Africa: W. African Countries Court Single ‘ECO’ Currency
West Africa has pulled the trigger. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the name 'ECO' for a planned...
United States: Check out PBS' Africa
A joint venture between Thirteen/WNET New York's NATURE and National Geographic Television, AFRICA is an eight-part series, shot in widescreen, super 16mm format, that...
Africa Experiencing Epic Elephant Slaughter
Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times is reporting that the continent of Africa is experiencing epic elephant slaughter at the hands of poachers...
Sierra Leone: Radio Stations Broadcast Lessons to Kids
Robbie Couch of the Huffington Post is reporting that radio stations in Sierra Leone are broadcasting lessons to children in response to the halt...
The Burton Wire’s Top News Stories of 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, The Burton Wire brings you our top news stories from the African Diaspora in 2013. While it was...
Black Florida GOP House Candidate Calls for Obama to be Hanged
Stephen A. Crockett of The Root is reporting that on the national day of reflection for Martin Luther King's birthday, an African-American Republican candidate...
Atlanta: Black Music Industry Keeps Georgia on the Map
Written by Christopher A. Daniel
The history of American popular music has definitely seen its fair share of input from African Americans. Considering hip hop...
U.S.: Minorities Under Age Five Grow to Record Number
Al Jazeera English is reporting that as of July 2012, ethnic minorities make up 50 percent of youth under the age of five and...
African Union Pushes for Ebola Travel Ban Removal
The Mail & Guardian is reporting that the African Union is calling for all travel bans related to the Ebola affected member states to...
Akosua Report: Joel Augustus Rogers
"Intellect, whether of civilized or uncivilized humanity, as you know, sir, is elastic in quality. That is, primitive man when transplanted to civilization not...
