Ivory Coast: President Ouattara Dissolves Gov't Over Marriage Law
The BBC is reporting that President Alassane Ouattara has dissolved the government due to a fight over a change in the...
Cameroon: Boko Haram Kidnaps Vice Prime Minister’s Wife
Tansa Musa of Reuters Africa is reporting that Nigerian Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister and...
Iconic Jazz Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and Theo Croker: A Dynamic Duo
If jazz musicians are like one big happy family, then Dee Dee Bridgewater would certainly be the protective big sister over...
Melinda Gates On the Importance of International Women's Day
In a special contribution to CNN, and in collaboration with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Melinda Gates, co-chair of...
Rachel Jeantel Graduates: ‘I Did It. I Never Quit.’
Can you say resiliency? Rachel Jeantel, 20, a key witness in the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of unarmed teen...
Hey Lady Talks MLK to Grandchild on LMN Blog
In a guest post for MLK Day, the brilliant blog Library of Maternal Nagging, takes on the troubling time period in...
South Africa: Communities Join One Billion Rising (OBR) Movement
written by Kaitlin Higgins
AllAfrica.com is reporting that on Thursday, February 14, communities throughout South Africa stood, marched, and rallied in solidarity...
‘Twenty Pearls’ Doc: A Love Letter to Black Women
The nation’s first sorority for African-American college women has another first to celebrate. The documentary Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha...
Mamphela Ramphele Candidacy in Peril; Quits Pact
David Smith of The Guardian is reporting that Mamphela Ramphele, the woman thought to be South Africa's first female presidential candidate...
How the GOP Became a Party of Dissidents
OPINION by Devona Walker
It use to be said that trying to bring together the diverse caucuses and constituencies of the Democratic...