For decades, many African countries saw some of their most skilful young people take their talents to other parts of the world, lured by the financial prospects outside the continent. But lately, as much of Europe continues to shrink under the weight of austerity, an increasing number of Afri... Read more...
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by Kersty McCourt Pretrial Detention and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Are Most at Risk is part of a broader effort to demonstrate how this single issue of excessive detention lies at the heart of a web of misfortune and abuse that disproportionally affects the poor and the excluded, and whi... Read more...
On January 13, 2010 Pat Robertson, founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, stated that Haiti “swore a pact to the devil.” This was one day after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the island nation resulting in massive loss of life. The “pact” Robertson so confidently ment... Read more...
African swine fever (ASF), a viral disease harmless to people but lethal to pigs, is likely to spread beyond Russia and the Caucasus region into Europe, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday. ASF, for which there is no vaccine, is now established in Georgia, Armenia and southern Ru... Read more...
"Every child is a genius. Once you identify the talent of a child and put them in the environment that will nurture that talent, then the sky is the limit." Paula and Peter Imafidon are just like any other 9-year-olds. They love laughing, playing on the computer and fighting with each other. Wh... Read more...
The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall. His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It spilled as he struggled, burning away his face and eyes. The... Read more...
Fela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, and human rights activist. The musical style performed by Fela which is a complex fusion of Jazz, Funk (especially the music of James Brown), Ghanaian/Nigerian High-life, psychedelic rock, and traditio... Read more...
Olaudah Equiano (Gustavas Vassa) was captured as a slave from Nigeria in West Africa as a child and served under serveral masters in the Caribbean and America. He was owned for a short period by a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker Merchant and slave dealer named Robert King, who belonged to Arch Street ... Read more...
here has been an out break of lead-leaching plates killing people in recent time. The latest that happened is epidemic that had claimed over 160 lives in Africa. Read this true life story and have it in mind that those dishes you put your delicious foods on can harm you silently. There has been... Read more...