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Posted on March 20, 2013 by admin
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His books include The Liberal Virus, The World We Wish to See, and The Law of Worldwide Value (all published by Monthly Review Press). This article was translated … Continue reading →
Posted on March 13, 2013 by admin
Role of Social Media in Stopping Violence against Women and Girls Good evening, my name is Wale Idris Ajibade. I am the executive director of African Views Organization. Really, how do you stop violence against Women? Clearly by putting women … Continue reading →
Posted on January 24, 2013 by admin
Joan Robinson is provost of Morgan State University and the chair of the HBCU-Brazilian Alliance. In order to support the partnership between the United States and Brazil, referred to as the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination … Continue reading →
Posted on December 25, 2012 by admin
Did you know people have been drinking coffee for thousands of years? The drink has been ingrained in international culture for generations upon generations, but we are still learning about new health benefits created by consuming the beverage. According to … Continue reading →
Posted on November 25, 2012 by admin
The winners of the Black Race Trophy of Brazil 2012 Jean Paulo Campos, Cacau Potassio, Renato Sorriso. Photo, Troféu Raça Negra The ‘Troféu Raça Negra‘, or in English ‘The Black Race Trophy’, is the prestigious annual "Oscar" awards ceremony of … Continue reading →
Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin
Photo: David Adjaye The Powerlist 2013 featuring Britain’s most influential black people and a extra list of 30 most influential black people in Europe has been released. Architect David Adjaye is number one this year on the list of … Continue reading →
Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin
The 7th edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) is gearing up for huge rush of leaders and scholars from Africa and around the world to come to Kigali, Rwanda. This year’s AEC will be held from October 30 to … Continue reading →
Posted on September 8, 2012 by admin
I went to bed at 3 am last night, which was early for me. I had to drive Karin-my beloved spouse to the JFK airport from Hoboken, New Jersey at 7:30 in morning. Karin is going to South Africa for … Continue reading →
Posted on August 20, 2012 by admin
Gaddafi: Africa’s ‘king of kings’ A meeting of more than 200 African kings and traditional rulers has bestowed the title “king of kings” on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The rulers, wearing gold crowns, sequined capes and colorful robes met … Continue reading →
Posted on July 10, 2012 by admin
George W. Bush, the former US president, has received a dressing down from Zambia’s Michael Sata over the colonial legacy of Western countries whom he accused of "abandoning" Africa having stripped it of its natural resources. George W. … Continue reading →
Posted on June 8, 2012 by admin
Share Print article Email article Comments (3) You might remember Joyce Banda from when she was sworn in as Malawi’s first female head of state in April, and now from when she’s announced she’s planning on … Continue reading →
Posted on June 8, 2012 by admin
Technical doomsayers learned their lesson at the beginning of 2000 following the fabulous fizzle of the Y2k bug. That’s not to say, however, that there are no more technical time bombs waiting to wreak havoc on our lives. With … Continue reading →
Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin
Makerere University students have invented an explosive Ordinance Robot which is to be used to detect explosives. The Explosive Ordinance Disposal Robot has been initiated by three former students of St. Mary’s college Kisubi under the support … Continue reading →
Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin
John Ehret, a German of African descent who used to work for the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Germany’s equivalent of the FBI, has become Germany’s first Afro German mayor. Germany has its first German of African descent mayor. The 40-year-old John … Continue reading →
Posted on May 22, 2012 by admin
The World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture started as a mere idea in Paris in 1956, where the Paris-based Pan-African Cultural Society summoned a meeting of writers and artists to discuss the “resurgence” of the African … Continue reading →
Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin
These amazing shots show a fight to the death between two lions and a hippo. After attacking and driving the hippo into deep water, the pair of lions play a waiting game, lying still on nearby rocks for … Continue reading →
Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin
The dependency of African Women on Hair relaxers is truly worrisome especially as most women are not well informed about the chemicals present in these relaxers. Women relax their hair at least once every month and this ritual continues mostly … Continue reading →
Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin
Macaulay’s Children When the British fully took over India, they set upon establishing an intermediary race of Indians whom they could entrust with their work at middle and lower levels of government and administration. Again, in the words of Macaulay: … Continue reading →
Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin
UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi in Doha. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 26 April 2012 – International trade plays a key role in expanding demand and supply of environmentally friendly goods and services and helping countries shift to a greener development path, … Continue reading →
Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin
Four months after the contested re-election of President Kabila, and two months after the last MONUSCO briefing of February 7, 2012, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was again the topic of a Security Council meeting last Friday. This … Continue reading →
Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin
The expulsion of the president of the main oil consortium in South Sudan, Petrodar, earlier this week has highlighted the ongoing tensions between the two nations in relation to oil exports and revenues. Earlier this month, South Sudan ceased oil … Continue reading →
