Category Archives: Africa
African Union: Reject Kenya’s attempt to shield its leaders from accountability | Amnesty International USA
The African Union (AU) must throw out the resolution tabled by the Kenyan government calling for the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) case to be referred for trial in Kenya, Amnesty International has urged. President Kenyatta and Vice-President Ruto are accused of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the violence which followed the disputed December 2007 […]
Assata Shakur was convicted of murder. Is she a terrorist? – The Washington Post
Today, there are more than 100 academic definitions of terrorism, said Steve Chermak, a professor at Michigan State University who helps to operate a database of extremist crime. His database goes back only to the 1990s, but if it went back further it would include Shakur based on its definition of terrorism, which asks only […]
NBUF Memorial Tribute for Malcolm Shabazz
The National Black United Front (NBUF ) we would like to extend its condolences to the family and fri ends of Malcolm Lateef Shabazz. Brother Malcolm Shabazz returned back to the essence the morning of Thursday May 9, 2013 while in Tijuan, Mexico. NBUF has had the privilege of working with Brother Malc olm on […]
Revolutionary in Exile Added to FBI Terrorist ListMuhammad Speaks | Muhammad Speaks
Assata Shakur, a former Black activist who has been in Cuba for 40 years has become the 1st woman on the FBI’s Terrorist List. This marks her to be kidnapped or killed, said former Black Panther Activist, Angela Davis. “A $2 million bounty has been put on her head, so that anyone can go to […]
The Angry Arab News Service — Israel’s dirty hands in…Nigeria
“The Jonathan administration secretly, and in open violation of lawful contracting procedures, has awarded an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems, with headquarters in Haifa, a $40million contract to help it spy on citizens’ computers and Internet communications under the guise of intelligence gathering and national security. Elbit announced the contract award Wednesday in a global press […]
Prosecutor Behind Kiera Wilmot Arrest Filed No Charges For White Teen Who Killed Little Brother | Dispatches from the Underclass
According to the latest data, which was collected from schools nationwide during the 2009-2010 academic year, black students were three and a half times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white classmates. What’s more, African Americans made up 46 percentof those students who were suspended more than once. During the 2009-2010 school […]
HIV cure months away thanks to new DNA treatment, say Danish scientists at Aarhus University Hospital
They are expecting results to show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible”. Fifteen patients are taking part in the trials, funded with $2.1 million from the Danish Research Council. If they are found to have successfully been cured of HIV, the new technique will be tested on a wider scale. […]
Rolling in the Randelas – Mandela’s kids, grandkids raking in millions – Times LIVE
Their wealth was held in a network of at least 24 trusts established by Ismail Ayob, the family’s former lawyer, Beeld reported. Some of the trusts owned several expensive properties in Johannesburg’s upmarket neighbourhoods. Makaziwe Mandela’s 3 575-metre-squared house in Hyde Park, for example, was owned by the Makaziwe M Trust and, according to the […]
Richie Havens, Folk Singer Who Opened Woodstock, Has Died : The Record : NPR
Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born singer who sang gospel as a teenager, began playing folk music in Greenwich Village clubs in the 1960s and was the opening act at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J., according to his agent. He was […]
Federal Judge Who Sent Racist Obama Email, compared Blacks to dogs, Retires following an investigation | FreakOutNation
Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports, “Montana’s chief federal judge admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded an email comparing African-Americans to dogs and implying that President Barack Obama’s mother had sex with animals. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit announced Tuesday that Cebull had submitted his retirement letter, effective May […]
