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Winners of the 1st Annual MyAfricanDiaspora.com
Short Story Contest

In our ongoing effort to promote positive images that reflect people of African descent, the website that connects the African Diaspora, is pleased to announce the winners of our first annual Short Story contest. The entries came from all across the African diaspora: Canada, England, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Niger, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda and the USA.

We will be publishing a collection of these stories, entitled, Bloodlines, Tales from the African Diaspora, soon. In addition to the five winners below, nine other stores will be included. Stay tuned for the publication date and purchase information. Read more

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AllAfrica News: Latest

The reign of Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity as the Colonel had promised. He flounced out of the AU summit in Addis Ababa on 1 February after failing to cajole his fellow leaders into giving him a second, unconstitutional term as Chairman. Offers of oil largesse to his usual supporters and then attempts to split the votes of a rival candidate all ran into the ground. Libyan diplomats candidly admitted that the AU was no nearer to his promised union government than it was when Gadaffi took over a year ago.

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AllAfrica News: Latest

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today declined to confirm the charges made against a rebel leader accused of directing the September 2007 attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, citing a lack of evidence.

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AllAfrica News: Latest

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even as authorities beef up security in IDP camps, officials said.

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IPS Inter Press Service - Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 6 (IPS) - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy.

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IPS Inter Press Service - Africa

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Feb 5 (IPS) - Swamps, marshes and other wetlands are beginning to be recognised as a country's 'green jewels', even in a tropical paradise like Mahé Island here in the Seychelles, with its stunning beaches and dramatic granite outcrops.

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IPS Inter Press Service - Africa

KAMPALA , Feb 4 (IPS) - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.

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Jamaica Gleaner: HAITI - Baptists may face trial in US

Haiti (AP): Haitian officials said yesterday they are thinking of sending 10 United States Baptists to the US for prosecution after they were arrested trying to take 33 children out of the country without government...

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Jamaica Gleaner: UNICEF on orphan-detection drive

UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is on a drive to identify and register thousands of children orphaned by the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti.Since last week, the agency and its...

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Jamaica Gleaner: Med flights soar again

HAITI (AP):The United States military has resumed urgent medical evacuation flights for Haitian quake victims, an official announced yesterday and life for survivors took a step towards normality as many schools reopened for the first time since an...

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Feature Articles

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP PRESENTS
The Fire This Time

An Evening of Giving to benefit Hollywood HEART

horse trade theater groupAmid the diffusion of the term “post black black,” in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.
Thursday, February 04 thru Sunday, February 07 2010 @ 8PM

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Shoshana Johnson - First Black Woman POW

by Mike Celizic, TodayShow Contributor

shoshana johnsonThe physical healing is done, but nearly seven years after becoming the U.S. armed forces’ first black female prisoner of war when she was captured by Iraqi insurgents, Shoshana Johnson is still dealing with the mental trauma of her ordeal.
In March 2003, just days after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Johnson’s unit got separated from its convoy and was ambushed in the city of Nasiriyah. Eleven members of the unit were killed, and seven, including Johnson and Jessica Lynch, were captured. Read more