill. I
thin the biggest reason we />
have a lot of crime out here is
because of the lack of jobs.