South Africa: Largest Trade Union in Platinum Sector on Strike
BBC News Africa is reporting that members of the Association of Miners and Construction Trade Union (AMCU) are on strike. AMCU, which is the...
Tunisia: Protesters Throw Rocks at President Marzouki
Africa News is reporting that a celebration commemorating the anniversary of the revolution in Sidi Bouzid was marred by angry protesters hurling rocks at...
Cuba Leads Fight Against Ebola
Monica Mark of The Guardian UK is reporting that out of all nations, Cuba has sent the largest medical force to West Africa in...
Africa: mPedigree Empowers Consumers
by Nsenga K. Burton
In an Op-Ed for AllAfrica.com, Bright B. Simons discusses the development of mPedigree Network, a network that connects principal telecom operators...
Trinidad Suffers Second Earthquake in a Week
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Trinidad experienced a second earthquake in the past week on Saturday. The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 and...
South Africa Bridge Collapses: Two Dead, 20 Injured
BREAKING: A temporary pedestrian bridge over a main route in South Africa has collapsed, killing at least two people and injuring 20.
BBC Africa is...
Hurricane Sandy Slams Jamaica and Cuba
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BBC Latin America is reporting that Hurricane Sandy slammed Jamaica leaving one person dead. Hundreds of people took refuge in emergency shelters and schools...
Breaking News: Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Surrenders to American Embassy
Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times is reporting that Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese rebel general accused of massacring civilians and building an army...
Blacks in Cuba Are Still Waiting for the Revolution
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Afro-Cuban Roberto Zurbano discusses the ongoing struggle with being black in Cuba. In a place where...
Nigerian Teen Girls Create Urine-Powered Generator
Forbes is reporting that four teenage girls have invented a generator that converts one liter of urine into six hours of electricity. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina...
