NEW YORK New cables released by WikiLeaks show the extent of the DEA’s involvement with the worldwide drug trade as well as the extent of political corruption that drugs are causing in several countries. One cable reported that the District Attorney of Sierra Leone offered a $2.5 million dollar bribe to free South American drug […]
Haiti — There are reports in Haiti, that people connected to Voodoo are being lynched and burned in Haiti because some Haitians feel that they are responsible for the cholera epidemic. The AFP reports: Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a cholera outbreak that has […]
(NIGERIA-Talking Points Memo) Halliburton will pay Nigeria $35 Million to settle a bribery dispute with its former CEO, Dick Cheney, the ex-Vice President of The United States Of America. Talking Points Memo reports: US oil services group Halliburton agreed to pay Nigeria 35 million dollars to settle a bribery dispute which led to charges being […]
The ordeal is the inspiration for Bynum’s new music project, The Diary Of Juanita Bynum, a musical trilogy released over the next six months. The first part, The Diary Of Juanita Bynum: Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh), came out in June and included six versions of the sorrowful song “Soul Cry” that is about being […]
BeBe Winans is a busy man. In addition to being a Father, Singer, radio host and celebrity judge on BET’s Sunday’s Best, Winans has added another job title…Executive Music Director of Christian Cultural Center.
ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE— The UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire has called for all parties to show restraint and to remain calm amidst reports of violent clashes, which have now reached the perimeters of the U.S. Embassy in the African country. Côte d’Ivoire has been thrust into political uncertainty after the incumbent president refused to […]
The Smile of a Child Outreach Program will help more than 3,000 needy and underprivileged people this Christmas.Your help is needed to help meet this demand. The items will be distributed this Saturday at Southern Durham High School. I spoke to Pastors Rodger and Tonya Daye of Doer of the Word Ministries in Durham about […]
Virginia — Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months — and for two months before that in a military […]
Netherlands— The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor named a former Kenyan Cabinet minister and five others on Wednesday as the alleged orchestrators of postelection violence in 2007 that left more than 1,000 people dead. Luis Moreno Ocampo wants judges to charge six Kenyan leaders, including the son of the country’s founding father, with crimes against humanity […]
Tuesday December 14, 2010 Black Smoke Music Word Wide recording artist James Fortune releases his new CD project “I Believe”.