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Child Support: Enslaving Black Men

What I am “against” is women hustling their wombs SPECIFICALLY for the sole purpose of…

Increase in Life Expectancy Rates For African-Americans

While the gap between life expectancy rates for African Americans and Whites still exists, it…

Police: Trayvon Martin’s Death ‘Ultimately Avoidable’

Just over two weeks after the fatal shooting, and less than a month before an…

Minority Babies Now Majority in the US, Surpassing Anglo-Whites

For the first time in history, there were more ethnic minority babies born in the…

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Travel Trends That Will Influence 2012 and Beyond

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), reputed to be the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, has worked with some of the most influential hospitality experts and travel commentators to identify key global trends that will have potential impact in 2012 and beyond. With over 153 million room nights booked by guests each year, IHG…

South African Police Seize 10 Rhino Horns, Arrest Vietnamese Man

Police in Gauteng, South Africa have arrested a Vietnamese man suspected of being in illegal possession of 10 rhino horns, one elephant tusk and cash with a total value of nearly R25m, an official said on Wednesday. South Africa, home to the most rhinos in the world, has been losing almost two of the threatened…

Ethiopia and Egypt Struggle Over the Nile as Africans Assert Their Birth Right

Egypt is no more the master on the Nile but Ethiopia will be, known among Africans as the Abay or Blue Nile, Al-Jazera cronicles the geopolitical situation in the ancient Nile valley as African countries challenge Arab Egyptian policy of expanding its borders into Africa and its attempt to continue its hegemony over the Nile valley.…

Normalcy Returns to Mogadishu

It is Friday morning in Mogadishu and Lido beach presents a scene reminiscent of seaside towns around the world. At the top of the beach, women sit with their wares, selling water and ice-lollies from cool-boxes. The middle-beach is dominated by young men playing football using driftwood as goalposts. At the water’s edge, boys and…

Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral

Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was a Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, writer, and a nationalist thinker and politician. Also known by his nom de guerre Abel Djassi, Cabral led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau. He was assassinated on 20 January 1973, about 8 months before Guinea-Bissau’s unilateral declaration of independence.   Early years He was born on September 12,…

Business

Time for Radical Action on South Africa’s Unemployment Crisis

There are at least four million young people without jobs in South Africa. This is the country’s worst crisis, yet some people still say that the ANC has done well with the economy. The new statistics on unemployment are out.…

Obama Announces Multi-Billion Investment in African Agriulture

Over forty-five companies have committed to invest over US$ 3 billion in Africa’s agricultural sector…

World Trade Leader Optimistic on Africa’s Economic Prospects

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, recently said tha he is optimistic…

Africa Must Diversify to Create More Jobs, Says Okonjo-Iweala

Arican countries should rebuild their fiscal buffers and diversify their economies away from commodities in…

Africa

South Sudan Set to Acquire Anti-Aircraft Missile Defense Systems

South Sudan will soon acquire anti-aircraft missiles to defend its territory against air attacks it…

Mali: Terrorists and Uncertainty Flourish in North

There’s been no peace in northern Mali since Tuareg rebels took control of the area…

Uganda Hosts African Army Commanders

African military chiefs Wednesday visited the UPDF Peace Support Operations Centre in Singo and witnessed…

Normalcy Returns to Mogadishu

It is Friday morning in Mogadishu and Lido beach presents a scene reminiscent of seaside towns around the world. At the top of the beach, women sit with their wares, selling water and ice-lollies from cool-boxes. The middle-beach is dominated…

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