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AllAfrica News: West Africa President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday broke his silence on the raging controversy over the proposed Niger Delta Stakeholders' Summit, insisting that it must hold in the interest of peace and security and for the development of the oil-producing region. AllAfrica News: West Africa The House of Representatives Committee on Information and National Orientation has warned that DSTV Multichoice would not be allowed to broadcast its planned third series of Big Brother Africa (BBA) to Nigeria unless it gave adequate guarantees to abide with the country's broadcasting codes. |
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IPS Inter Press Service - Caribbean ST JOHN'S, Antigua, Jun 30 (IPS) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are gearing up for their annual summit in Antigua early next month amid worrying signs that after 35 years, the regional integration movement has not progressed beyond a "community of sovereign states". IPS Inter Press Service - Caribbean HAVANA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Months have gone by and he still receives suspicious calls on his cell-phone. Memories of a woman who became obsessed with him are triggered every time Chucho sees a popular prime time Brazilian TV "telenovela". |
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African Ancestry – Building a Family Legacyby Veronica Henry
We found that person in Carmen Lane. Fittingly, at the end of Black History Month, she became the first of what we envision will be many winners of an African Ancestry trace. The contest was sponsored by African Ancestry. Founded by Ms. Gina Paige and Rick Kittles, PhD., the company uses a DNA swab to compare your results with samples obtained from the continent, in order to match ancestry to locations in modern day Africa. Read more |
The African Presence In Panama - From The Canal To Colon Cityby Runoko Rashidi Between the Spring and Summer of 2003, I had the good fortune of visiting Central America on four occasions. During this period I went to Belize (twice), Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica (for the fifth time) and Panama. All of these countries have African communities, generally depressed and most often to be found along the Atlantic coastal periphery. Read more |
Congo: How Rich Whites Caused Five Million Blacks to DieA Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford Read more here or click below to listen |
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Smoke Signals - Rwanda - Amahoro-Africa ReportNative American pastor, Richard Twiss Hau Kola’s Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda. Here’s a short first report. Hope you are well by the way. The Amahoro-Africa Gathering was a beautiful time of friendship making with some really fun and amazing people from around the world. Many of them are deeply engaged in local and global endeavors addressing situations of injustice, human rights, AIDS, micro-financing and community development as followers of Jesus. I now have friends who are actively involved in peace-making efforts in the conflicts in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. The story of the past twenty years of Rwanda was heartbreaking, tragic beyond comprehension, confusing and inspiring. Full Story |
Survey: Blacks in France Say They Face Racial Discriminationby Lisa Bryant
According to a survey conducted by the TNS-Sofres polling agency, 61 percent of blacks living in France say they have experienced at least one racist incident within the past year. Read more |











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Heroic Resistance: The Black Presence In Australia
More than half of blacks living in France say they face racial discrimination, according to the first-ever survey on the country's black population. The findings are troubling for a country that has long prided itself on its human rights record, and its ostensibly color-blind integration model.