Kidnapping for ransom is Nigeria’s latest security problem
Written by Olakunle Agboola Published on 12th February 2021 The kidnapping business in Nigeria has continued to expand beyond its shores, as it has become a national concern. For decades …
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First up for COVID vaccine: 75 and older. The average Black person in Shelby County doesn’t live that long
Black people who die from COVID are about 10 years younger than whites who die from the virus. Vaccinating strictly by age leaves some Black people out, experts say Written …
Africa: How African Startups Are Conquering Covid
Written by Silja Fröhlich Published on 15th February 2021 As COVID hits Africa’s economy hard, young entrepreneurs have declared war on the disease. Many startups have found creative ways to …
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‘Slavery Has Never Been Properly Addressed’: Reparations Bill Reintroduced to Congress
Written by Zayn Linly Published on 10th February 2021 On Juneteenth in 2019, lawmakers met with Black activists and scholars to discuss H.R. 40 —a bill to create a reparations …
Why Agribusiness Investment Is Most Exciting For Africa
Written by Godfrey Lvudria Published on 10th February 2021 Agribusiness investment is currently the most exciting venture for Africa. Africa’s food import bill-estimated by the African Development Bank annually at …
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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named WTO boss
Written by Mohammed Momoh Published on 15th February 2021 Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named the new director-general of the World Trade OrganiNigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala set to be first woman …
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Black hospital faces vaccine mistrust from unlikely source
Published on 16th February 2021 In a makeshift vaccination center at a safety-net Chicago hospital, a patient services aide ushers an older woman with a cane toward a curtained cubicle. …
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Slave-built Infrastructure and Reparations
Written by Lindsey Tanner Published on 10th February 2021 The fact that centuries-old relics of slavery still support the economy of the United States suggests that reparations for slavery would need to go beyond …
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GENOCIDE DENIAL AND DISTORTION: CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF CHARLES KAMBANDA’S TOXIC NARRATIVE
This year 2020, as the World marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, Rwanda marked 26 years after the end of the genocide that saw approximately one million innocent people perish at the hands of extremists who fed on the poison chalice of genocidaires.
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