“We’ve got no time for excuses.” President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities. Delivering a commencement address at the all-male private […]
From Benin to Brazil: slavery and voodoo ties
16 May 2013 by
A recent Brazilian film entitled Pedra da Memoria (Memory’s Stone), follows the journey of a prominent Afro-Brazilian priest to Benin where many of Brazil’s former slaves came from. A history of tradition, slavery and voodoo. While visiting the Brazilian city of Sao Luis, BBC Africa’s Manuel Toledo saw the documentary and a photo exhibition about […]
Once a princess, always a princess
16 May 2013 by
A lawsuit arguing that daughters should be allowed to succeed their fathers as chiefs in Lesotho has been rejected by the Constitutional Court. The judge said the current law did not discriminate against women, as chief’s widows could inherit the title. South African lawyer Priti Patel, who was involved in the case, said the ruling […]
U.S to cancel diversity visa lottery, Africans stand to lose
15 May 2013 by
U.S To Cancel Visa Lottery, Africans Stand To Lose – View To See Reasons ~ NairaCareer.
More than $4bn pledge for Mali recovery
15 May 2013 by
International donors pledged more than $4.22bn on Wednesday to help Mali recover after a conflict with al Qaeda-linked fighters, French President Francois Hollande has said. The sum exceeds the goals of Mali which had asked donors for $2.57 for this year and next. The donors’ conference, held on Wednesday in Brussels, was organised by French President […]
Greedy pigs for a ‘greedy pigs’
15 May 2013 by
Kenyan demonstrators have released a litter of pigs and poured blood on the pavement outside the gates of parliament in Nairobi to protest a proposed law that would raise wages for parliamentarians.Police and parliament officials chased the pigs after using tear gas, batons and water cannons to disperse the nearly 250 protesters who marched through downtown […]
“Massive and unprecedented”
13 May 2013 by
Gov’t obtains wide AP phone records in probe Federal investigators secretly seized two months of phone records for reporters and editors of The Associated Press