President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out…
What better way for a young, privileged White woman to ring in her 21st birthday than with a racist party full of stereotypical, ignorant depictions…
GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a church in northeast Nigeria during a prayer service Thursday night, killing at least five people and wounding others in an assault that occurred amid an increasingly violent campaign by a radical Muslim sect. SEE ALSO: Spike Lee To Host Obama Fundraiser Pastor Johnson Jauro said the gunfire sprayed […]
African American mayors from across the country have traveled to Africa for the The 2011 World Summit of Mayors Leadership Conference in Dakar, Senegal. The summit will feature mayors from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The mayors will discus ways to build alliances and trade ideas. The Huffington Post reports: The goal: to build […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI seems worn out. SEE ALSO: Man Steals His Date’s Car People who have spent time with him recently say they found him weaker than they’d ever seen him, seemingly too tired to engage with what they were saying. He no longer meets individually with visiting bishops. A few […]
TANZANIA- A video of a young Tanzanian boy named Alex enthusiastically telling the storyline from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1985 movie “Commando” is being used by Mama Hope for their “Stop The Pity, Unlock The Potential Campaign” to stop stereotypes about all African children being AIDS victims or child soldiers when they are actually bright, curious children […]
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 […]
Oil has been found in Ghana, enough to turn the African country into one of the biggest players in natural resources along side Saudi Arabia and the USA. GBC reports: Today marked an important day in the annals of Ghana as it pours its first barrels of oil from the Jubilee wells. Ghana is said […]
It's difficult to quantify the scourge of land mines in Africa. Experts are reluctant to give statistics, but it's safe to say there are single countries hosting millions of them.
