UN highlights human cost of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The United Nations on March 29 remembered the horrors of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honoring the tradition of...
Why U.S.-led NATO & its complicit press framing Africa as being in bed with Russia
Western media outlets in many cases have wrongly accused Africa of siding with Russia in its war against Ukraine. No mention is ever made...
Jamaican protesters demand reparations and spurn royals during an official visit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Protesters in Jamaica raised their fists as they donned T-shirts emblazoned with a pair of shackled Black wrists surrounded by the...
Distinguished UK academics call on universities worldwide to divest from Israel for Palestine
More than two dozen prominent academics from university student societies across the United Kingdom have called upon universities and educational institutions worldwide to stand...
Happy independence anniversary? French nuclear testing health hazards, dirty war deaths, torture, abuses and Algeria’s yet unresolved post-war issues
(GIN)—Tucked away in the treaty that signaled Algerian independence from France was a “gerboise bleue”—a “blue desert rat” and a code name for the...
Iraqi media: Ballistic missile attack targets U.S. base, Mossad training centers in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
Iraqi media and military sources say a missile attack has targeted a military base housing the American forces in the capital of the Iraqi...
China: U.S. blockade of Cuba must cease
China strongly condemned the U.S. economic war against Cuba, in a note published by the nation’s State Council Information Office, also criticizing the unilateral...
After fleeing Ukraine, South African students arrive home
JOHANNESBURG—Ten South African students who fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of that country recently arrived home, with 25 more expected over the next few...
UN: War in Ukraine to hurt poor nations importing grain
by Frances D’emilio, Associated Press ROME—Poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend heavily on wheat imports risk suffering significant food insecurity...
U.S. museum contests ownership of statue’s digital image obtained by art gallery in Congo
(GIN)—A fierce tug of war is underway between a U.S. museum and a Congolese gallery over a statue depicting the angry spirit of a...