Usher's New Look: Helps Young People Become Leaders
by Christopher A. Daniel
Black pop megastars (or lack thereof) are frequently targeted in mass media. Their success and fame is often the result of controversy,...
South Africa: 12,000 Striking Platinum Miners Fired
The BBC is reporting that Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer, fired 12,000 miners on Friday who were striking over wages. The wave...
Nigeria: Massive Flooding Kills Scores of People
CNN is reporting that ravaging floods killed dozens in Nigeria and displaced tens of thousands of residents as crocodiles, hippos and other water animals...
Peacekeepers Ambushed, Killed in Darfur
In Sudan’s western Darfur region—now infamous for its conflict that broke out in 2003—four peacekeepers were killed in an attack late Tuesday night. The...
President Obama Urges Free Speech in New Arab and North African Democracies
Helene Cooper of The New York Times is reporting that President Barack Obama, during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, called...
South Africa: Is Malema’s Life Really in Danger?
Miranda Andrew of the Mail & Guardian is reporting that Julius Malema says his life is in danger because of a conspiracy against him...
South Africa: Is Malema's Life Really in Danger?
Miranda Andrew of the Mail & Guardian is reporting that Julius Malema says his life is in danger because of a conspiracy against him...
Somalia’s New President Survives Assassination Attempt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvA1xpR6Smg&feature=plcp
ZeeNews.com is reporting that Somalia's newly elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who survived an assassination attempt two days after being elected, was inaugurated Sunday in...
Somalia's New President Survives Assassination Attempt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvA1xpR6Smg&feature=plcp
ZeeNews.com is reporting that Somalia's newly elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who survived an assassination attempt two days after being elected, was inaugurated Sunday in...
Anti-American Rage Sweeps the Middle East
Jamal al-Jabiri of Mail & Guardian is reporting that the Middle East has been swept with anti-U.S. fury over an obscure 14 minute film...
